QSHE Compliance Manager in Oxford

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you’re leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.

Are you passionate about driving excellence in compliance, quality, safety, health and environmental standards within a critical Government and Defence operation? As our QSHE Compliance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring contractual, legislative and policy compliance across a significant logistics programme. Working closely with operational and support teams, you will provide assurance, governance and expert guidance to maintain the highest standards of performance and compliance. This is a unique opportunity to influence strategic outcomes, safeguard operational integrity, and contribute to a contract that supports vital Defence capabilities.

How you create impact

• Lead the management and implementation of contractual compliance requirements, ensuring alignment with operational delivery and business objectives.
• Monitor regulatory, contractual and policy changes, assessing impacts and driving effective implementation across the contract.
• Act as the subject matter expert for QSHE compliance, providing guidance and assurance to stakeholders at all levels.
• Maintain and enhance compliance frameworks, registers and management systems to support governance and operational excellence.
• Lead quality reviews of policies, procedures and work instructions to ensure accuracy, consistency and compliance.
• Represent QSHE within internal and customer working groups, building strong partnerships and influencing positive outcomes.
• Manage change control processes, ensuring QSHE risks, impacts and opportunities are identified and effectively managed.
• Support compliance with legal, environmental and information governance requirements, including GDPR and ISO standards.
• Drive continuous improvement through audits, data analysis, reporting and the identification of trends and best practices.
• Champion a positive QSHE culture by leading initiatives, supporting business objectives and promoting safe, sustainable and compliant ways of working.

What we would like you to bring

• Experience working within quality, safety, health, environmental or compliance management systems, ideally aligned to ISO 9001, 14001 and/or 45001 standards.
• Audit experience, with a recognised audit qualification or a willingness to gain one.
• Knowledge of contract management, governance or compliance within a complex operational environment.
• Experience supporting and implementing change initiatives while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.
• Strong understanding of Integrated Management Systems and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to build positive relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical, reporting and planning skills, coupled with a meticulous attention to detail.
• A proactive, customer-focused approach, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a wider team.
• Resilience, adaptability and a solutions-focused mindset, with the confidence to navigate change and competing priorities.
• Experience within logistics, defence, aviation, automotive or other highly regulated sectors would be advantageous.
• A full UK driving licence is required.

What's in it for you

Join Kuehne+Nagel and build your future with us. We believe in recognising and rewarding the commitment, expertise and passion our people bring every day. In return, you'll enjoy a competitive benefits package, including 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to earn additional leave through length of service. You'll also have access to our contributory Kuehne+Nagel pension scheme and our Route 2 Rewards programme, offering employee discounts, recognition initiatives, wellbeing resources and a dedicated wellbeing centre to support you both professionally and personally.

As a proud holder of the Gold Armed Forces Covenant Award, we are committed to being a forces friendly employer and actively welcome applications from service leavers, reservists and veterans. We recognise the valuable skills, experience and perspectives they bring to our business and are proud to support their transition into civilian careers.

Please be aware that by applying for this role, you are agreeing to participate in the employment screening process. This process will include criminal record checking and identity validation. This means that KN will ask successful applicants to provide certain information and documentation to enable these checks to be conducted. Any appointment will then be strictly conditional upon, and subject to, the receipt of satisfactory results of these checks.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world. As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.