Training and Safety Coordinator

Intercity Transit; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

PERS retirement plans + 401k/457

Generous paid time off (23–36 vacation

12 days sick leave

Floating holiday time

Bereavement leave

Drug-free workplace policy

Job summary

Intercity Transit is seeking a full-time Safety Coordinator to implement and monitor the Safety Management System (SMS) and to continuously improve safety performance and risk controls. The role works closely with the Safety Manager, Safety Risk & Investigations Analyst, and Senior Safety & Training Coordinator to maintain the safety risk register and ensure corrective actions are tracked and effective.

Responsibilities include coordinating day-to-day SMS activities, conducting field

Qualifications

• Two years of progressively responsible experience in safety program coordination or a related operational environment.
• Experience with safety management and risk tracking in the transit field.
• Experience coordinating safety planning, hazard identification, and risk control implementation programs.
• Experience conducting field observations, reviews, and post-incident verification activities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and administer the day-to-day SMS process from hazard identification through safety performance monitoring.
• Monitor established safety procedures, risk mitigations, and corrective actions in actual operating conditions to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Maintain the agency’s working safety risk register and ensure it remains up to date.
• Conduct operational field observations and reviews to verify that risk controls are implemented as intended.
• Identify gaps between written requirements and actual practices, ensuring deficiencies are documented and addressed.
• Coordinate follow-up activities on identified risks and open safety items.
• Collaborate with the Safety Risk & Investigations Analyst to translate safety findings and incident trends into practical action.
• Support compliance with PTASP and applicable FTA requirements.
• Prepare reports, presentations, performance metrics, and safety analyses for agency leadership.

Skills

Safety management

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Job description

Safety Coordinator

We are currently recruiting to fill a full-time Safety Coordinator position at Intercity Transit (IT). This position is responsible for coordinating and implementing Intercity Transit's Safety Management System (SMS), with a primary emphasis on Safety Assurance and the ongoing monitoring, verification, and improvement of safety performance and risk controls. This position ensures that established safety procedures, risk mitigations, and corrective actions are implemented as intended, monitored in actual operating conditions, and evaluated for effectiveness.

If you have:

• A strong commitment to safety;

• Experience with Safety Management System (SMS), Safety Assurance, and continuous improvement;
• Ability to work collaboratively with employees, management, labor representatives, and external stakeholders;
• Experience with risk assessments and investigations;

• Ability to interpret and analyze plans, reports, and procedures to identify safety risks and develop practical recommendations;

• Capability to support day-to-day operations while responding effectively during emergencies, critical incidents, or major events;
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, and teamwork skills;

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to

• Ability to foster a participatory organizational climate that is open, positive, and supportive.

Then this position is for you!

Serves as the agency’s technical resource for the day-to-day SMS process by translating safety findings, risk assessments, incident trends, and established requirements into practical action. Working closely with the Safety Manager, Safety Risk & Investigations Analyst and Senior Safety & Training Coordinator, the Coordinator maintains the agency's working safety risk register, coordinates follow-up on identified risks, conducts field observations and reviews, identifies gaps between written requirements and actual practices, and ensures deficiencies are documented and addressed.

A few examples of duties in those areas are:

Safety Management System (SMS) & Safety Assurance

• Coordinate and administer the day-to-day SMS process from hazard identification through safety performance monitoring.
• Monitor established safety procedures, risk mitigations, and corrective actions in actual operating conditions to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Maintain the agency’s working safety risk register and ensure it remains up to date.
• Conduct operational field observations and reviews to verify that risk controls are implemented as intended.
• Identify gaps between written requirements and actual practices, ensuring deficiencies are documented and addressed.

Risk Management & Investigation Support

• Coordinate follow-up activities on identified risks and open safety items.
• Collaborate with the Safety Risk & Investigations Analyst to translate safety findings and incident trends into practical action.
• Participate in departmental hazard identification and support the implementation of risk controls.
• Escalate significant risks, ineffective controls, and unresolved hazards to the Safety Manager.

Compliance & Program Support

• Support compliance with the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) and applicable Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requirements.
• Review safety performance and assist with internal compliance assessments and reviews.
• Maintain emergency and safety assurance documentation required for regulatory compliance.
• Exercise initiative in coordinating safety activities and keeping up with transit safety best practices.

Partnerships & Collaboration

• Partner across departments to promote accountability for safety performance.
• Serve as a hands-on operational resource across departments to verify that controls remain effective.
• Identify when additional action or a formal risk reassessment is necessary based on operational trends.

Program Administration

• Prepare reports, presentations, performance metrics, and safety analyses for agency leadership.
• Maintain safety program documentation, action item logs, and verification records.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Are you the one we’re looking for?

• Two years of progressively responsible experience in safety program coordination, risk management, or a related operational environment.
• Experience with safety management and risk tracking in the transit field.
• Experience coordinating safety planning, hazard identification, and risk control implementation programs.
• Experience conducting field observations, reviews, and post-incident verification activities.
• Experience working collaboratively across multiple departments.

What’s in it for you?

• Receive a competitive salary of $43.22 - $61.84 an hour (this includes a longevity step for years of service) in addition to annual general wage/cost of living adjustments, typically in January step increases (if not at top of salary range) are typically received.
• Be a part of an essential service to the community.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• PERS Retirement Plans (through Washington State Public Employee’s Retirement System) along with voluntary deferred compensation plans (401k and 457) with employer match up to 8.5%.
• 23 to 36 vacation days per year depending upon date of eligibility and length of service.
• 12 days of sick leave per year depending upon date of eligibility.
• Up to 48 hours of floating holiday time.
• Paid Bereavement leave for qualifying family members.

Completed applications must be received by 5:00pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

Intercity Transit is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer and strives to provide a culturally diverse workforce. Intercity Transit does not discriminate in employment or service on the basis of race, creed, color, origin, age, sex, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability.

We also take pride in being a drug-free workplace. Note that Intercity Transit is subject to requirements of the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Act and CFR Part 40 & Part 655, which prohibit the use of marijuana at any time while employed by Intercity Transit.