(USA) Area Manager, Fleet Safety
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Supports the oversight of driver performance and behaviors. Enforces adherence to safety standards, corporate policies and procedures, and applicable laws and regulations in the area of transportation safety management. Reduces risks, costs, and exposure to the organization. Partners with internal and external subject-matter experts to guide the development of regulatory compliance programs, operating procedures, and guidelines. Communicates with regional teams to provide direction on compliant work environments. Establishes training programs to ensure high-risk areas are addressed in policies and procedures. Updates Walmart operating procedures based on changes in government regulations. Establishes relationships with members of the governing authorities to interpret requirements and ensures requirements are understood, communicated, and implemented to support operations. Provides ongoing safety training to drivers and staff.Supports daily fleet safety office operations. Monitors fleet performance related to transportation safety and compliance. Ensures adherence to local, state, and federal laws and regulations (for example, DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, PHMSA). Prepares reviews and safety-related documentation and reports. Maintains files for driver qualifications, safety training, and inspections. Monitors driver safety compliance dashboards and record-keeping (for example, hours-of-service records, driver qualification documents) to ensure compliance with safety standards, corporate policies, and applicable laws and regulations. Partners with internal and external subject-matter experts to implement regulatory compliance requirements, programs, operating procedures, and guidelines to support safe operations.
Conducts collision and injury investigations for subrogation. Ensures comprehensive gathering, presentation, and preservation of all relevant evidence and information to reduce financial impacts to the company using data collection modes, data analytics, visualization tools, digital applications, technology trends, data governance, and data science technologies. Actively supports operations managers in preparing for legal proceedings, including in-person depositions, to protect the company's interests. Presents evidence, provides expert testimony, and ensures that all relevant information is accurately conveyed to support the company's position and mitigate potential liabilities. Provides support by analyzing business objectives and driver risks and needs. Develops, communicates, builds support for, and implements driver safety strategies, plans, and practices. Analyzes accident and injury costs and risk exposure, incorporating them into business plans. Determines and supports resource requirements. Evaluates operational processes. Measures outcomes to ensure desired results. Identifies and capitalizes on driver safety through accident and injury improvement opportunities. Manages risks, safeguards people and assets, and ensures compliance with safety and transportation regulations.
Supports Operations Managers with active collision and injury responses. Responsible for on-call accident and injury response (24/7/365). Works with all regulatory on-scene agencies, including law enforcement, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hazmat officials, and the fire department.
Leads the implementation of accident and injury prevention programs by designing policies, procedures, continuous improvement programs, and metrics implementing safety technologies. Supports operational driver safety and equipment audits. Analyzes accident and injury costs to ensure adequate safety programs are in place to reduce risks, costs, and exposure to the company. Supports regional safety programs for fleet drivers and transportation maintenance garages by ensuring compliance with applicable local, state, and federal laws, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration programs. Implements and audits procedures to improve safety metrics by reducing preventable accidents and injuries. Reduces overall costs and ensures compliance. Creates and measures operational safety metrics. Provides guidance on correction of errors. Conducts follow-up with management to ensure compliance.
Coordinates, completes, and oversees job-related activities and assignments by developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders; supporting plans and initiatives to meet customer and business needs; identifying and communicating goals and objectives; building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; identifying and addressing improvement opportunities; and demonstrating adaptability and promoting continuous learning.
Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by hiring and training; mentoring; assigning duties; providing recognition; and promoting a belonging mindset in the workplace.
Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans; utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy; and providing direction and guidance on applying these in executing business processes and practices.
Data Collection, Data Quality, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Operational Excellence
Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members.
Respect the Individual: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company; and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.
Respect the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.
Act with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).
Act with Integrity: Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and sets expectations for others to do the same; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates. takes action and encourages others to do the same; holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.
Act with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.
Serve our Customers and Members: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low-Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members.
Serve our Customers and Members: Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy.
Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.
Strive for Excellence: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.
At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $65,500.00 - $98,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)
- Stock
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety management, environmental science, traffic safety, transit safety, or related area and 2 years' experience in the field of safety within supply chain, retail, or related area.Option 2: 4 years’ experience in the field of traffic safety within supply chain, retail, or related area.
2 years’ experience in continuous improvement methodologies (for example, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)) within supply chain or transportation maintenance environments.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
1 or More Degreed Certifications (Associate Safety Professional; Certified Safety Professional; Certified Industrial Hygienist; Graduate Safety Practitioner) or Non-degreed certifications (Safety Management Specialist; Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician; Safety Trained Supervisor; North American Transportation Management Institute Certified Director of Safety; North American Transportation Management Institute Certified safety Supervisor; Safety Management Specialist; Certified Safety Manager; Safety Director; Licensed Safety Professional; Certified Safety and Health Manager; Construction Health and Safety Technician), Microsoft Office Suite; SharePoint and OneDrive