Fleet Safety, Compliance, and Training Specialist

The Fleet Safety, Compliance, and Training Specialist provides safety management oversight for the SWTO Fleet Operations team by supporting our comprehensive fleet safety management strategy, while ensuring compliance with all applicable regulations and Company policies and practices. Collaborates with Fleet Operations partners for management and leadership of the daily safety, compliance, and training activities. Responds to and supports safety incident management and coordinate efforts to mitigate damages, claims and injuries.

Responsibilities

Promote a positive safety culture which recognizes and rewards safe behaviors and safe work practices; Reinforce the Company’s Fleet Safety, Compliance, and Training programs through a behavior-based safety mindset; Leverage technology to support behavior-based safety performance including Virtual Risk Manager, vehicle telematics, and other data used to create driver risk profile with focus on safety incident prevention; Provide timely and proper incident response, management and reporting of commercial motor vehicle crashes; Direct Company activities associated with safety incident management oversight, investigation, root cause analysis, and administrative requirements including safety incident cost claims; Oversight and responsibility for all Safety Performance Reviews and CMV Driver Qualification Policy; Collaborate with HR and Fleet Operations in review process; Provide support in performance improvement plans for CMV drivers that meet criteria; Oversee and responsible for regulatory compliance with USDOT, FMCSA, PHMSA, OSHA and other federal, state, and local authorities; Full oversight and responsibility for FMCSA’s Safety Management System (SMS) - Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs); Maintain and update all driver qualification (DQ) files including required regulatory training and credential management; Act as primary point of contact for Compliance Reviews, Interventions and all other inquiries; Train all Fleet Operations partners to conduct and oversee Fleet Safety Observation Program including Direct Safety Observations (DSO), Job Safety Observations (JSO) and Vehicle Safety Inspections (VSI); Stop Work Authority

Requirements

3+ years of relevant work experience; Working knowledge of federal, state, and local fleet and safety regulatory requirements (USDOT, FMCSA, OSHA, PHMSA, etc.); Knowledge and experience with transportation systems and technology including electronic driver logs (ELD), Driver Video Systems, Trimble Fleet Mobility (aka PeopleNet), TMW, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Bendix Fusions, Samsara; Strong leadership, collaboration, analytical, influential, interpersonal, and organizational skills; Results-oriented with the ability to drive continuous improvement within the Safety organization; Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and professionally both verbally, non-verbally and in writing

Nice to have

Bachelor’s degree preferred or associate degree in Logistics or Industrial Safety; Certified Safety Professional (CSP) preferred; Related safety work experience with commitment to pursue Certifications