Transportation Safety Manager

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Transportation Safety Manager

Pay Rate: $57,000.00 USD Per Year

At First Student, our Location Safety Managers are a constant reflection of our company's commitment to safety and customer service. The Location Safety Manager is responsible for providing operational oversight, providing work guidance, and delivering leadership to full safety supervisory duties.

• Competitive Pay!
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company contribution
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Company-paid life insurance
• Stable employment with a well-established organization
• Opportunities for growth and internal advancement
• Employee discounts on cell phone plans, vehicles, electronics, and more through Perk Spot

• Administers driver hiring and compliance process (e.g., interviewing and driver selection; drug/alcohol testing; fingerprint checks; DOT physicals;; motor vehicle records checks; government forms) as applicable.
• Provides direction, guidance and oversight to location trainers, to include monitoring training hours. Manages and monitors execution of location training program to ensure compliance. Schedules and conducts recertification and enhancement training as required. Ensures training program materials are revised based upon company and branding requirements.
• Leads safety event investigations using the 5-Why's or similar methodology, complete collision reports, oversee collision files and enters into DMO, collision register, and follows up with the claim's office and adjusters as necessary. Typically determines preventability, in conjunction with location manager, based on the facts identified both at the scene and in investigative follow-up. Provides post-safety event counseling with employees. Assists and participates in Safety Committee meetings as appropriate.
  
  Sets up regular safety event review meetings to determine preventability of events. Monitor driver appeal process.
• Maintains compliance with all federal, provincial, state, company, local regulations and policies (including company SOPs), and maintains required documentation in conjunction with DMO administrators as appropriate. Reviews data and supporting documentation that is required for hire to confirm accuracy, and ensures each employee remains qualified through active monitoring/management of the DMO system for federal, provincial, state and local regulatory compliance.
• Plans, schedules, conducts and documents monthly safety meetings based on internal and external safety training goals and objectives.
• Provides assistance and training to employees on safety-related issues.
• Assist in the oversight of driver performance using available technology, road evaluations, telematics, etc. in conjunction with the Location Manager.
• Anticipate, identify and evaluate hazardous conditions and practices. Develop hazard control methods, procedures and programs to reduce risk. Administer and advise others on hazard controls and hazard control programs. Evaluate and communicate the effectiveness of hazard controls and hazard control programs.
• Provides various safety reports for review. Analyzes data and trending information to prepare location safety action plans. Administer location safety performance improvement plans in conjunction with location managers.
• Manages safety and training program costs, keeping in line with budgetary requirements as applicable. Develops cost saving recommendations.

• Minimum of one year of experience in an Assistant Location Safety Manager with 5 years operations experience or a combination of a college degree and years of experience,
• Relevant safety certificates and OSHA (U.S.) 10-hour training preferred.
• Knowledge of federal, provincial and…