Safety Specialist; Western US Region

Base Salary: $65,000 to $74,500 annually dependent on experience.

For more than 70 years, TBC Corporation has been a leader in the mobility industry and one of North America’s largest marketers and distributors of automotive replacement tires through wholesale operations. Additionally, TBC responds to the needs of consumers in search of total car care at nearly 470 franchised tire and automotive service centers under the award-winning Big O Tires® brand.

TBC is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. With $5 billion in revenue and more than 3,000 employees in the U.S. and Mexico, TBC markets on a wholesale basis to regional tire chains and distributors serving independent tire dealers and with proprietary brands of tires specializing in passenger, commercial, farm and specialty tires. In 2005, TBC Corp. was purchased by Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA).

SCOA is the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of Japan’s major integrated trading and investment business enterprises. In 2018, Michelin, the largest tire manufacturer in Europe, invested in the company which is now a 50:50, privately held joint venture between Sumitomo and Michelin.

Our Values Are The Foundation Of Our Work, How We Interact With Each Other, And The Strategies We Employ To Fulfill Our Purpose. These Are The Practices We Use Every Day – In Everything We Do

• Integrity
  - We act honestly because nothing is more important than our reputation.
• Teamwork
  - We are better together.
• People-Focused
  - We put people first – our Associates, customers, franchisees, and partners – and cultivate a respectful, collaborative, and inclusive culture, top to bottom, inside and out.
• Accountability
  - We own our actions and decisions; we do what we say we are going to do.
• Leave Everything Better
  - We innovate to improve everything we touch, and we take actions now to protect the future.

The Safety Specialist provides field support, coaching, inspections, incident follow-up, and corrective action support for assigned Central region locations. This role partners with regional facility leaders, Safety Captains, Driver Ambassadors, and frontline teams to drive enterprise safety programs to the location level, reinforce safe work practices, resolve hazards, support incident response, and ensure consistent execution across the assigned portfolio.

• Provide scheduled field support, remote coaching, safety check-ins, and practical guidance to assigned locations.
• Supports an assigned regional portfolio of locations, working directly with facility leaders, Safety Captains, and Driver Ambassadors to execute safety programs at the location level.
• Conduct inspections, hazard assessments, and observations; document findings and support timely corrective action.

• Follow up on incidents, near misses, findings, and hazards to support investigation, documentation, corrective action, and closure.
• Coach leaders, supervisors, Safety Captains, Driver Ambassadors, and frontline teams on hazard recognition, reporting, corrective actions, and program requirements.
• Coordinate with regional facility leaders, Safety Captains, and Driver Ambassadors to drive safety programs, campaigns, corrective actions, and expectations to the location level.

• Support program implementation, training materials, job aids, communications, safety meetings, toolbox talks, and Safety Captain and Driver Ambassador engagement.
• Track corrective actions, inspections, training follow-up, recurring concerns, and portfolio safety activity records.
• Partner with Operations, Fleet, HR, Training, Safety, and other leaders to address risks, DOT/FMCSA and fleet safety needs, barriers, and…