# Transport Operations Safety Manager

> NEXT — Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Full posting: https://careers.next.co.uk/jobs/75658
Apply: https://ekeq.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_3001/jobs/preview/75658/apply/email

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Organisation | NEXT |
| Location | Pontefract, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Hours | 40 per week |
| Team | Retail |
| Date posted | 2026-07-20T10:22:46+00:00 |
| Closes | 2026-07-27T08:00:00+00:00 |
| Job ID | 75658 |

## Description

*This is a Grade 3 role*

 

Pay  £19.81-£21.50ph depending on skills and experience 

 

**Shift available: Mon-Fri 0800-1630**

**About the role:**

Working in this newly created, hands-on operational role supporting the Distribution Operations Safety Manager you will be responsible for managing and advising on all aspects of on-site health, safety and environmental regulations across our national transport department.

The primary focus of this role is on Health & Safety, Environment and Equipment nationally for Transport.  You will play a pivotal role  in managing the  delivery of the safety plan and will be constantly reviewing all safety aspects of the operation, implementing, establishing and monitoring H&S systems and procedures to reduce accident and incident occurrences.
 
Based within E3, with a team of safety technicians,, you will perform walk throughs to establish and maintain procedures for the ongoing identification of hazards, the assessment of risks and the implementation of relevant and necessary control measures.  This will include both routine and non-routine activities for all personnel who have access to the warehouse including staff, visitors and contractors.  Along with your team, you will be responsible for engaging with internal customers to gain ‘buy-in’ across all levels in the operation around the importance of H&S.
 
You will lead accident and major incident investigations, performing root cause analysis and preparing feedback and reports on accident/incident statistics to the GM and H&S Managers.
 
As an Transport Operations Safety Manager, you will also have responsibility for strategic management of all vehicle collision investigations, data, analysis and reporting.

You will be flexible in approach with national travel required to attend meetings and carry out site visits  across the Regional Service Centre’s (Transport department). 

 

**Behavioural Competencies**

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) across all levels within the businessPlanning and organisation with the ability to prioritiseCustomer focusAbility to seek and implement changeAbility to self-motivate and use initiative
 

**Skills**

People management skills, leading by example, engaging with colleagues at all levelsExcellent IT skills with the ability to produce presentations reports
and spreadsheets

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence in a positive manner to senior audiencesSolution orientatedAbility to prioritise and manage own and teams workloadAbility to work on own initiative and confidential lead a team Full UK driving licence
 

**Experience**

Experience of managing a small teamExperience of coaching and developmentA proven ability to communicate effectively with management and staff at all levels
including difficult discussions

Project management skillsOperational experience gained in a service focused distribution, highly sophisticated environmentOperational health and safety management experience Facilities management experienceExperience of budgeting and CPU managementExperience of working with external suppliers/customersStrong planning/organisational skills and the ability to prioritiseYou're experienced in supporting and advising on health and safety for warehouse operations.
 

Essential 

Health & Safety qualification e.g. NEBOSH Cert