Safety Manager
Job Type: Full-time; on-site
Responsibilities:
- Oversee day-to-day transportation safety and compliance activities, ensuring driver and fleet practices align with applicable FMCSA and DOT requirements.
- Maintain accurate driver qualification files and compliance documentation, and monitor required records, renewals, and deadlines.
- Support hours-of-service and ELD compliance, review driver logs as needed, identify potential violations, and coordinate coaching or corrective action.
- Coordinate DOT drug and alcohol testing requirements and Clearinghouse queries, maintaining appropriate records and confidentiality.
- Monitor safety performance, review CSA/SMS information, identify trends, and recommend steps to reduce risk and improve compliance.
- Investigate accidents, incidents, and safety concerns; document findings and coordinate corrective actions to help prevent recurrence.
- Partner with operations and maintenance to support vehicle inspection and maintenance compliance and ensure safety-related defects are addressed.
- Coordinate driver safety training, communicate company policies, and reinforce accountability across the fleet.
- Support applicable OSHA and workplace safety requirements, including identifying hazards and coordinating follow-up where needed.
- Visit satellite groups of drivers and trucks in other locations to reinforce safety practices, connect with drivers, and review compliance.
- Work closely with the Safety Director and leadership to strengthen safety processes as the fleet expands.
Experience:
- Transportation safety, fleet safety, or DOT compliance experience within a trucking, commercial vehicle, or related asset-based operation.
- Working knowledge of FMCSA regulations, driver qualification files, hours-of-service requirements, ELDs, and DOT drug and alcohol testing.
- Experience with a fleet of meaningful scale is preferred; candidates who have supported a larger fleet in a supervisor, lead, or assistant role are encouraged to apply.
- Experience in full truckload, concrete, construction, or another commercial vehicle environment may be relevant; prior heavy haul experience is helpful but not required.
- Strong organization, communication, follow-through, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with drivers and operations.
- Ability to travel periodically to visit drivers and satellite fleet locations, estimated at approximately 25%.
Location: North Charleston, SC
Compensation Details: This position offers a competitive base salary and bonus