Van Pool Transportation LLCThe safety director is responsible for ensuring that employees within the organization comply with safety programs that guide the transportation industry. Knowledge of state and federal safety guidelines and requirements are of paramount importance to the success of this role. The safety director needs to partner with the operations team to ensure drivers and other team members are performing the duties of their role in a safe manner to ensure client services are delivered to high standards.
Beacon Mobility is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Beacon Mobility makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Region Director of Safety - New England
Headquartered in Massachusetts, Beacon Mobility is a growing family of companies committed to serving the diverse needs of our customers. Experienced, compassionate, and inspired, we take pride in our ability to create customized, mobility-based solutions that empower people to get where they need to go. Our purpose is simple - MOBILITY WITHOUT LIMITS: Transporting people to live, learn, and achieve . We provide those we serve with the opportunities, resources, and support to confidently move ahead. We support safe, compassionate, and inclusive environments that provide our communities with the mobility solutions they need to flourish and succeed. Providing support to 13,000 employees through 540 contracts, we collectively deliver Paratransit and School Bus services leveraging a fleet of 10,000 vehicles at 105 locations from New England to New Mexico.
Reporting to the Vice President of Safety Operations, the Region Director of Safety champions and provides strategic leadership/direction to a Senior Vice President of Operations in the implementation, delivery and continuous improvement of the Safety Program across multiple locations. This position is responsible to utilize KPI’s and predictive analytics derived from real time vehicle telematics and driver monitoring tools to ensure regulatory compliance and safety performance standards are achieved and upheld.
The role will require highly effective communication, motivation and project management skills while delivering hands on support to location leadership. The support to locations will require the resolution of complex safety and training processes; motor vehicle crash and work-related injury reduction plans; and compliance with applicable company policies and governmental regulations.
The candidate for this role requires successful experience in managing DOT, DMV and other regulated safety/training programs for multiple locations with over 500 employees. Our ideal candidate will be flexible and result oriented with the ability to proactively analyze current processes/procedures and challenge them as needed to build continued process improvement and reliable safety practices.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Safety Program Management - Plans, directs, and leads the implementation and execution of the Safety Program, vehicle crash and work-related injury loss reduction plans, and behavioral awareness/regulatory compliance programs to include FMCSA, FTA, OSHA and state/contract requirements
- Outlier Management - Monitor/analyze issues and emerging trends that impact driver safety and workplace injuries across all region operations and ensures solutions are successfully deployed and incorporated into companywide programs as appropriate
- Significant Event & Crisis Support - Provides immediate and ongoing leadership to regional operations staff with crash/injury/crisis response and investigations
- Interdepartmental Communication - Establishes and maintains effective business relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to support continuous improvement
- Audits & Inspections - Complete on site and virtual inspections, audits and reporting responsibilities timely and with consistently high levels of accuracy
Qualification Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree or evidence of equivalent experience specifically in the area of critical thinking skill development
- Significant experience in commercial passenger transportation safety, education and training
- Experience providing effective safety leadership to multiple locations
- Previous success providing direction, guidance, and coaching to drivers and operational staff
- Broad understanding of safety policies and transportation best practices
- The previous completion of, or ability to complete the OSHA 30-hour General Industry program and additional OSHA Transportation track within 6 months of employment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to travel up to 75% of the time within the assigned Region, with periodic travel outside of the assigned region (as needed)
Preferred qualifications:
- Demonstrate competency in the areas of research methodologies, project management and contract administration
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) and transportation related software,Lytx and telematics
- Previous success in supporting regulatory audits and investigations to include FMCSA, FTA, DOT and OSHA
Terms of acceptance:
Upon acceptance of an offer of employment, employee will perform services for Beacon Mobility that may require Beacon Mobility to disclose confidential and proprietary information ("Confidential Information") to Employee. (Confidential Information is information and data of any kind concerning any matters affecting or relating to Beacon mobility, the business or operations of Beacon Mobility, and/or the products, drawings, plans, processes, or other data of Beacon Mobility not generally known or available outside of the company.)
Employee will hold the Confidential Information received from Beacon Mobility in strict confidence and will exercise a reasonable degree of care to prevent disclosure to others and will not disclose or divulge either directly or indirectly the Confidential Information to others unless first authorized to do so in writing by Beacon Mobility management.
All provisions of this agreement will be applicable only to the extent that they do not violate any applicable law and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable. If any provision of this agreement or any application thereof will be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of other provisions of this agreement or of any other application of such provision will in no way be affected thereby.
Beacon Mobility is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Beacon Mobility makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.