Senior Safety Manager, Logistics
Job Description
Super-Sod is an organization that has a 70-year reputation for outstanding leadership, innovation, and expertise. Our employees use their creativity and talent to invent new solutions, meet new demands, and offer the most effective services and products in the industry. With your active involvement, creativity, and support, Super-Sod will continue to achieve its goals.
Super-Sod offers a welcoming environment to both our customers and employees. Our teams work highly collaboratively and are proud of the dynamic culture which cultivates company-wide growth and teamwork. Super-Sod employees stand out as being industry professionals who offer knowledge, experience, and a passion to serve.
In turn, the Company provides our family of employees’ competitive wage and benefit offerings to ensure their needs are exceeded and their own families are provided for. In addition to numerous awards for quality products, Super-Sod is honored to be consecutively named a Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal Constitution year after year.
In addition to good working conditions and competitive pay, it is Super-Sod’s policy to provide a combination of supplemental benefits to all eligible employees. In keeping with this goal, each benefit program has been carefully devised. These benefits include flexible paid time-off, such as vacations and holidays, as well as comprehensive and innovative health and wellness plans that include products like medical, dental, vision, HSA, and supplemental life, accident, hospital, and critical illness.
We are constantly studying and evaluating our benefit programs and policies to better meet present and future requirements. These policies have been developed over the years and continue to be refined to keep up with changing times and needs.
Are you a safety-focused logistics leader with deep knowledge of DOT and FMCSA regulations?
The Senior Safety and Compliance Manager for Logistics is responsible for developing and overseeing driver safety policies across multiple regions, guiding a team of managers to ensure compliance, accident prevention, and safe transportation practices. This role is ideal for a proactive, systems-minded leader with a strong background in safety strategy, training, and federal transportation regulations. He or she will oversee and direct a team of Managers towards the successful development and implementation of driver safety policies and procedures to promote and ensure effective driver safety operations throughout the organization.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Collaborates with Management to establish, prepare and implement safety practices to ensure successful Delivery execution.
- Audit and review all regional driver training programs and ensure all operational activities are in compliance with all Federal, state, and local safety rules & regulations.
- Conduct weekly, monthly and quarterly safety meetings with Regional Safety Managers to include tractor-trailer and forklift best practice, accident response procedures, high risk activity and improvement areas.
- Coordinates OSHA, DOT and FMCSA compliance training for Regional Managers in coordination with Company Human Resources department and third-party consultants.
- Provides ongoing support, training and direction to Management team to ensure proper coaching of driver safety violations and new Driver training as needed.
- In collaboration with Human Resources, Company Safety Director and Logistics Director, works to administer quarterly and annual reporting under federal and state guidelines.
- In collaboration with the Company Safety Committee, oversees the Accident Investigation process for Regional Management.
- Performs routine review of Compliance, Safety and Accountability scores; Meets routinely with Regional Managers to develop programs to improve safety scores and reduce infractions, injuries, accidents, and other problem areas.
- In collaboration with Regional Managers, conducts new Driver training and oversees continuous education programs for all Company logistics employees.
- In collaboration with Regional Managers, ensures all routine vehicle maintenance is scheduled, performed and within safety compliance.
- Conducts regional safety inspections and audits to assess local compliance with safety regulations.
- Reviews accident and incident reports.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Competencies
- Extensive knowledge of current company safety policies and applicable Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
- Extensive knowledge of FMCSA and DOT regulations and procedures.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong leadership and ability to conduct effective training.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
- Proficiency with computerized distribution systems.
Supervisory Responsibility:
This is a managerial role which requires direct and effective oversight all Regional Safety and Compliance Managers including hiring, termination, coaching, and corrective action.
Work Environment
This job operates primarily in a professional retail environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, e-filing systems, and fax machines. The employee will be expected to work outside in all weather conditions and must have suitable clothing. They must have the ability and willingness to work in adverse conditions, not just including extreme weather but enclosed spaces. The employee will be expected to work around and with machinery that distributes loud noises and exhaust. Personal Protective gear is provided by the employer. This position does require handling and operating of heavy equipment which may introduce a high risk to slips, trips and falls.
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 this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. At times, this position may be expected to operate forklifts and must be able to get in and out of commercial trucks multiple times throughout the day. Must have adequate leg, foot, arm and hand control safely navigate vehicle inspections. While this position is sometimes sedentary, the employee may typically be required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift products and supplies weighing up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days and hours can change at the discretion of the Logistics Director; though typical hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some weekend hours will be necessary to accommodate any issues that may arise.
Travel
This position requires 75% travel time.
Required Education and Experience
- 4+ Years managing safety in a Supply Chain / Trucking Environment.
- 4+ years’ Experience in DOT /FMCSA safety sensitive related field.
- Proficient in managing safety and maintenance through CMMS software.
- Proficient in Logistics Software
- Must be 19 years of age or older.
- Pre-employment background check, MVR and drug screening required.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Experience with turfgrass sod and seed in a retail setting.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or similar field.
- Bilingual (English-Spanish) skills strongly preferred but not required.
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