• Provide leadership in planning, implementing, and coordinating programs to prevent or reduce occupational illnesses, motor vehicle accidents, environmental liabilities, injuries, deaths, and financial losses
• Manages and directs Fleet Safety Supervisor activities, together with keeping equipment certification according to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and specs
• Directs and manages driver training process and programs
• Identifies physical and health hazards and recommends changes which could prevent accidents or financial losses
• Coordinates and directs incident emergency response activities with internal personnel, contractors, insurance representatives and legal counsel on a 24/7 basis
• Conducts or directs research to identify hazards and prevention
• Assist with Developing loss prevention systems, recommends policy, and coordinates activities to insure implementation of policy
• Monitors, compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical and fleet telematic data related to employee exposure and coordinates corrective action
• Assists with maintaining a liaison with federal, state and local safety and health regulatory and emergency response agencies to assure information exchange
• Keeps current on DOT FMCSA, OSHA, safety, health, and loss related regulations and trends and modifies the safety program to ensure compliance in operations
• Complies with all environmental, health, safety & training policies, procedures and requirements
• Present safety & compliance information at field and yard safety meetings
• Coordinates with the Operations Manager(s) to implement and maintain safety policies and procedures
• Coordinates with various department heads to design and produce training material for training purposes, i.e. dispatch training material, terminal manager training material

Knowledge and Skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Must be able to read, write, use basic algebra, geometry and shop math and understand written, verbal or diagrammatic instructions, including instructions, manuals, rules, regulations, etc.
• Must have strong, effective communication skills with diverse groups of people. This includes making presentations to internal and external groups
• Must possess valid driver’s license
• Requires basic computer skills
• Will be required to work afterhours and weekends
• Frequent travel required
• Must be able to safely perform job on and around machinery that could cause bodily harm or death if proper procedures are not followed

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or Professional Safety Accreditation
• Has a minimum of three years of experience in safety

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus