Want to join a team that offers you a friendly atmosphere, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth? Parrish Tire Company can offer you just that! With 80 years of experience in the tire and automotive industry, PTC is a family-owned company that focuses on serving both our customers and our employees.
Job Summary:
The Safety & Fleet Manager leads Parrish Tire Company’s workplace safety, driver safety, and fleet compliance programs across its retail, commercial, industrial, and wholesale operations. This position develops consistent procedures, conducts facility audits, coordinates training, monitors fleet and driver performance, and works with managers to correct hazards and prevent injuries and vehicle incidents.
The position requires regular travel to company locations throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, including overnight travel as needed.
Essential Functions and Tasks:
Workplace Safety and Compliance
- Develop, implement, and maintain written safety programs, procedures, and training appropriate to company operations.
- Monitor applicable OSHA and state occupational safety requirements and communicate necessary changes to leadership and location managers.
- Conduct and document monthly facility safety audits. Assign corrective actions, establish completion dates, and verify that identified issues are resolved before the next monthly audit whenever practical.
- Ensure locations conduct and document monthly safety meetings, including attendance, topics discussed, and follow-up actions.
- Coordinate regulatory inspections and responses to citations, including corrective action documentation and deadline tracking.
- Evaluate hazards associated with tire servicing, lifting equipment, forklifts, material handling, machinery, chemicals, vehicle movement, and roadside service.
- Maintain safety records and coordinate required injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting with Human Resources.
- Exercise authority to stop unsafe work or remove unsafe equipment from service and promptly communicate the concern to responsible management.
- Any other duties assigned by the store manager
Driver Safety and Transportation Compliance
- Administer applicable DOT/FMCSA compliance programs and maintain an organized compliance calendar.
- Maintain or oversee driver qualification files, license reviews, motor vehicle record checks, medical certification status, and renewal deadlines.
- Coordinate applicable hours-of-service, electronic logging, drug and alcohol testing, and Clearinghouse requirements with authorized providers and Human Resources.
- Monitor roadside inspections, violations, out-of-service events, and company CSA safety performance; coordinate corrective actions and follow-up.
- Maintain applicable carrier registrations, operating credentials, and transportation compliance records.
- Verify that employees meet company driving and insurance requirements before operating company or customer vehicles.
- Communicate driving restrictions to the appropriate managers and Human Resources and monitor compliance.
Fleet Management and Technology
- Maintain a central inventory of company vehicles, assignments, registrations, inspections, insurance documentation, and service status.
- Coordinate preventive maintenance, repairs, recalls, defect reporting, and inspection schedules with location managers and service providers.
- Establish vehicle cleanliness, care, inspection, and handoff standards.
- Administer Motive and other approved fleet systems, including driver assignments, GPS, cameras, alerts, and reporting.
- Review speeding, unsafe driving, idling, unauthorized vehicle use, and camera or GPS outages or suspected tampering.
- Coordinate documented driver coaching and corrective action with location managers and Human Resources.
- Administer approved driver safety incentive programs using consistent eligibility criteria and verified performance information.
- Monitor fuel use, maintenance costs, downtime, and vehicle condition; recommend improvements and replacement priorities.
Training and Incident Prevention
- Develop and deliver new-hire and refresher safety training for employees, drivers, supervisors, and managers.
- Coordinate required TIA training and certification, forklift operator training and evaluations, and other job-specific safety instruction.
- Maintain training records and track certification and retraining deadlines.
- Investigate workplace injuries, vehicle incidents, property damage, and near misses; identify contributing factors and recommend preventive measures.
- Preserve relevant incident documentation and fleet recordings and coordinate reporting with Human Resources, insurers, and leadership.
- Support workers’ compensation prevention and safe return-to-work efforts in partnership with Human Resources and location management.
- Provide leadership with regular reports on audit completion, overdue corrective actions, training, incidents, driver performance, fleet condition, and compliance concerns.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, transportation, logistics, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- At least five years of progressively responsible experience in workplace safety, transportation compliance, or fleet management, including responsibility for multiple locations.
- Demonstrated knowledge of OSHA requirements and applicable DOT/FMCSA regulations.
- Experience conducting audits, investigating incidents, delivering training, and managing corrective actions.
- Ability to maintain accurate records, analyze performance information, and manage competing deadlines.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to coach employees and hold managers accountable for follow-through.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using fleet management or safety reporting systems.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company driving and insurance requirements.
- Ability to travel regularly throughout the assigned territory.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in tire service, trucking, distribution, warehousing, or commercial fleet operations.
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), M.E.S.H., or a related credential.
- OSHA 30-hour General Industry training.
- Experience with Motive, driver qualification systems, and commercial vehicle compliance.
- TIA certification or experience coordinating tire industry safety training.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Dependable - Employee must be reliable, responsible and trustworthy, and complete all assigned obligations.
- Attention to Detail - Employee must be thorough in completing tasks and must always be aware of potential safety issues.
- Cooperation - Employee must be pleasant with others on the job and display a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Integrity - Employee is required to be honest and ethical.
- Communication - Employee must provide courteous and clear written and verbal communication with customers and co-workers.
Required Physical Abilities:
Physical requirements of this position may require a range of activities. These can include, but are not limited to:
- Perform office work and conduct inspections in service shops, warehouses, vehicle yards, and outdoor work areas.
- Walk and stand during facility inspections and access operational areas using stairs and uneven surfaces.
- Travel by vehicle for extended periods.
- Work around moving vehicles, equipment, noise, weather conditions, and other operational hazards while following required safety precautions.
- Wear required personal protective equipment.
Essential functions may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
Great People Deserve Great Benefits! At Parrish Tire Company, we know taking care of our team keeps everything rolling. Our benefits package includes:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with a company match.
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Employer-paid life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability coverage.
- Supplemental life, hospital indemnity, accident and other benefits available.
- Opportunities for professional development and industry certifications.
Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and applicable plan terms.
Equal Employment Opportunity Parrish Tire Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on job-related qualifications, abilities, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), ethnic or national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic information (including sickle cell trait or hemoglobin C carrier status), military or veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This commitment applies to company operations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment. Unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation are prohibited.
Reasonable Accommodations Parrish Tire Company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities, for sincerely held religious beliefs or practices, and for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, as required by applicable law. Applicants and employees who need an accommodation during the application process or employment should contact Human Resources. Requests will be evaluated individually through an interactive process consistent with applicable law. Retaliation for requesting an accommodation or exercising a protected right is prohibited.
Job Description and Employment Relationship This description summarizes the position and does not list every task or responsibility. Related duties may change as operational needs evolve, consistent with applicable law, employee qualifications, and safe work practices. This document does not create an employment contract or guarantee employment for any specific period. Unless an applicable written employment agreement provides otherwise, employment is at will: either the employee or Parrish Tire Company may end the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice or cause, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this description limits rights protected by law.