Join our team as a Safety Business Partner to enhance our culture of safety excellence and drive continuous improvement. This is a six month role covering a secondment with the potential for extension beyond this period. This role will cover the West of the country, our Safety function are based in Peterborough, so this would be an ideal location, with regular travel to our sites as far afield as Cardiff. The Safety Business Partner at GBRf is responsible for the strategic and functional development and delivery of the Safety Management System, whilst also providing support and advice on a range of health, safety, security and wellbeing activities across the region. The role holder will work in collaboration with the Safety Team and the Risk & Compliance department to develop awareness, understanding and application of the Safety Management System and seek to drive continuous improvement so that our safety culture is enhanced within the company. You will further enhance and drive the business safety plan to ensure legal compliance, and be a safety liaison for internal and external stakeholders. Regular travel across the UK is required for this role. Closing date: 3rd March Develop and maintain excellent business partnerships with their assigned region of GBRf, ensuring visibility and engagement across the network of management, traincrew and HQ operations and ensure GBRf managers understand and fulfil their health and safety, environmental and quality obligations. Assist in and conduct site inspections, security assessments, personal accident investigations and risk mitigation, and in the closure of actions in order to manage site risk profile Ensure regular visibility and engagement within the Safety Team, and the wider Risk & Compliance department. Provide support, advice and guidance on health, safety, environmental and quality assurance matters for the region, increasing awareness throughout the business whilst working with internal and external stakeholders to provide education, instruction and information. Develop and maintain excellent business partnerships with your designated client groups and encourage best practice, offering support and guidance to drive forward management of health and safety, quality and environmental awareness within the business. Ensure any significant health, safety, environmental and quality issues are escalated to the management team and action plans are managed swiftly and cascaded through the company. Design and implement continuous improvement programs, ensuring suitable and sufficient risk and cost analysis is in place. Support and assist in the development of risk assessments, methods of work, or safe systems of work. Ensuring GBRf’s Health and Safety, Environmental and Quality Management systems are adhered to and compliant with legislation and suitable for the needs of the business and our customer requirements. Assist in internal or external audits of GBRf health and safety, environmental and quality management systems, providing written reports to the Senior Health & Safety Manager and track identified non-compliances to conclusion and analyse findings and ensure continuous improvement. Maintain systems and processes to ensure all reporting requirements are robustly managed and reported in co-operation with company sustainability and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) responsibilities Ensure all customer and public complaints relating to health and safety, environment and quality issues are investigated, and reports are closed out in a timely fashion Essential Knowledge of operational activities and responsibilities, as well as health and safety processes Excellent communication skills both written and verbal Dynamic, self-motivated, ability to manage multiple priorities and project managementExperience with in the UK Railway Industry Clean driving licence NEBOSH General Certificate T o be successful in this role you must demonstrate the following: Objective & Delivery focussed approach Excellent Communication skills at all levels (both written and verbal) with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders towards a common goal Flexible attitude to working hours Strong time management skills High attention to detail Our Values Professionalism – Safety and security is paramount in our business, and we feel that this embodies the foundation of a high achieving safety culture Support – We look after our people and they in turn are encouraged to look after each other Communication – The transparency of our is business is valued by our colleagues and customers Trust and Empowerment – We believe that openness and honesty make for the best relationship because it leads to trust and confidence Enjoyment – Taking pleasure in coming to work at GBRf is actively encouraged right from the top At GB Railfreight we recognise that having a more diverse range of people leads to greater innovation. We want to create a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds with the aim to have a workforce representative of wider society. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace in line with our values.