Location Safety & Compliance Lead

North Shore Transit, Inc.

Northbrook (IL)

On-site

USD 59,000 - 72,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

First Student is seeking a Location Safety Manager to provide operational oversight, leadership, and safety supervision at our location. The role focuses on driver hiring, training support, incident investigation, and compliance reporting to ensure safe and reliable student transportation.

The position offers a day shift (Monday–Friday) with a competitive salary up to $65,000 per year, based on experience, and opportunities for advancement across North America in a large, safety-driven

Qualifications

  • 2–3 years transportation or safety experience.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of federal and state safety and environmental rules.

Responsibilities

  • Administers driver hiring and compliance process.
  • Provides direction and guidance to location trainers.
  • Investigates accidents, incidents, and work-related injuries and determines fault/probability.
  • Prepares and submits accident-related compliance forms, maintains files, and enters in system.
  • Provides assistance and training to drivers and attendants on passenger management and other safety related issues.
  • Performs driver road checks of driver performance.
  • Supervise employees with safety and/or driver hiring or training responsibilities.
  • Provides various reports and analyzes safety trends.

Skills

Transportation safety
Regulatory knowledge
Office software
Punctuality

Education

High school diploma

Tools

MS Word
MS Excel
PowerPoint

Job description

First Student is seeking a Location Safety Manager to provide operational oversight, leadership, and safety supervision at our location. The role focuses on driver hiring, training support, incident investigation, and compliance reporting to ensure safe and reliable student transportation.

The position offers a day shift (Monday–Friday) with a competitive salary up to $65,000 per year, based on experience, and opportunities for advancement across North America in a large, safety-driven

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