Director Service & Fleet Safety

The Director Service and Fleet Safety reports to the Sr. Director EHS & Loss Prevention and is responsible for safety leadership, EHS strategy execution, and regulatory compliance for the Service Business Unit and Company fleet operations.  This role will achieve safety goals by developing and implementing safety policies and programs, ensuring compliance with regulations, and building a strong safety culture through team engagement, leadership development, and continuous improvement practices. 

Essential Tasks

• Lead and promote a strong culture through partnerships with Operations, HR, and senior leadership, ensuring safety is fully integrated into business decisions and activities.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the EHS team by establishing goals, providing direction and support, managing performance, coaching, and building capabilities across all direct reports.
• Develop and execute the company’s EHS and fleet safety strategic plan including measurable annual goals and KPI’s, and a reporting framework with leading/lagging indicators and risk monitoring.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve EHS programs, audits, training, policies, and procedures, ensuring compliance with company policy, federal, state/provincial, and local laws, and industry best practices.
• Ensure timely response and follow up on critical incidents, including sharing learnings cross-functionally to drive awareness and effective corrective actions are implanted across the entire company.
• Review and audit activities and records to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, laws, governmental regulations, and industry best practices.
• Ensure adherence to DOT/FMCSA regulations, including Hours of Service (HOS), drug & alcohol testing, driver qualification files, and vehicle inspection requirements.
• Proactively and effectively monitor and improve driver behaviors and reduce fleet operation risks using telematics and dashcam technologies and reporting.
• Plan, prepare, deploy, and monitor training and awareness materials on topics related to safety, hazmat, and regulatory compliance in partnership with the L&D team and operations.
• Constantly review, evaluate, and enhance the Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) programs to ensure optimal effectiveness in minimizing injuries and risks.
• Be the lead resource and a company representative for issues requiring interaction with regulatory agencies such as DOT, OSHA, AHJ, and the EPA and manage any inspections, citations, and abatement processes.
• Plan, prepare, and present effective awareness and training materials for drivers, technicians, management, and senior leadership on topics related to safety and regulatory compliance. 
• Manage environmental risks within the company by monitoring and auditing compliance with hazardous, industrial, and universal waste management, including SPCC, environmental reporting, and applicable permits.
• Provide regular reporting and insights to senior and executive leadership.
• Oversee emergency preparedness and crisis response programs ensuring effective plans, drills, and readiness.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.  Preferred Safety, Business, or related degree.

Professional Experience/Competencies

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in EHS in a leadership position.  Prefer multi-unit experience.
• Expertise in principles of accident prevention, OSHA 1910 regulations, PPE, LOTO, ergonomics, root cause analysis, and hazardous materials relevant to general industrial or heavy-duty/automotive repair industries.
• Experience with ANSI, NFPA, DOT, and EPA regulations and standards.
• Knowledgeable of SPCC, CAA, and CWA.

Computer Skills

• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint.  

Certifications/Licenses

• Valid drivers’ license with clean driving record
• ASP, CSP, CIH, HAZWOPER. CSD. ERP, CHMM, or ASC preferred
• OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 training certifications

Skills

• Bias for Action:  Evaluate, act and communicate in timely manner.
• Decision Making:  Make timely, practical, and effective decisions using facts, data, and logic to support your reasoning.
• Monitoring:  Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself and other individuals and organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Influence:  The ability to produce positive outcomes through others by communicating, training, and coaching.
• Sound Judgment:  Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Conflict Management:  Ability to effectively resolve high stress situations by understanding all sides of a problem and working with others to develop the best solutions
• Communicating:  Deliver information to others in an effective and appropriate manner.
• Active Learning:  Understanding the implication of gathering new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Time Management:  Managing one's own time and the time of others to ensure all goals are met.
• Analysis:  Ability to use reporting and mathematics to identify and solve problems.
• Critical Thinking:  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination:  Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.

Attributes

• Integrity:  Acting with morals and ethics in all circumstances and maintaining utmost confidentiality
• Oral Expression:  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension:  The ability to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension:  The ability to understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression:  The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Originality:  The ability to come up with new and different ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Complex Problem Solving:  Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Problem Sensitivity: The ability to determine when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It involves recognizing there is a problem and resolving it.
• Deductive Reasoning:  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

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 the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Occasional lifting of items up to 50 pounds.
• Occasional use of stairs, ladders, and elevated platforms.
• Occasional use of vibrating tools, machinery, or equipment (PIT)
• Frequent reaching above shoulder height and below the waist
• Frequent sitting, squatting, and bending
• Constant walking and standing

Atmospheric/Environmental Conditions

The primary environment is characterized by ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional office equipment found in a typical office environment. Job duties in this position can result in exposure to weather elements, temperature variations, lighting variations, high noise levels, chemicals, and industrial equipment associated with warehouse and service shop environments. Some activities may require wearing personal protective equipment.

Travel

• Ability to travel 20% of the time is required.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.