Director of Fleet Safety
TOTEDirector of Fleet Safety The Director of Fleet Safety is responsible for leading daily activities within the HSQE Department and reports to the VP, HSQE. SMS Manager and Maritime Safety Managers will report directly to this position. With the highest level of integrity and a relentless commitment to safety, the Director will lead and drive our safety culture, company safety objectives, champion continuous improvement, exceed customer operational safety and reliability expectations, and support our environment goals. The Director will support the needs of their direct reports with tactical oversight of all departmental responsibilities. In the area of ship management, they will support the requirements of maintaining our Document of Compliance and drive our quality assurance efforts within the Safety Management System (SMS). The Vision of TOTE Services is to provide the world’s best ship management, vessel construction management, and technical services; and in doing so lead the industry in safety, customer experience, operational excellence, and colleague experience. TOTE Services is a company within the TOTE Group, which is part of the Saltchuk family of brands. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Responsible for day-to-day department operations including management of employee schedules, performance reviews, mentoring, providing individual development resources, and reporting key department metrics to the VP, HSQE. In addition, they are to monitor activities which may pose risk to the organization and communicate those occurrences to the VP, HSQE. Direct and oversee coordination of all audits and foster alignment with operations to ensure timely and effective implementation of all regulatory compliance requirements. Aligns and directs the Safety Management Manager to achieve full Document of Compliance requirements. Drives overall direction, management, and effectiveness of the Company's Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management System (SQEMM), which includes oversight of the Annual Management Review and Annual DOC Audits for all TOTE Services managed vessels. Uses experiences within Fleet Safety to determine a vision for future improvement, drive implementation, and measure effectiveness. Provides feedback and assists with the creation of responses to non-conformances, incidents, investigations, and external information requests. Approves internal audit reports before release. Schedule, plan, and execute external audits and approve responses before release to external entities. Formulates and recommends safety policies and procedures to be followed by Company and vessel personnel to comply with local, state, and federal rules and regulations, and Company policies based on internal and external drivers and safety metric results. Determine when immediate action is required by the team to address incidents, injuries, work-related illnesses, and/or administrative failures. Ensures timely updating of Emergency Response materials and assists in managing emergency response(s). Assuming the role of Alternate Designated Person Ashore is possible. Supports the Maritime Safety Managers in executing their fleet support duties effectively and participates in fleet engagement activities. Verifies completion of injury case management and investigation of incidents and approval of corrective and preventive actions. Oversees the collection, analysis, management, and reporting of safety, quality, and environmental related data for production of key performance measures and reporting of vessel and shoreside injury and accident statistics. May be asked to cooperate in the preparation of material and evidence for organization use in hearings, lawsuits, and insurance investigations. Expected to manage outgoing communications for all HSQE activities and ensure alignment with timely scheduling and prompting. Performs other related duties as assigned by the VP HSQE necessary to achieve Company goals and objectives. Supervisory Responsib…