Job Description

Logistics at full potential

Are you passionate about creating a safe and healthy workplace? For our dynamic and fast-growing site in Heerlen, we are looking for a QESH Officer with a strong focus on Health & Safety. In this role, you will play a key part in strengthening our safety culture within a complex logistics operation.

The Environment

You will work in a challenging setting:

• A high-volume, industrial-like semi continue logistics operation
• A large site with approximately 600 employees from various nationalities
• A relatively new site with plenty of room for growth and improvement

Your Role

As a QESH Officer, you are responsible for safeguarding and improving quality, health, safety, and environmental standards across the site. You are highly visible on the shop floor & work closely with operations and management.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain QESH procedures and policies
• Actively engage and coach employees on health and safety topics
• Advise operational management and stakeholders on compliance, change management, and continuous improvement
• Conduct (internal and external) audits, inspections, and spot checks (e.g. Labour Inspector, …)
• Maintain and improve the QESH management system
• Drive and execute risk assessments (RI&E) and analyses
• Lead and support the Safety Committee
• Conduct incident investigations and reporting
• Use data-driven insights to improve Health & Safety performance
• Promote a strong and sustainable safety culture

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working and thinking level (HBO), preferably in QESH or similar
• 1–3 years of experience in a QESH role (preferably in logistics or manufacturing)
• Strong affinity with Health & Safety on the shop floor
• Interest in automation and process optimization
• Hands-on, proactive, and a true team player
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Fluent in Dutch and English

What We Offer

• GXO 10 role with a competitive salary aligned to market benchmarks
• Excellent training and career development opportunities
• Working in an international and rapidly growing organization
• Heerlen as your primary work location (no company car included)
• Living within approximately 1 hour travel distance of Heerlen
• Eligible to work in the EU

Interested?

Do you want to make a real impact on workplace safety and help build a future-proof operation?

Apply now and grow with us!

Want to know more about GXO Logistics?
Watch the video below or visit our website: www.gxo.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch-v=3P7NC8gl3bg

In short, this could be the next place where you build your career.

For more information, please contact Sharon Bird, Corporate Recruiter, at Sharon.bird1@gxo.com.

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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.