Are you driven by the challenge of promoting a culture of safety and environmental responsibility, and ready to play a key role in shaping the future of bus franchising in Greater Manchester?

Your Role

As Health, Safety & Environment Officer (Bus Franchising) you will ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards for Transport for Greater Manchester's bus franchising initiatives. Your role involves developing and implementing IMS processes, conducting audits, managing risk assessments, and advising on legal and regulatory changes. You will collaborate with bus operators and internal teams to maintain a strong safety culture, addresses non-compliance issues, and leads incident investigations. Essential qualifications include a NEBOSH General Certificate and significant HSE experience. Your role is key to enhancing safety and sustainability in Greater Manchester’s public transport network.

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

The Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) team within Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is responsible for ensuring the organization's compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards across all operations and projects. The team, which includes roles such as HSE Managers, Officers, and Coordinators, works to develop and implement safety policies, conduct audits, and manage risk assessments. The HSE team reports to senior leadership, through the Chief Networking Officer, ensuring that safety and environmental considerations are integrated into TfGM's strategic planning and daily operations.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

The ideal candidate for the Health, Safety & Environment Officer (Bus Franchising) role you should have significant experience in a health, safety, and environment (HSE) position, preferably within a transportation or infrastructure environment. You must demonstrate expertise in developing and implementing safety management systems, conducting audits, and managing risk assessments. Experience in engaging and influencing stakeholders at various levels is essential, along with a proven track record of ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards. A NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification is required, alongside continuous professional development in safety law and techniques.

What we can offer you

This is a fixed term role of between 6 - 9 months and offers a competitive salary of between £39,360 - £43,817 per annum depending on skills and experience.

Our benefits include:

28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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