Senior Safety Manager

Paper Transport; De Pere (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Paper Transport LLC in De Pere, Wisconsin seeks a Senior Safety Manager to lead driver safety initiatives, partner with Operations, and strengthen programs that keep people safe. You will drive continuous safety improvements, oversee LMS, and shape a culture of ownership and accountability.

You’ll coach Safety Coordinators, analyze safety data, ensure FMCSA compliance, and collaborate with vendors and stakeholders to resolve concerns and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and relationship-building with drivers and leaders.
• Ability to address difficult situations and hold others accountable.
• Analytical mindset to turn safety data into actionable improvements.
• Knowledge of transportation safety and FMCSA regulations.
• Experience with safety training, LMS, and transportation technology.
• Leadership experience and commitment to continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety initiatives that reduce risk, improve performance, and reinforce a consistent safety culture across the organization.
• Build relationships with professional drivers through coaching, orientations, road tests, and ongoing conversations about safety expectations.
• Address driver safety and performance concerns, ensuring appropriate follow-up, accountability, and employment decisions when necessary.
• Oversee learning management system (LMS) processes to ensure employees receive required training, complete assignments, and maintain compliance.
• Use safety data, incident trends, and performance metrics to identify risks and develop actionable improvements.
• Ensure compliance with FMCSA regulations, company policies, driver qualification requirements, and applicable safety standards.
• Support the effective use of safety technology, including DriveCam, electronic logging devices (ELDs), and crash avoidance systems.
• Develop and deliver engaging safety training and driver meeting content that translates safety expectations into everyday practices.
• Coach and support Safety Coordinators, helping them grow their skills and consistently execute safety programs.
• Partner with Operations, vendors, and other stakeholders to resolve safety concerns, support audits, and improve processes.

Skills

Communication

Relationship-building

Analytical mindset

FMCSA regulations

Driver compliance

Safety training

Leadership

Tools

LMS

DriveCam

ELDs

Crash avoidance systems

Job description

At Paper Transport, safety is a shared responsibility and an important part of how we operate. The Senior Safety Manager plays an important role in bringing that value to life by working with drivers, partnering with Operations, and strengthening the programs and processes that keep our people safe. This role drives continuous improvement in safety performance, oversees safety training and learning management systems, and helps build a culture where employees understand expectations and take ownership of safety.

What You'll Do

• Lead safety initiatives that reduce risk, improve performance, and reinforce a consistent safety culture across the organization.
• Build relationships with professional drivers through coaching, orientations, road tests, and ongoing conversations about safety expectations.
• Address driver safety and performance concerns, ensuring appropriate follow-up, accountability, and employment decisions when necessary.
• Oversee learning management system (LMS) processes to ensure employees receive required training, complete assignments, and maintain compliance.
• Use safety data, incident trends, and performance metrics to identify risks and develop actionable improvements.
• Ensure compliance with FMCSA regulations, company policies, driver qualification requirements, and applicable safety standards.
• Support the effective use of safety technology, including DriveCam, electronic logging devices (ELDs), and crash avoidance systems.
• Develop and deliver engaging safety training and driver meeting content that translates safety expectations into everyday practices.
• Coach and support Safety Coordinators, helping them grow their skills and consistently execute safety programs.
• Partner with Operations, vendors, and other stakeholders to resolve safety concerns, support audits, and improve processes.

What You Bring

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with drivers and leaders at all levels.
• The confidence to address difficult situations, provide constructive feedback, and hold others accountable.
• An analytical mindset and the ability to turn safety data into practical solutions.
• Knowledge of transportation safety, FMCSA regulations, and driver compliance.
• Experience with safety training, learning management systems, and transportation technology.
• Leadership skills with a commitment to developing others and driving continuous improvement.

Education and Experience

• Five or more years of transportation experience in Safety, Operations, or a related field.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Experience with driver safety, regulatory compliance, and training programs preferred.

Why Paper Transport?

Join a team where safety is a shared responsibility and your work makes a real difference. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to influence driver safety, strengthen training and development, partner across the business, and help shape how Paper Transport continues to improve.

A Dedicated Transportation Partner of the Green Bay Packers

At Paper Transport, we're not just building careers, we're building community. As a Dedicated Transportation Partner of the Green Bay Packers, we bring the same passion, teamwork, and commitment to excellence on the road as the Packers do on the field. Join a team that's driving forward with purpose, pride, and a winning spirit.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, talk and hear. The employee is constantly required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Information included in this job description do not necessarily represent a list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements or working conditions with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as circumstances change.

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