Health and Safety Business Partner

About The Role

Are you passionate about driving Health & Safety standards from good to great? We’re looking for a Health & Safety Business Partner to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our strategic direction across Logistics and Retail.

Working closely with our Health & Safety Manager, you’ll help define and uphold compliance standards, embed best practices into daily operations, and provide data-driven insights to senior stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives on collaboration, champions change, and wants to make a real impact.

• Location: Crewe (Travel Required)
• Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week on a Monday - Friday shift pattern (able to flex to suit buisness need wll be required)

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing

• Champion our Health & Safety strategy across Logistics and Retail.
• Monitor compliance with policies, procedures, and legal obligations.
• Analyse data and produce high-quality reports to identify risks and recommend improvements.
• Launch and support a refreshed Health & Safety communication strategy.
• Present insights and trend analysis to senior leadership.
• Guide stakeholders in setting meaningful Health & Safety targets.
• Advise on legislative changes and their impact on the business.
• Conduct site reviews and thematic assessments using risk matrices.
• Deliver training and support projects, including new site openings.
• Maintain strong relationships with regulators and external authorities.
• Help us maintain our RoSPA Gold Award status.

A Few Things About You

• Tech IOSH membership (CertIOSH preferred but not essential)
• Already hold or working towards a level 6 NVQ Diploma in occupational Health and Safety.
• Strong communication, influencing, and conflict management skills.
• Ability to collaborate across governance roles and all levels of the business.
• Excellent IT skills, including Excel and Power BI.
• Experience building high-quality reports and translating data into actionable insights.
• Self-motivated with great time management skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to AO sites or client locations.
• A true ambassador for our company values.

A Bit About Us

We’re big on appliances and electricals, REALLY big. Washing machines, fridge freezers and TVs? They’re our bread and butter. Mobiles, Airwraps and Ring doorbells? Yep, those too. If it plugs in, powers up or makes life easier, AO probably has it.
But we’re more than that… For over 25 years, trust has been at the heart of everything we do, helping us become the UK’s most trusted electrical retailer. Our customers rate us 4.9 on Trustpilot from nearly ONE MILLION reviews and more 5-star ratings than any other UK electrical retailer, because they know they can rely on us and it’s the exact same for our AOers too.
We truly believe it’s more than just a job, we genuinely care about each other and our impact on making our customers lives easier, by helping them brilliantly. Everyone here knows how their role makes a difference. Our people are our superpower, so, when it comes to finding new AOers, we know it’s about more than just a CV, it’s about what makes you, YOU.

Our Benefits

At AO, we’ve designed our benefits to support you through life’s big milestones and the small everyday wins. Alongside the essentials—like holidays and a great pension—we offer a range of exclusive AO Perks to make life a little easier and a lot more rewarding.

Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect:

33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)

Pension scheme with a minimum 5% employer contribution

Company car

Wellbeing support, including a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and subsidised gym membership

Exclusive AO employee discounts across a wide range of products and services

And so much more;