Health and Safety Manager - North in Northampton

An award-winning, market-leading 3PL (third party logistics provider) ILG specialises in high-quality order fulfilment and delivery services. Our customers are premium brands, many in the beauty, fashion and wellbeing sectors. Our mission is to help them succeed. We are a people business, investing in training and development, recognising and rewarding our people’s achievements and creating opportunities for them to progress within our business. If you want to develop an exciting career, learn from a friendly team and realise your full potential in a fast-growing company, this is the role for you.

The role As a Health & Safety Manager – North, you will play a critical role in ensuring a safe, compliant and best-in‑class working environment across multiple sites. You will lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health and safety practices, working closely with stakeholders across the business to embed a strong safety culture and deliver against key performance objectives. This is a highly visible role where you will partner with operational teams, senior leaders and external bodies to drive compliance, reduce risk and promote sector‑leading health and safety standards. The role will involve regular travel across multiple sites in line with business needs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Promoting and embedding a strong health and safety culture across the business
• Ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation, policies and best practice
• Maintaining accurate accident and incident records, including statutory reporting requirements (e.g. RIDDOR)
• Leading the risk assessment programme and implementing effective control measures
• Developing and delivering health and safety training and education programmes
• Conducting regular inspections and audits, resolving issues and maintaining accurate records
• Managing health and safety aspects of facilities, equipment, and contractor activities
• Leading emergency planning, including evacuation drills and fire safety compliance
• Monitoring performance metrics and recommending improvements to drive continuous improvement
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders and external bodies, including regulators and auditors
• Ensuring the provision of appropriate PPE, first aid and welfare arrangements
• Supporting the achievement of business‑wide health and safety objectives

What we are looking for:

• A recognised health and safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH)
• Proven experience managing health and safety systems, ideally aligned to ISO 45001
• Strong knowledge of risk assessments, incident investigation and compliance requirements
• Experience delivering effective health and safety training programmes
• Good understanding of facilities management, contractor control and workplace safety
• Experience within warehousing, logistics or a similar operational environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong organisational and record‑keeping skills with high attention to detail
• A proactive, self‑motivated and solution‑focused approach
• Flexibility, with the ability to travel nationally to support multiple sites as required

Benefits:

• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• Pension, Life Assurance, Healthshield Cash Plan and Discount Perks
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy/sell holiday
• Birthday leave
• Free on‑site parking, with electric car charging at certain locations
• Range of employee awards
• Employee assistance programme to promote mental health wellbeing
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Job Application Requirements:

• Right to Work in the UK & Basic DBS Check – You must have the legal right to work in the UK, we are not able to sponsor you. If successful, you will also need to pass a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before starting employment.
• References – We reserve the right to request two or more references, to cover the past five years of your employment history. Please ensure you can provide accurate contact details for each of your referees.
• English Language – You must be able to work in English; enough to fully understand spoken and written work instructions, follow health and safety guidance and participate in discussions with your manager or colleagues.

If you meet the role requirements, as well as the above, and are ready to take the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. Please be aware we will be considering applications as we receive them and arranging interviews accordingly. Depending on the volume of applications we receive we may close this advert ahead of the advertised closing date.