Overview
Salary Details: £48,000 – £54,000 (Depending on experience)
Location: Century House Brunel Road Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate
Job Reference: cardfac/TP/1411087/32085
We are looking for an experienced and proactive Health & Safety Manager to support our Manufacturing, Logistics operations, including Printcraft, Warehousing, and the Support Centre.
This is a highly influential role where you will partner with leaders and teams across the business to embed a strong safety culture, improve performance, and ensure compliance with all relevant legislation. You’ll play a key role in shaping our H&S strategy, driving engagement at all levels, and enabling continuous improvement across our operations.
You will also act as a deputy to the Head of Group H&S when required, providing leadership and guidance across the wider function.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Designing and delivering engaging, practical H&S training in collaboration with our Learning & Development team
- Driving compliance by improving visibility of H&S standards, processes, and training completion
- Developing innovative tools and approaches to simplify compliance and improve performance
- Engaging and influencing senior leaders using clear, meaningful H&S data and insights
- Reviewing and enhancing H&S and wellbeing policies, ensuring consistent implementation
- Monitoring changes in legislation and recommending appropriate, pragmatic actions
- Leading robust risk management, incident investigation, and claims processes aligned to group standards
- Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and safe behaviours
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience within Manufacturing and/or Logistics environments
- Strong working knowledge of health & safety legislation, risk management, and compliance frameworks
- Experience influencing stakeholders and driving behavioural change at all levels
- Ability to translate data into actionable insights that improve business performance
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong communication skills
- Passion for wellbeing and creating safer workplaces
Qualifications (or equivalent):
- NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety (or working towards)
- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
- NEBOSH Fire Safety Certificate
- Chartered Member IOSH – CMIOSH
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to shape and influence H&S strategy across key operational areas
- Work with senior stakeholders and make a visible impact on business performance
- Be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- A role with real scope for growth, development, and leadership exposure
Apply Now
If you’re an experienced H&S professional looking to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic Manufacturing & Logistics environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.
In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Benefits
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave
This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.
For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly.
No agencies, please.
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