Transport Safety Business Partner MM025

Department: Manchester

Metroline Manchester is a recently formed subsidiary of ComfortDelGro. In March 2024, we were awarded contracts to operate four franchises and join the Bee Network in Greater Manchester by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). Metroline was founded in 1989 and is the fourth largest bus operator in London, running about 17 percent of the city's scheduled bus services. It has been part of the largest private land transport company, ComfortDelGro, since 2000. With 6,000 colleagues across the UK, Metroline helps carry over one million customers daily. ComfortDelGro operates in 12 countries with a global fleet of over 40,000 vehicles and more than 22,000 colleagues.

Location: Head Office (Hyde Road, M12 4AH). Flexibility to travel to other depots in Wythenshawe, Tameside, and Sharston.

We are recruiting for a new position of Transport Safety Business Partner to join the Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) Team. This role reports directly to the Head of SHEQ and collaborates with other SHEQ Business Partners and specialists. The primary focus is to reduce collisions and costs, and to maintain and improve driving standards organization-wide within a results-focused environment.

• Provide expert advice on Transport Safety to support compliance and foster a positive safety culture.
• Advise and assist staff, managers, and senior leaders on Transport Safety matters within your competence and experience.
• Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders such as TfGM, aiming for effective partnerships.
• Conduct Drugs and Alcohol tests as required, following suspicions of impairment or incidents such as collisions or injuries.
• Accurately record and maintain incident/collision data, displaying information per company standards.
• Retrieve CCTV footage from vehicles involved in incidents to assist emergency services and investigations.
• Report safety performance metrics and improvement plans to senior management regularly.
• Offer benefits such as free bus travel for yourself and three companions or children, free on-site parking, pension contributions, benefits hub, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, free uniform, and more.
• Work towards Chartered Membership of IOSH or equivalent; conduct Driving Assessments to BTEC standards; understand relevant health and safety legislation.
• Maintain knowledge of all PCV requirements and legislation, including disability awareness.
• Manage Transport Safety in a complex organization, implementing SHEQ management systems to ensure statutory compliance and risk minimization.
• Analyze safety data and prepare senior reports to evaluate safety performance.

Full-time, 38 hours per week, permanent contract. Flexibility required for hours/days, including weekends, based on operational needs.

Please include in your application:

• The reasons for your interest in the position.
• Examples demonstrating how you meet the required skills.
• Relevant qualifications or experience.

We deliver safe, reliable, and sustainable transport to our communities.