Safety Manager

Zūm is a rapidly expanding Series E startup backed by industry leaders Sequoia Capital, SoftBank, Spark Capital, and GIC, with a bold mission to transform the stagnant school transportation industry. Operating in over 15 states across the United States—with flagship hubs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle—we are actively extending our reach to the East Coast and Midwest regions. As a technology-driven company, we deploy cutting-edge solutions to manage and operate school district transportation systems while also launching our own charter platform and developing proprietary SaaS offerings. Additionally, we are spearheading a nationwide initiative to electrify school transportation fleets, simultaneously supporting local utilities by feeding much-needed energy back into the grid. We have been recognized as CNBC 50 disruptor, Financial Times 500 fastest growing companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas.

Responsibilities:

Understand the concept of behavioral safety and effectively communicate and train within the ZUM Service Center

Direct interface with the customer to enhance the safety experience and determine the appropriate course of action

Lead, design, develop and implement initial and recurrent training programs for transportation personnel

Manage and lead safety department staff by establishing objectives, standards, work schedules, and accountability for job performance

Manage the recruitment process of ZUM Service Center personnel

Coordinate all training activities

Maintain compliance programs

Develop and conduct regularly scheduled programs (e.g. driver safety meetings, award programs, etc.) emphasizing ZUM culture

Primary point of contact in responding to personnel injury, vehicle accidents, preparation, and submission of reports in accordance with ZUM policy

Essential Functions:

Assists the Human Resources department with recruiting, selecting and maintaining an authorized level of bus drivers

Coordinates with the Human Resource department to ensure that drug testing requirements are conducted, coordinates bus driver annual physicals with approved health care providers

Manages daily activity within the Safety Department, assigns workload to Field Supervisors and Driver Trainers

Oversee training activities, including; new driver training, safety training, in-service training, driver road evaluations, Special Education Training, First Aid training and all other required training.

Supervise, and oversee, the work of Master Trainers and certified drivers/trainers who assist with conducting general bus driver training, ensure the training is delivered as specified

Assist with responding to accidents involving school buses, collecting accident reports and investigative reports as needed

Monitor Netradyne alerts to proactively address re-training opportunities/needs

Maintain individual bus driver files that indicate dates of training and dates of accident involvement when applicable.

Ensure the DOT drug/alcohol testing program is compliant with federal regulations

Requirements:

High School diploma or equivalent. Some college preferred.

Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred

3 years as a Trainer in school bus transportation industry desired

Supervisory experience preferred; specifically experience supervising/training a driver workforce

License or Certification: SBDI certification required; Commercial Driver’s License with Passenger and School Bus Endorsements required;

Strong working knowledge of MS Office Software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) and transportation related software

Strong leadership skills and interpersonal skills

Strong organizational and group presentation skills

Well-developed multi-tasking and time management skills

Ability to provide direction, coaching and mentoring to employees while creating an environment that encourages and values input and feedback

Ability to respond to unanticipated events to ensure excellence in customer service.

Ability to Investigate claims and incidents of questionable conduct, accidents etc.

Computer literacy skills in word processing and spreadsheets

Zūm Services, Inc. and all its subsidiaries provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.