Safety and Training Manager - Transportation Central

JOB SUMMARY: Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Transportation Safety and Training Department, fostering a culture of safety, compliance, and professional excellence. Develop and implement goals, metrics, and performance standards that support district and transportation objectives, while ensuring strong collaboration and communication with operations, routing, fleet maintenance, and human resources to drive organizational success.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The subsequent duties outline the fundamental operations of the position and exemplify the nature of the tasks carried out. They do not encompass a comprehensive inventory of the obligations and responsibilities fulfilled in this role. The approximation of frequencies and time allocation percentages are flexible and subject to the requirements of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: This job has supervisor responsibilities including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, directing work, assigning work, supervising work, training, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating. Direct reports:

• Compliance Specialist
• Driver Trainers
• Quality Assurance Supervisor

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: The minimum prerequisites of formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other criteria that a candidate must fulfill to be considered for a position. It is essential that certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, and trainings are fulfilled, valid, and not expired.

• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent amount of relevant professional experience
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in pupil transportation, safety management, or fleet operations, including at least 3 years in a supervisory role
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)/First Aid/Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certification
• Colorado commercial driver’s license (CDL) Class B with both a "P" (passenger) and "S" (school bus) endorsement for at least two (2) years
• Must be 21+ years old
• Must successfully pass all Department of Transportation (DOT) physical and agility tests  
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Intermediate knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, CDE, and CDL compliance
• Advanced knowledge of school buses, emergency equipment, safety vests, wheelchair lifts and all other adaptive securements to safely transport students with disabilities
• Intermediate knowledge of industrial and personnel safety standards and concepts
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced interpersonal relations skills
• Advanced organizational skills
• Ability to be flexible with work hours and location
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others
• Ability to effectively train employees and facilitate training sessions
• Ability to provide guidance and problem-solving assistance to employees
• Ability to effectively motivate and supervise employees
• Ability to meet insurability requirements of the Colorado School District Self-Insurance Pool
• Ability to recognize the importance of safety in the workplace, follow safety rules, practice safe work habits, utilize appropriate safety equipment, and report unsafe conditions to the appropriate administrator
• Ability to promote and follow the Board of Education policies, district policies, and building and department procedures, protocols, and guidelines

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: The physical demands, mental functions, cognitive capacities, and work environment factors required to perform a position’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Medium work strength level (lifting or carrying 50 pounds)
• Works both indoors and outdoors
• Typically a moderate noise level
• Work location is subject to change to meet the requirements of the organization
• Occasional bending, reaching, and climbing
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling
• Occasional repetitive movements
• Hearing
• Close, distance, color and peripheral vision
• Visual concentration, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Eye/hand coordination (e.g., typing, driving)
• Normal transportation school district environment

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other qualifications relevant to the position that are strongly preferred but not mandatory for a candidate to be considered.

• Bachelor’s degree in transportation management, safety administration, education, or a related field
• Experience working in the public sector, specifically public education
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Experience managing safety, compliance, and training programs for large transportation operations.
• Colorado CDL Third Party Tester certification
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Instructor certification
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) Trainer certification