Health, Safety & Compliance Officer

Leicester, with regular travel across all Watling JCB depots

Company Information:
Watling JCB Limited is a privately owned and owner managed profit-making organisation and one of the most progressive JCB Dealerships in the country for the Sales and Customer Support of Construction, Industrial and Recycling & Waste Machinery products.

We look for high calibre, forward-thinking, energetic people with a "can-do" attitude. We want people who thrive in a diverse and challenging work environment, who are receptive to change and who wholeheartedly embrace the opportunity to take responsibility for themselves and the company’s ongoing success.

In such a dynamic and committed workforce, flexibility is essential, and many of our workforce, in accordance to what the job needs, operate with a huge degree of commitment and energy to ensure our long-term strategy to drive the business forward to increase shareholder profitability for ongoing success and growth to remain the JCB Dealer of choice is achieved.

The Health, Safety & Compliance Officer will support the business in maintaining high standards of health, safety, compliance and operational control across all Watling JCB locations.

This is a broad, hands-on role which extends beyond traditional health and safety. The postholder will work closely with Depot Managers, department heads, employees and our external Health & Safety advisers, Peninsula, to ensure that policies, procedures and safe working practices are understood, implemented and consistently maintained.

The role will also support wider business compliance, including depot and workplace inspections, vehicle and van security, camera and telematics systems, compliance reporting, audits, incident investigation and the monitoring of corrective actions.

Regular travel between Watling JCB depots will be an important part of the role.

Health & Safety / Compliance

Operations

• Support the day-to-day management of Health & Safety across the business and its depot network.
• Carry out regular workplace, depot and operational inspections, identifying hazards, unsafe practices and areas requiring improvement.
• Work closely with our external Health & Safety advisers, Peninsula, including supporting their scheduled depot visits and ensuring recommendations and actions are completed.
• Assist with the development, review and implementation of Health & Safety policies, procedures, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Monitor compliance with company Health & Safety procedures and relevant legislation.
• Support managers with the completion and review of risk assessments.
• Assist with the investigation of accidents, incidents, near misses and unsafe conditions, ensuring appropriate corrective and preventative actions are identified.
• Ensure accidents, incidents and near misses are appropriately recorded, investigated and followed through.
• Monitor outstanding Health & Safety actions and work with Depot Managers to ensure they are completed within agreed timescales.
• Support the communication of Health & Safety information, lessons learned and best practice across the business.
• Assist with Health & Safety inductions, toolbox talks, briefings and other training where required.
• Maintain accurate Health & Safety records and documentation.

• Develop and undertake regular internal compliance audits and inspections across all depots.
• Produce clear audit and inspection reports identifying findings, required actions, responsibilities and completion dates.
• Maintain central compliance records and action trackers.
• Follow up outstanding actions with Depot Managers and elevate significant or overdue issues where necessary.
• Assist with customer, supplier and external compliance audits where required.
• Support the completion of Health & Safety and compliance information for customer questionnaires, tenders and pre-qualification submissions.
• Identify recurring issues or trends across the depot network and recommend practical improvements.
• Support the business in ensuring that required inspections, checks, records and certifications remain current and appropriately documented.

• Support compliance relating to company vehicles, particularly the engineer van fleet.
• Monitor and support appropriate use of vehicle camera, telematics and tracking systems in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Review relevant camera or telematics…