
Health and Safety Manager
About the role
Contract Type: Secondment/ FTC (Full-Time)
Location: Cannock (WS11 8JH)
Step into a role where every day brings fresh challenges, big wins, and the chance to make a real impact on the wellbeing of hundreds of people. As our Health & Safety Manager supporting one of our key customer sites in Cannock, you'll be at the forefront of creating safer, smarter, and more engaging workplaces—places where colleagues feel confident, protected, and empowered to do their best work. You'll be the driving force behind shaping a positive safety culture, influencing operational teams, and turning innovative ideas into meaningful, real‑world improvements. If you love variety, thrive on collaboration, and enjoy leading initiatives that genuinely make a difference, this is the kind of opportunity that will keep you inspired and growing every single day.
✅A TYPICAL DAY MAY INVOLVE
You'll be the go‑to expert for all things Safety, Health & Environment (SHE), helping us build a safe, compliant, and continuously improving workplace. Your responsibilities include:
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Providing day‑to‑day SHE support and advice to ensure full compliance with statutory legislation.
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Working in partnership with, and influencing, all operational teams and senior management across the site
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Meeting annual SHE objectives, measured through our performance management system.
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Supporting the wider SHE function in delivering the business plan
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Coordinating and driving SHE initiatives, ensuring safety is embedded in every process and every team.
✅THIS ROLE WOULD SUIT PEOPLE WHO
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NEBOSH General Certificate
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COMAH experience/knowledge would be desirable but not essential
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Strong ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
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Proven capability to develop and deliver improvement plans
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Experience of building strong customer relationships
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Strong previous experience/support of external audits
✅WHY JOIN US?
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33 days annual leave
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We're happy to talk about flexible working – just ask about alternative patterns at interview
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Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
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Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
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Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
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Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
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Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more
✅WHO WE ARE
We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.
✅BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE
At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.
As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.
Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 1st June. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.
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Benefits and perks
•Paid Time Off
Required skills
Health and safety
Compliance
Risk management
Audit support
Stakeholder management
About DHL
Cannock
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