Senior Vice President Operations

Our client is one of the largest locally owned truck load carriers in the U.S. They specialize in time-sensitive service between major manufacturing areas within the U.S., Canada, and Mexico borders.

This position leads and is responsible for ensuring supply chain safety programming and performance. This position will also analyze internal and external safety trends and develop strategies to drive improvement and maintain compliance with regulatory standards including but not limited to OSHA, DOT and fire code compliance. It will also lead operations for the site.

• Collaborate with local, state and federal authorities on regulatory topics to ensure the business operates within compliance of regulatory standards to include OSHA, (Federal and State), fire code and DOT compliance.
• Ensure the business complies with federal, state and local safety regulations by keeping current of existing, new or changing legislation, anticipating future legislation, interpreting standards, enforcing adherence to regulation and advising management on needed actions.
• Responsible for overall compliance associated with safety & EHS metrics and reporting tools.
• Lead the development of organizational safety & Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) short term and long-term strategies to deliver on continuous performance and program improvements within transportation/logistics. This includes recommendation on metric tracking, safety initiatives, employee engagement, and effective communication strategies.

Requirements:

• Lead a managed operations and safety teams.
• Bachelor's degree in business management, industrial safety and health, safety engineering, or safety management, or equivalent experience.