Health and Safety Coordinator - Military veterans preferred

2025-05-07
DHL (https://group.dhl.com/en.html)
Other

/yr

  full-time   employee


Gatwick
United Kingdom

Salary: £37,000 - £38,000
Grade: M
Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Rotational shifts, 4am - 4pm and 11am - 11pm
Location: Gatwick Airport - RH6 0JW

DHL, an award-winning leading supply chain business is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Coordinator to play a vital role ensuring continuous development and execution of Health and Safety across the business.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?

As part of your normal duties, you will

  • Provide day to day HSE support, guidance and advice to the Operational Management Team and aligned Functions to enable the site to comply with all relevant statutory legislation, CAA guidance and company standards
  • Support with the implementation of HSE standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives identified from DHL and Customer goals and objectives
  • Assist with the development, implementation and communication of all relevant HSE policies at the station.
  • To support the HSE Business Partner to drive engagement and the Just Culture / Safety Culture within the Station
  • Drive and support the Safety First & Just Culture within the area of responsibility
  • Coordinating the HSE activities on the site to support the HSE Business Partner
  • Monitor the accuracy and quality of information within incident management systems and use trend analysis
  • Help maintain Safety Improvement Plan in a standardised format (inclusive of leading & lagging indicators).
  • Undertake relevant Safety, Health and Environment audits and create action plan in line with Safety Arrangement and Divisional audit schedule. This will also include Customer Base Line Audit activities
  • Assist in the management of the site H&S committee
  • Manage the site Risk Assessment and Safe Systems of Work schedule in line with the Safety Arrangement
  • Ensuring accident and incident investigations are completed in a timely manner and actions are implemented to prevent reoccurrence at the site (inclusive of major incidents & motor acitivities). Ensuring all actions are traced through the SIP plan
  • Undertake and support applicable audits and assist and monitor corrective action plans in line with corporate and customer requirements.
  • Support with the management of Claims

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

We'd love to hear from you if you have the following experience but don't hesitate to apply if you don't tick every box on this page - we're great at spotting talent and potential in everyone:

  • Exceptional understanding of all relevant H&S regulations applicable to warehouse environment
  • 1-2 years in a safety or operational based role wiith safety accountability
  • Ability to engage with site and customer stakeholders
  • Keen eye for detail to identify root causes and enable continuous improvement
  • Able to communicate at all levels, internally and externally

WHY CHOOSE US?

As well as competitive pay rates, you will be entitled to an award-winning range of benefits including:

  • Free confidential 24/7 GP service
  • Hundreds of discounts (including retail, childcare + gym)
  • Affordable loans & enhanced pension scheme
  • 24/7 employee support service for you (+ family) with access to free counselling and much more:

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. Find out more about our global approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging:

BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

DHL is the global leader in Supply Chain management and we keep the world moving. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more, so they can deliver to their customers.

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