Our client is currently looking for a Safety and Compliance Manager.
This position is responsible for managing all the Safety and Compliance department functions in a transportation company to ensure processes and records, satisfy compliance, achieve efficiency and speak to continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
1. Accident and Incident Investigation and prevention
- Manage investigations of accidents, incidents, and near-misses to mitigate damages and exposure.
- Manage claims to ensure timely and proper closure; monitor adjuster activity to keep costs to a minimum.
- Stay abreast of new methods / best practices to reduce risk and apply or propose when suitable to our operation
2. Training Responsibilities
- Assess relevant training needs for safety staff and drivers
- Develop and source assessment and training tools and techniques that speak to risk reduction, accident prevention and safe behavior
- Ongoing development of orientation and handbook material in relation to department objectives and Operational needs.
- Plan and deliver training course personally where necessary to augment that which is provided internally by others.
- Promote safety using a variety of media methods (video / bulletins)
3. Compliance and Legal
- Ensure Logs compliance is being managed daily and any all regulatory violations are investigated for root cause and corrective action.
- Monitor trends of violations to propose initiatives and or changes to prevent future occurrences and overall scores are in good standing.
- Keep abreast of regulations for various jurisdiction - research and provide direction with regard to compliance.
- Provide expert technical advice, coaching and guidance to management and employees on safety, compliance and best practices.
- Work with Operations to ensure successful implementation of electronic log monitoring and develop effect process for managing compliance.
- Oversees the administration of record keeping for all safety and compliance matters (OSHA, FMCSA driver qualification files, etc.)
- Ensure department processes and records satisfy compliance for insurers and governing bodies (Captive, C-TPAT, PIP, CSA, CVOR, ACE, D&A, etc.) and Corporate due diligence.
- Educate employees on the Domestic and FMCSA’s CSA safety program, monitor the company’s compliance within its scoring system (BASIC), and report the company’s results to management
- Develop audit schedules and procedures to ensure fleet compliance and to identify deficiencies and take action by proposing and implementing solutions to rectify non-compliant behaviors.
- Periodically conduct regulatory and procedural audits
4. General Management
- Conduct regular employee evaluations in relation to dept. objectives
- Ensure reporting departments expenses are necessary, proportionate and competitive
- Maintain lean yet functional inventories of driver and dept. supplies
- Annual licensing for all vehicles/ permit renewals and special permits
- Conduct driver orientation
Requirement:
- Must have minimum of 1 years of management experience in the transport industry
- Ease with computer and safety related software
- Strong negotiating skills
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Resolution of problems and take Initiatives
- Able to develop and implement projects and systems
Work Environment:
- Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Experience:
- Management: 1 years (preferred)
- safety and compliance in a transport company: 1 year (preferred)
Location: Kitchener
$60,000 to $70,000 a year to start, depending on experience
This is a direct hire and permanent opportunity.
If interested, please forward your resume to [email protected]
Pay: $60,000.00-$70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site childcare
- On-site parking
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
