Safety Business Partner

Salary: Up to £45,000 depending on experience

Full-time (40 hours) | Permanent | Monday–Friday | Nottingham

Do you have a passion for keeping people safe and building a strong, positive safety culture? Are you a confident, pragmatic and influential safety professional committed to continuous improvement? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Nottingham Trams Ltd is looking for an experienced and motivated Safety Business Partner to join our QHSE team. In this role, you’ll work alongside our operational and engineering teams as a trusted safety adviser, helping ensure our colleagues, customers and the public enjoy a safe, reliable tram network.

Why join us?

At Nottingham Trams, we believe in We Care. We Commit. We Imagine. If you share our values and want to be part of a team that keeps Nottingham moving, we want to hear from you!

Your role will focus on:

Safety Partnering — Acting as a trusted adviser to managers and teams across the business, providing practical, risk-based health and safety guidance.

Safety Management System (SMS) – Maintaining and continuously improving the Safety Management System, ensuring policies, procedures, standards, and records remain effective, compliant, and aligned with business and operational requirements.

Risk & Compliance — Supporting risk assessments and our safety management system, and helping ensure compliance with legislation and rail industry standards.

Investigation & Learning — Leading and supporting incident investigations, identifying root causes and making sure lessons learned are shared and acted on.

Training & Competence – Supporting the development of safety competence across the business through coaching, training, awareness initiatives, and guidance on safety responsibilities.

Change & Project Safety – Supporting business change, engineering projects, and operational improvements by ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and controlled throughout the lifecycle of activities.

Safety Culture & Engagement — Working closely with colleagues at all levels to promote safe behaviours and drive continuous improvement in safety performance.

Every day, you’ll be making a real impact—helping us keep our colleagues, customers and the people of Nottingham safe while delivering a reliable, respectful, and efficient tram service.

What we’re looking for:

Proven experience in a health and safety role, ideally within rail, transport or another safety-critical environment.

A recognised health and safety qualification, such as the NEBOSH National/International General Certificate or above.

Experience maintaining and improving a Safety Management System (SMS).

Experience supporting risk assessments and implementing effective controls.

Experience interpreting and applying health and safety legislation and industry standards.

The confidence to influence and build strong working relationships at all levels, and to challenge constructively where needed.

Strong investigation, analytical and report-writing skills, with a strong attention to detail.

Someone dependable, organised, and committed to doing things well.

As this is a safety-critical role, successful candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment medical.

What’s in it for you?

Competitive salary

Free tram travel for you and your dependants

Free on-site parking

Pension contribution / Salary Sacrifice

Medical cover with Westfield Health

Exclusive retail discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Health & wellbeing programme

Ready to take the next step?

Act fast! We may close this job advert early if we receive enough applications.

Work location: In person (Nottingham)

Nottingham Trams Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to equality of opportunity and diversity in employment. Applications are welcome from all sectors of the community, and we aim to recruit a diverse work force that reflects the people that we serve. We welcome applications from any candidate with appropriate skills and/or experience