Job Description

The Safety Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the safety processes and provide overall support and guidance to the trucking and warehouse divisions. The Manager will coordinate with the Director of HR, as well as Transportation/Warehouse Operations leadership in creating short- and long-term strategies to build a culture rich in safety and drive safe behavior. The Manager will initiate continuous improvement and oversee systems and activities to maintain regulatory compliance, provide training and professional development for management, operators, drivers, and other personnel while conducting safety process audits and investigations throughout the organization. The incumbent will be responsible for monitoring and achieving performance metrics, safety targets, and applicable incident rates.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

a.       Ensuring compliance with state, federal and location regulations.

b.       Overseeing and implementing the elements of a Crash/Incident Management process including coordination of reporting, investigating, documentation and management of incidents, behavior, and impact and corrective action plans.

c.       Develop materials and conducting training for drivers and employees in the enhancement of current safety programs. Develop processes to monitor behaviors to ensure compliance.

d.       Mentoring the competency of all levels of the organization in safety management practices, protocols, and procedures.

e.       Conduct audits and inspections of employees, fleet, equipment, and vendor practices to monitor compliance, implement risk mitigation factors and drive behavioral safety.

f.        Learn and implement a Behavior Safety Program.

g.       Monitor CSA scores and Food Safety Audit programs to address trends and drive performance.

h.       Establish performance goals related to the following.  Develop a performance reporting process (ex. Scorecard) for the organization.

                                                              i.      CSA Scores

                                                            ii.      Equipment Damage

                                                          iii.      Lost Time/Severity

                                                           iv.      Cost Per Incident

                                                             v.      Repetitive Incidents

                                                           vi.      Recordable Incident Rate

                                                         vii.      DOT Compliance Audits including documentation, files, standards, and Drug/Alcohol Program                                                                            Results

                                                       viii.      Hours of Service Compliance

                                                           ix.      Samsara and video Surveillance Utilization and Participation

·         Provide support, direction, and guidance to transportation and warehouse leadership across all divisions and locations in a multi-platform fleet compromised of company and owner operated units while collaborating with managers to ensure success and safety.

·         Interact and directly influence the behavior, performance and knowledge base of drivers, operators, and all employees regarding safety and regulatory behaviors, practices, and operations.

·         Ensures operational integrity regarding quality, environment, reliability, health, safety, and security with a high degree of influence without authority.

·         Coordinate and maintain schedule, deliverables, and budgetary control for objectives and key projects across the transportation and warehouse divisions in regard to safety.

·         Proactively identify deficiencies, concerns, and continuous improvement opportunities to drive appropriate safety behaviors.

·         Monitor progress, performance, and quality projects while preparing reports and presentations for the Executive team.

·         Demonstrate expertise in preparation of detail project plans, timelines, task sequencing, resource requirements, safety, and training.

·         Develops financial justification models for projects to gain consensus and supportive business case.

·         Participates in the development, implementation, and assessment of project “health-checks” and “’Go-Live’ readiness”.

·         Assumes the lead in risk management meetings working with department leads and project teams to identify potential risks and recommend solutions to stabilize project prior to a business-impacting event occurring.

·         Responsible for facilitating team calls to monitor and communicate progress, collaborate with key stakeholders to publish status reports and presentations, and manage and report on open risks and action items.

·         Support business leaders and departments in establishing strategic plans for the facility, acquisitions, and safety initiatives.

·         Demonstrates clear and concise communication; interpersonal, organizational and team building skills; business judgment; and proven expertise in directing the efforts of the project staff and internal and external customers and vendors.

·         Develops contingency plans to meet key performance indicators.

·         Exhibits flexibility in priority execution to achieve results. Initiates actions towards goals to meet required timeframes.  Persists at achieving goals despite unexpected difficulties.

·         Analyzes performance and effectiveness of safety initiatives utilizing metrics, audits, and data-driven indicators. Will lead or participate in process reviews, document process flows, identify best practices, and conduct post-project audits to ensure process compliance and established goals have been met.

·         Keeps up with relevant industry knowledge such as warehousing, 3PL, and transportation and project management practices.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:

• 5- 7 years of safety management experience in a related industry and environment.  Proven track record of implementing and managing safety metrics and processes to achieved desired results.
• Proactive self-starter who can help “set the agenda.” Able to conceive and drive improvements to safety processes.
• Has been successful in prior roles where the need to partner with senior management and operations/sales teams are critical. Possesses the skills to work cross functionally to achieved desired results.
• Strong relationship building and leadership skills. Executive maturity a must.
• Very strong work ethic. Ability to set performance expectations and hold others accountable.   Excellent observational and investigation skills to ensure safe work behaviors are being used.  Possesses professional conflict management skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills demonstrated in ability to communicate on all levels; position requires regular interface with project resources, team leads and senior management team members as well as vendors.
• Demonstrated ability with planning, organizing and multi-tasking to ensure efficient handling of the many tasks associated with a project.
• Ability to conduct project reviews, assess and evaluate project performance and provide constructive feedback while sustaining excellent working relationships.
• Highly influential leadership style while interacting with non-direct reports.
• Ability to multi-task and manage in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to thrive in a team working in a deadline-driven environment.

Company Description

About us As demand for single-source solutions for warehousing, transportation and fulfillment continues to grow, there is also consolidation on the business side. Effective immediately, Roberts Trucking and its sister companies, Roberts Logistics Service, Roberts Warehousing, Moorehill Logistics, Print Media Logistic Solutions and Rise Logistics, will know be known as Wavepoint 3PL. Headquartered in North East, PA, Wavepoint 3PL provides cost-effective, flexible logistic services for today’s customers seeking increasingly personalized and streamlined solutions. This is the latest evolution for Roberts Trucking, which was founded in 1978 and which has added businesses to its organization through the years. “We’ve reached a new milestone and are combining all of the companies into a high performing, single source 3PL. With these enhanced synergies, we will continue to expand from a powerful regional presence to a national organization, while enhancing our supply chain solutions from our 3PL mindset,” said Kirk Hill, President of Wavepoint 3PL. “Ultimately, this new organization and system is designed to deliver operational and cost efficiencies to all of our customers in a broad range of industries.” Given the disruptions and challenges in the supply chain, Wavepoint 3PL’s infrastructure is designed to reduce complexities that can hamper operations and growth. Its seamless services include LTL and truckload services through an asset-based fleet; warehouse and inventory management in food grade facilities; and technology-enabled omnichannel fulfillment services, among other value-added offerings. Accompanying the name change is a new entrepreneurial leadership and an expansion of current operations. Wavepoint 3PL is adding to its truck fleet, expanding transportation brokerage services and plans to build warehouse capacity to 2MM square feet, according to Hill. Already, the company has invested in some of the latest technologies to best manage product flow for its customers around the country. The new Wavepoint 3PL works with a variety of mission-critical supply chains from small to mid-sized manufacturers, spanning CPG food and beverage, food processing raw materials, food packaging, over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, health and beauty, technology and ultra-clean manufacturing components. To learn more, visit wavepoint3PL.com.