DOT Safety and Compliance Specialist

About the role

As a Driver Safe and Secure Area Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance, safety, and risk management for Carvana's driving teams across various facilities in your assigned geographic area.

Responsibilities

• Work with Operations Leadership to correct non-compliant data in the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) system dashboard.
• Counsel and advise drivers on proper log completion.
• Partner with Operations Leadership to educate drivers on mistakes and prevent repeat DOT violations.
• Maintain and administer Driver Qualification files.
• Involvement with post-incident and new hire training.
• Accident information collection and review.
• Track driver citations and roadside violations.
• Participate in beta and testing initiatives onsite as department representative.
• Affiliate with internal incident investigations.
• Oversee driver safety within a regional area with site visits included.
• Administer spot checks on vehicles to ensure compliance.
• Support new hire and remedial training.
• Develop relationships with other departments and implement process improvements.
• Exercise prudent discretion regarding confidential and sensitive personnel information.
• Drive safety improvement and accident reduction initiatives through relationships, influence, and relationship building.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience with training, program execution, and/or influencing for behavior change/desired results.
• At least 2 years of experience in the DOT field.
• Flexibility to travel within the designated region assigned up to 25%.
• Strong organizational skills and acute attention to detail.
• Effective communication and time management skills.
• Competency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with Tenstreet and understanding its features.
• North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI) safety certification.
• Understanding of the software to make log edits, profile adjustments, troubleshoot equipment issues, and align with company initiatives within Safety.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Skills

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat
• Tenstreet experience
• Understanding of the software for log edits, profile adjustments, troubleshooting, and alignment with company initiatives within Safety
• NATMI safety certification

Benefits

• Full-Time Salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• 401K with company match
• Multitude of perks including student loan payments, discounts on vehicles, benefits for your pets, and much more.
• A great wellness program to keep you healthy and happy both physically and mentally.
• Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge with others across the organization.
• Variety and rapid career development in a start-up atmosphere.
• Equal employment opportunity employer.