Vice President of Safety and Compliance

Spartan Carrier Group • Fort Worth, TX

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President of Safety & Compliance provides enterprise-wide leadership, strategy, governance, and oversight for transportation safety, regulatory compliance, risk prevention, and loss-control activities. This executive serves as the Company's senior authority for transportation safety and compliance and is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive safety strategy that protects employees, drivers, customers, the public, Company assets, operating authority, and reputation. The Vice President establishes a proactive, data-driven safety culture across transportation, logistics, fleet, warehouse, and distribution operations while ensuring compliance with applicable Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and federal, state, and local requirements. This position partners with Operations, Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, Insurance, Fleet Maintenance, Recruiting, Training, Information Technology, and executive leadership to reduce risk, prevent accidents and injuries, improve regulatory performance, and continuously improve safety results. This position will serve as a senior Company representative during FMCSA, DOT, OSHA, state, or other regulatory audits, investigations, or compliance reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Transportation, Logistics, Business Administration, Risk Management, Occupational Safety, Supply Chain, or a related field required. Equivalent substantial executive-level transportation safety experience may be considered.
• Minimum 10–12 years of progressively responsible experience in transportation, trucking, logistics, fleet safety, regulatory compliance, or risk management.
• Five or more years of senior leadership responsibility for a multi-location or enterprise-level safety organization strongly preferred.
• Significant experience with commercial motor vehicle operations regulated by the FMCSA.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing DOT/FMCSA compliance programs.
• Proven record of improving measurable safety performance.
• Experience managing regulatory investigations, DOT audits, compliance reviews, and corrective-action programs.
• Experience leading significant accident investigations.
• Experience managing safety programs across geographically dispersed operations.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with executive and operational leadership.
• Advanced knowledge of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
• Advanced knowledge of DOT and FMCSA compliance.
• Advanced knowledge of CSA and Safety Measurement System requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of Hours-of-Service and Electronic Logging Devices.
• Advanced knowledge of Driver Qualification Files.
• Advanced knowledge of FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of Vehicle inspection, maintenance, and roadside compliance.
• Advanced knowledge of Accident investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Advanced knowledge of OSHA requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of Transportation risk management and claims.
• Advanced knowledge of Fleet safety technologies and analytics.
• Advanced knowledge of Corrective and preventive action systems.
• Strong executive leadership capabilities.
• Strong strategic planning capabilities.
• Strong analytical decision-making capabilities.
• Strong communication capabilities.
• Strong change management capabilities.
• Strong operational understanding capabilities.
• Strong accountability capabilities.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong talent-development capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in a related discipline preferred.
• Certified Director of Safety (CDS).
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP).
• Certified Transportation Professional (CTP).
• OSHA safety certification or advanced OSHA training.
• Other recognized transportation safety or risk-management credentials.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the Company's enterprise-wide safety and regulatory compliance strategy.
• Establish short- and long-term safety objectives aligned with operational, financial, customer-service, and growth goals.
• Serve as the executive subject-matter expert and primary advisor to leadership on transportation safety, regulatory compliance, fleet risk, accident prevention, and emerging regulations.
• Establish accountability for safety performance throughout Operations, Fleet, Maintenance, Warehousing, and other applicable business functions.
• Promote a culture in which employees and leaders proactively identify, report, correct, and prevent unsafe conditions and behaviors.
• Translate regulatory requirements, operational data, and safety trends into practical policies and operating strategies.
• Provide executive leadership with regular reporting regarding significant risks, trends, regulatory developments, corrective actions, and safety performance.
• Exercise authority to escalate or suspend practices, equipment use, or operations that present an imminent safety hazard, significant regulatory violation, or unacceptable risk.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive