Manager, Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Compliance

8Fleet Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

The Manager, Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Compliance leads 8Fleet’s environmental, health, safety, workers’ compensation, injury management, and risk compliance programs across its W-2 driver workforce and operating locations. The role partners with People, Operations, Fleet, Legal, and external vendors to reduce workplace and driving-related risk, ensure regulatory compliance, manage employee injuries and claims, and build scalable safety programs as the company expands into new markets. The position is based in Los Angeles, California, and reports to the Regional HR Manager.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in Environmental Health & Safety, Risk Management, Workers’ Compensation, Transportation Safety, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA/Cal-OSHA, workers’ compensation, injury management, and workplace safety requirements.
• Experience managing workers’ compensation claims, employee injuries, return-to-work programs, and external vendors.
• Experience administering background check and drug and alcohol screening programs, including FCRA, fair chance, and DOT or non-DOT testing requirements.
• Strong incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and risk-reduction experience.
• Ability to build scalable programs and processes in a fast-paced, growing organization.
• Strong communication and partnership skills across frontline employees, operational leaders, vendors, and senior leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a large hourly, driver, logistics, transportation, or multi-site workforce.

Responsibilities

• Own company-wide driver and workplace safety programs, policies, training, audits, and risk-reduction initiatives across operating locations.
• Lead the workers’ compensation and employee injury process, including injury reporting, claims oversight, investigations, return-to-work programs, accommodations, and coordination with employees, managers, and external partners.
• Oversee workplace injuries, vehicle accidents, safety incidents, and near misses; conduct root-cause analysis and partner with Operations on corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, Cal/OSHA, and other federal, state, and local workplace safety requirements, including required programs, training, documentation, reporting, and recordkeeping.
• Own pre-employment and ongoing background check and drug and alcohol screening programs for the driver workforce; manage screening vendors and turnaround times, maintain adjudication criteria and escalation paths, and ensure compliance with FCRA, fair chance requirements, and applicable DOT and non-DOT testing protocols.
• Partner with Operations and Fleet leadership to identify driver safety trends, reduce preventable accidents and injuries, and establish consistent safety expectations.
• Manage workers’ compensation, occupational health, safety, screening, claims, and other risk-related vendors, ensuring they meet service expectations, compliance requirements, and business needs.
• Lead safety, screening, and risk compliance readiness for new operating locations, establishing required programs, training, vendors, processes, and controls before launch.
• Monitor safety and risk indicators, including workplace injuries, workers’ compensation claims, vehicle incidents, lost-time injuries, screening and background check throughput, training completion, and corrective actions; provide leadership with regular reporting on trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed