JOB DESCRIPTION Safety Manager BACKGROUND: Sunrise Transportation (Sunrise) has been partnering with school districts for over 30 years to provide best-in-class transportation to students in the Northeast and Midwest, with an emphasis on students with special needs. We are not just a bus company; we are a bright spot in our passenger’s day! We are committed to safety, trust, reliability, transparency, attentiveness, and a sense of family. You can count on us to be one of the most efficient in the industry and to elevate transportation beyond what’s expected. Sunrise Transportation is a rapidly growing, private equity backed, transportation company is currently hiring a Safety Manager at our Bellwood location. The company has grown rapidly through both organic expansion and acquisition of other student transportation companies. We bring a sense of collaboration to our work and actively seek solutions through partnership. Come work with passionate, like-minded colleagues in a supportive environment. Sunrise represents a continuity of care, ensuring a unique warmth and kindness in ride, at pickup, and at drop-off the same way they receive. Safety is our top priority and have an ongoing commitment to earn our passengers’, parents’ and administrators’ trust every day. It is a privilege to serve. We are building a better, kinder service for all. Sunrise treats all members of the Sunrise family, from our drivers to our parents, our community leaders and district administrators to our children as family. HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: We are not only looking for amazing team members who will help us in the mission to move our children forward but want someone who wants to move their career! We are currently looking for a Safety Manager at our Bellwood Location who will Supervise driver trainers, by establishing objectives, standards, work schedules and accountability for job performance. What we’ll trust you with: • Lead, design, develop and implement initial and recurrent training programs for transportation personnel. • Proactively recruit individuals to apply and train them to become School Bus Drivers • Provide classroom instruction and behind the wheel training of applicants and bus drivers to ensure successful completion of training and testing; recommend upgrades as necessary • Provide on-going training and performance evaluations for all Driver employees • Administer and maintain Company random drug/alcohol testing and pre-employment drug/alcohol testing program in conjunction with corporate office. • Develop and conduct regularly scheduled Driver Safety Meetings. • Assume primary responsibility in responding to personal injury and vehicle accidents by on-scene investigation and preparing and submitting reports to the corporate office in accordance with Company policy. • Investigate customer service complaints relative to safety issues and take appropriate corrective action. • Administer and maintain Company Safe Driver Award Program. • 3 years as a Trainer in school bus transportation industry preferred. What matters most for this role: + High School diploma or equivalent, some College preferred. + Supervisory experience preferred; specifically experience supervising/training a driver workforce. + Must complete state certification program for school bus driver instructor. Equivalent work experience as a Trainer can be substituted as appropriate. + 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 What we will offer: Sunrise Transportation strives to enrich the lives of our team and offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to eligible employees. Alongside offering paid time off, we encourage an environment that celebrates continuous learning and development. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER + Sunrise is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected statuses as required by applicable law. We want a diverse mix of talented people who want to join us, stay with us, and do their best work.