Job Description

Description

 Job Summary:   

The Transportation Safety and Maintenance Manager oversees driver safety, compliance, and fleet maintenance to ensure efficient and safe operations. This role involves conducting safety training, monitoring driver behavior, managing accident reporting, and ensuring adherence to FMCSA and DOT regulations. Additionally, they develop maintenance schedules, track costs, manage vendor relationships, and implement programs to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance.   Knowledge of ARDOT permitting rules and regulations, heavy equipment chain and binder requirements and restrictions, legal load positioning, and truck and trailer hauling weight limits and axle spacing. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Conduct regular safety training sessions to ensure drivers follow safe operating practices and comply with FMCSA regulations. 
• Monitor driver behavior through cameras and reports, providing coaching and accountability as needed. 
• Manage accident and injury reporting, conducting thorough investigations and implementing corrective actions. 
• Maintain up-to-date Driver Qualification (DQ) files and ensure compliance with FMCSA guidelines.  Oversee the random drug screening program, ensuring quarterly testing is completed per FMCSA requirements. 
• Screen potential driver candidates by reviewing PSP reports, MVR records, and job references. 
• Develop and implement a comprehensive driver orientation program covering safety protocols, equipment operation, and company policies. 
• Create and maintain preventive maintenance schedules to minimize equipment downtime and ensure DOT compliance. 
• Manage vendor relationships, negotiate repair rates, and track maintenance costs to control expenses. 
• Conduct monthly safety meetings to discuss trends, provide training, and reinforce safe driving practices.

Requirements

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 

• Minimum 10 years of Transportation Safety experience. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear. 

The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

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

This employee must be able to exert 10 lbs of force frequently and 50 lbs of force on occasion. 

This position requires kneeling, standing, squatting, and grasping frequently. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Required travel  

This position is considered a safety sensitive position.

The Job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

EEO/AA

Salary/Exempt

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)