Safety Management Systems Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Establish a unified operational framework across automotive, trucking, and industrials, including SOPs, readiness checklists, and incident taxonomy.
• Own the operational safety ownership map, identifying responsibilities, gaps, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Develop and maintain safety-driven operational procedures in partnership with Systems Engineering and Program Management.
• Represent Operations in change control and deployment readiness reviews, ensuring execution readiness.
• Own the operational compliance framework, including permits, authorizations, customer obligations, audits, and regulatory changes.
• Ensure fleet compliance requirements are met and documented, including inspections, maintenance, safety-critical parts, defect containment, and DOT drug/alcohol testing.
• Own incident management end to end, from classification and response through RCA, CAPA, and verified effectiveness.
• Drive cross-program incident and safety trend analysis, ensuring lessons learned reach all field teams.

Job requirements

• 7+ years of experience in operational compliance, transportation safety, program management, or a related field, including 3+ years in a safety-critical or regulated environment.
• Proven ownership of compliance programs, including building and maintaining the underlying framework.
• Experience standardizing processes across multiple programs, sites, or business units.
• Strong experience with root cause analysis and CAPA through verified closure.
• Proven ability to build audit-ready documentation and recordkeeping systems.
• Excellent written communication, with the ability to create clear operator procedures and concise executive-level summaries.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.