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Location Safety Manager

Orangeville, ONOnsiteFull TimeManager / HeadPosted 2 months ago

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Required skills

  • transportation experience
  • safety experience
  • federal regulations
  • state regulations
  • environmental regulations
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • accident investigation
  • incident investigation

Nice to have

  • safety supervisory duties
  • location trainers
  • compliance forms
  • safety trends analysis

Role summary

First Student is seeking a Location Safety Manager to oversee operational safety, provide guidance, and deliver supervisory duties. Responsibilities include managing the driver hiring and compliance process, investigating accidents and injuries, preparing compliance forms, training drivers on safety and passenger management, performing driver road checks, supervising safety personnel, and analyzing safety trends. Requires 2-3 years of transportation or safety-related experience, a high school diploma, knowledge of federal and state safety regulations, and computer literacy in Microsoft Office Suite. A working vehicle for travel is also necessary.

At First Student, our Location Safety Managers are a constant reflection of our company's commitment to safety and customer service. The Location Safety Manager is responsible for providing operational oversight, providing work guidance, and delivering leadership to full safety supervisory duties.

At First Student, we are proud to offer:

  • Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities due to a strong presence across North America. Positive and rewarding work environment


Location Safety Manager Responsibilities:

  • Administers driver hiring and compliance process

  • Provides direction and guidance to location trainers

  • Investigates accidents, incidents, and work-related injuries and determines fault/probability

  • Prepares and submits accident-related compliance forms, maintains files, and enters in system

  • Provides assistance and training to drivers and attendants on passenger management and other safety related issues

  • Performs driver road checks of driver performance

  • Supervise employees with safety and/or driver hiring or training responsibilities

  • Provides various reports and analyzes safety trends


Location Safety Manager Experience and Skills Required:

  • 2-3 years transportation or safety-related experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent

  • Knowledge of federal and state rules and regulations regarding safety and environmental issues

  • Computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

  • Consistent attendance and punctuality

  • Possess working vehicle for travel in service area


First Students' commitment to putting our customers first, dedication to safety, and an ambition to deliver dependable transportation makes for a working environment you'll love. As a huge company with 120,000 staff and over 2.5 billion customers worldwide, you'll also enjoy security, a brilliant future, and excellent training.


Apply today to join our team!
We aspire to have a culture where all people are First. We strive to attract and retain a diverse workforce therefore all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace.

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

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