Safety Manager

Safety Manager Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Understand the concept of behavioral safety, with effective communication and training skills
• Under limited supervision, ensure compliance with specific school district policies, federal and state laws
• Lead, design, develop and implement initial and recurrent training programs for transportation personnel
• Manage and lead safety department staff, establish objectives, standards, work schedules and accountability for job performance
• Coordinate all training activities
• Maintain compliance programs including/but not limited to drug testing
• Develop and conduct regularly scheduled Safety programs (e.g. driver safety meetings, award programs, etc.) emphasizing ZUM culture
• Primary point of contact in reviewing and responding to personnel injury, vehicle accidents, preparation, workers compensation and submission of reports in accordance with ZUM policy and State rules and regulations
• Serves as a liaison to various agencies, evaluates and makes recommendations for changes as necessary for effectiveness, efficiency and adherence to state and federal regulations

Essential functions:

• Assists the Human Resources department with recruiting, selecting and maintaining an authorized level of bus drivers
• Coordinates with the Human Resource department to ensure that drug testing requirements are conducted, coordinates bus driver annual physicals with approved health care providers
• Manages daily activity within the Safety Department, assigns workload to Field Supervisors and Driver Trainers
• Oversee training activities, including; new driver training, safety training, in-service training, driver road evaluations, Special Education Training, First Aid training and all other required training.
• Supervise, and oversee, the work of Master Trainers and certified drivers/trainers who assist with conducting general bus driver training, ensure the training is delivered as specified
• Assist with responding to accidents involving school buses, collecting accident reports and investigative reports as needed
• Monitor Netradyne alerts to proactively address re-training opportunities/needs
• Maintain individual bus driver files that indicate dates of training and dates of accident involvement when applicable.
• Ensure the DOT drug/alcohol testing program is compliant with federal regulations

Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent, college degree preferred
• 3 years as a Trainer in school bus transportation industry desired
• Extensive knowledge of FMCSA regulations preferred
• Knowledge of drug testing rules and regulations required
• Supervisory experience preferred, supervising/training a driver workforce
• License or Certification, Commercial Driver’s License with Passenger and School Bus Endorsements required
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) and transportation related software
• Strong leadership skills and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and group presentation skills
• Well developed multi-tasking ability and time management skills
• Ability to provide direction, coaching and mentoring to employees while creating an environment that encourages and values input and feedback
• Ability to respond to unanticipated events to ensure excellence in customer service
• Ability to investigate claims and incidents of questionable conduct, accidents etc.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $68,835.95 - $82,899.20 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• San Francisco, CA 94124: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• California State Trainer Certification (Required)

Work Location: In person