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QESH Officer - Heerlen
Date: 26 Jun 2026
Location: Heerlen, NL, 6422 PB
Company: GXO Logistics
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?
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