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Operational Safety Manager

First Bus London, United KingdomOn-SiteFull Time

Key Notes

Across several London garages, you’ll own safety performance across several London garages, directing risk controls, local governance and improvement interventions. The remit spans workplace health and safety, road risk, driver-safety data, serious-incident investigations, corrective actions, contractor controls and Safety Management System consistency. A NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent, IOSH Managing Safely, operational safety experience, road-risk expertise and strong root-cause and leadership-influence skills are required.

What You'll Work On

  • Manage workplace and road-risk performance across assigned garages, monitoring safety plans and indicators and escalating material or systemic issues.
  • Chair depot safety governance and lead serious-incident investigations, reviewing root causes and the evidence that agreed corrective actions have been completed.
  • Advise garage leaders, unions, TfL and external stakeholders on safety matters, coordinating the decisions and actions required across the garages.

Why This Role Matters

  • Bus passengers, drivers and depot teams rely on consistent controls across workplaces, routes and contractors to prevent incidents and reduce road risk.
  • A multi-garage view allows emerging trends, serious events and weak controls to trigger coordinated interventions rather than isolated local responses.

What They Are Looking For

  • Qualification: NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent, plus IOSH Managing Safely.
  • Experience: Health-and-safety management in operational or safety-critical settings.
  • Experience: Applicants need demonstrable driver-safety and road-risk performance management.
  • Experience: Applicants need strong incident investigation and root-cause analysis capability.
  • Technical: Applicants need experience implementing Safety Management Systems at site or operational level.
  • Experience: Applicants need ability to challenge and support operational leaders and external partners.

First Bus

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First Bus is FirstGroup’s bus division, operating local and regional passenger services across the UK and Ireland. Its activities include contracted routes for Transport for London, with investment in electric buses and depot charging supporting its passenger networks.

Sector
Public Transport Systems
Headquarters
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Founded
1995
Operating Regions
Europe
Employees
10,001-25,000

Frequently Asked Questions

  • This role is On-site, based in London, United Kingdom.

  • Yes, this is a Full-time position.

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