Health & Safety Manager in Leeds

At ID Logistics, safety is at the core of everything we do. As a leading warehouse and logistics business, we are committed to maintaining a safe, compliant, and efficient working environment for our teams. We are looking for a Health & Safety Manager to drive safety standards, ensure regulatory compliance, and foster a culture of workplace well-being at our brand-new site in Leeds.

About you

As our Health & Safety Manager, you will be a key part of our new site management team. You will oversee all aspects of workplace safety within our warehouse operations. You will work closely with management and operational teams to implement best practices, minimize risks, and ensure compliance with health & safety regulations.

As we are opening a new site, you have the opportunity to set the standards from the start and to develop the policies and best practices that you and you will help us embed as normal ways of working.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and monitor health & safety policies across warehouse operations.
• Embed relevant procedures for risk and incident management
• Conduct risk assessments and implement corrective actions where necessary.
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety regulations and legal requirements.
• Develop and deliver training to promote a strong safety culture among employees.
• Investigate incidents and implement preventative measures to reduce future risks.
• Maintain health & safety records, audits, and inspections.
• Work collaboratively with managers to ensure operational procedures align with safety standards.

Your skills & experience:

• Proven experience in Health & Safety Management, ideally within a warehouse or logistics environment.
• Strong knowledge of health & safety regulations (e.g., COSHH, Manual Handling, Fire Safety).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and educate teams.
• NEBOSH or IOSH certification preferred.
• Ability to assess risks, implement solutions, and drive continuous safety improvements.
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
• High level of attention to detail
• Competent user of Microsoft applications such as Outlook, SharePoint, Forms, Excel, Word and Teams.

About us:

ID Logistics is an international contract logistics group with a presence in 18 countries,representing more than 8.0 million square meters of warehousing facilities in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, with 38,000 employees. With a client portfolio balanced between retail, industry, detail picking, healthcare and e-commerce sectors, ID Logistics is characterised by offers involving a high level of technology.

We have been growing for more than 20 years, with an ethos of everyone being united and where innovation is constant. We have a demanding job to do, and we must move fast while being rigorous and precise.

We launched our UK business in June 2023, our first unit growing and relocating to accommodate the significant business growth. We are now getting ready to launch our 2nd site in Leeds this summer. This really is an exciting time to join the team, to support creating its solid foundations for a promising future.

Operational excellence is one of the founding values of ID Logistics and each employee contributes to it: all your ideas, we will listen to them, and all your past experiences will enrich us.

This is a full-time on-site position based from Leeds.

Please note we may review and progress applications ahead of the closing date.

We are not looking for agency support currently.