Senior Operations Safety Manager
Motional
Safety Manager
Zūm
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Roanoke • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70,000 - $80,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Understand the concept of behavioral safety and effectively communicate and train within the ZUM Service Center
- Direct interface with the customer to enhance the safety experience and determine the appropriate course of action
- Lead, design, develop, and implement initial and recurrent training programs for transportation personnel
- Manage and lead safety department staff by establishing objectives, standards, work schedules, and accountability for job performance
- Manage the recruitment process of ZUM Service Center personnel
- Coordinate all training activities and maintain compliance programs
- Develop and conduct regularly scheduled programs (e.g., driver safety meetings, award programs) emphasizing ZUM culture
- Serve as primary point of contact responding to personnel injury and vehicle accidents; prepare and submit reports per policy
- Assist HR with recruiting, selecting, and maintaining an authorized level of bus drivers and aides
- Coordinate drug testing requirements and annual physicals with approved providers
- Manage daily Safety Department activity; assign 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
- Supervise Master Trainers and certified drivers/trainers to ensure training is delivered as specified
- Respond to accidents involving school buses; collect accident and investigative reports as needed
- Monitor Netradyne alerts to address re-training opportunities proactively
- Maintain individual bus driver files recording training and accident involvement
- Ensure DOT drug/alcohol testing program compliance with federal regulations
- Leverage telematics, GPS, and Netradyne data to identify unsafe driving patterns, coach drivers, and develop corrective action plans
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and district transportation regulations (DOT, FMCSA, OSHA) and Zūm safety policies
- Serve as lead investigator for incidents involving school buses; complete root cause analysis, documentation, and corrective actions within timelines
- Coach and mentor Driver Trainers and Field Supervisors; track and report safety metrics and present findings to leadership
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent (Some college preferred)
- 3 years as a Trainer in school bus transportation industry desired
- Supervisory experience preferred; experience supervising/training a driver workforce
- SBDI certification required
- Commercial Driver’s License with Passenger and School Bus Endorsements required
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office Software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and transportation related software
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational and group presentation skills
- Well-developed multi-tasking and time management skills
- Ability to provide direction, coaching and mentoring to employees
- Ability to respond to unanticipated events to ensure excellence in customer service
- Ability to investigate claims and incidents of questionable conduct, accidents etc.
- Computer literacy in word processing and spreadsheets
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Holidays
- Wellness
- Vacation
- Potential additional compensation (bonus, equity, or commissions)
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
SBDI certificationCommercial Driver’s LicensePassenger EndorsementSchool Bus Endorsementtraining program developmentaccident investigationroot cause analysisDOT compliancedrug/alcohol testing compliancesafety metrics tracking
Soft skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsgroup presentation skillsmulti-taskingtime managementcoachingmentoringcustomer service excellenceproblem-solving
Certifications
SBDI certificationCommercial Driver’s License
