Health and Safety Consultant (Lidl)

At this exciting time of expansion for Lidl GB, our compact and highly productive Trading Compliance team continues to play a vital role to ensure that that we meet our regulatory requirements and ensure the safety of all colleagues, customers and contractors both in our stores, Regional Distribution Centres, offices and construction sites.

You will be part of a team that manages and shapes all aspects of health and safety, fire safety and food safety policy and applications within Lidl. You will be supporting our colleagues to ensure everyone’s safety is at the forefront of everything we do, integrating effectively with our senior management teams to lead compliance and to ensure high colleague engagement across our sites.

We have a hybrid working model for Head Office roles, ensuring you have a flexible work life balance.

What you’ll do

Corporate policy development and the testing of new initiatives
Dealing with a wide range of legal and operational issues including providing technical guidance and reactive support
Developing and maintaining a positive safety culture across all operational areas
Ensuring that risk assessments and internal procedures remain current, effective and achievable
Actively participating in meetings to bring a safety perspective and understanding to the business
Proactively improving compliance and standards at stores, Regional Distribution Centres, Head Office, and construction sites.
Producing, evaluating, and issuing various analysis and performance reports
Incident and accident investigation
Conducting site visits, inspections, and audits across sites to ensure the necessary levels of understanding and compliance are in place
Developing and delivering safety promotional campaigns and initiatives
Representing and supporting the Company during local authority investigations, enforcement and engagement
Attending industry forums to keep abreast of best practice and legislation
Liaising with external service providers to ensure the highest levels of service and statutory compliance
To support corporate goals and maintain Lidl at the forefront of regulatory compliance
What you’ll need

A minimum of NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent but NEBOSH Diploma would be advantageous
Membership of a recognised professional body and keen to undertake continued personal development
Commercially aware and understand the current business challenges within the industry
Previous experience in multi-site retail, warehousing and construction would be an advantage
Good technical knowledge of health and safety, food safety, fire safety and construction related matters
Have the ability to influence and persuade people at all levels within the organisation both informally, and within the meeting and training environments, with the ability to project a professional positive presence and an appropriate level of credibility
Flexibility to travel to all areas within Great Britain and must hold a full UK driving license
Effective time management skills, ability to work within tight time frames with ability to plan and prioritise and think clearly and strategically
Strong written skills and IT skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint as a minimum
Excellent team player as part of a progressive fast paced team with ability to effectively work alone
Enthusiastic with a solution focused attitude, self-motivated and dedicated to achieving the highest results
What you’ll receive

This isn’t getting by. This is getting what you deserve. Working at Lidl is rewarding, in every sense, because we give you the training to succeed in your role and plenty of opportunities to progress your career here. We’re proud to offer a competitive salary starting from £42,000 – £53,000 (depending on experience) with an additional non-contractual 10% London weighting and a generous holiday allowance. Save for your future with our pension scheme, or save today with an in-store discount, plus extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.

We’re making the final preparations and getting ready to move into our brand new head office, Lidl House, in Tolworth. It’s light, spacious and has state of the art breakout spaces, an on-site barista and gym and much more, making it the perfect place to meet colleagues and achieve your potential. We’re expecting to move at the beginning of 2022 and we can’t wait for you join Lidl! We work to a hybrid model ensuring you have a flexible work life balance for those important moments in your life.

Please note your employment is conditional upon the Comp