What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety Supervisor position at Stevens Transport?
Department
Safety Training & Risk Management
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY: The Safety Supervisor is a front-line manager responsible for providing training direction and safety coaching to a fleet of long-haul drivers with the goal of reducing overall risk. Work is accomplished in tandem with Fleet Managers and other leadership on the Operations floor, collaboratively focusing on safety related items (preventable accidents, citizen complaints, hard braking events, tickets, etc.) and compliance matters regarding specific drivers.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
M-F (Weekend Rotation) (United States of America)
Education
In compliance with Federal and State equal employment opportunity laws, qualified candidates are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability, or any other protected group status.
Safety Training & Risk Management
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY: The Safety Supervisor is a front-line manager responsible for providing training direction and safety coaching to a fleet of long-haul drivers with the goal of reducing overall risk. Work is accomplished in tandem with Fleet Managers and other leadership on the Operations floor, collaboratively focusing on safety related items (preventable accidents, citizen complaints, hard braking events, tickets, etc.) and compliance matters regarding specific drivers.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Directly influencing the safety behavior, driving performance and knowledge base of your fleet
- Reviewing contributing factors to accidents and violations to determine focus areas for remediation, prevention and risk management
- Addressing trending problem areas with timely coaching and intervention
- Responding to questions regarding policies, procedures, best practices, FMCSR/CSA interpretations, etc.
- Providing weather updates to drivers and office associates
- Setting up drug and alcohol screening as necessary
- Regular and ad-hoc reporting
Minimum Qualifications:
- In-depth working knowledge of all applicable safety rules and regulations
- Highly organized and communicative - must be able to interact effectively at all levels, both internally and externally
- Ability to perform in an environment with ambiguous situations, rapidly changing priorities and competing deadlines
- Proven record of making well-informed decisions in both routine and emergency situations
- High degree of initiative and independent execution. You can thrive as a team player but are also driven by autonomy
- Decision making
- Public speaking
- Communication
- Safety compliance
- Knowledge evaluation
- Training and re-training
- Incident investigation
- Policy interpretation
- Constructive feedback
- Coaching
- Documentation
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- 2 years of experience working in transportation, motor carrier experience, and/or experience with DOT
M-F (Weekend Rotation) (United States of America)
Education
In compliance with Federal and State equal employment opportunity laws, qualified candidates are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability, or any other protected group status.
