Safety Management System (SMS) Program Manager
Safety Management System (SMS) Program Manager
Serve as OCTA’s subject matter expert and lead agency-wide Safety Management System and Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) efforts.
Direct the planning, implementation, oversight, and continuous improvement of SMS programs.
Provide guidance to departments on implementing and maintaining compliance with FTA SMS requirements.
Lead SMS committees, meetings, and initiatives focused on PTASP compliance and continuous improvement.
Develop and oversee hazard identification, safety risk assessment, mitigation, and monitoring activities.
Analyze safety data and trends to identify risks, evaluate mitigation efforts, and support informed decision-making.
Perform and document audits, assessments, and inspections to evaluate SMS/PTASP implementation and regulatory compliance.
Identify preventive and corrective actions to address accident hazards, health risks, and other safety concerns.
Develop and deliver required SMS training and promote consistent understanding of safety responsibilities throughout the organization.
Ensure compliance with SMS configuration management and document control requirements.
Communicate SMS performance, risk trends, mitigation activities, compliance status, and emerging issues to employees, management, and executive leadership.
Represent OCTA as the SMS/PTASP subject matter expert in internal and external meetings and program activities.
Build collaborative relationships across the agency and provide leadership, guidance, and support that promotes a strong and positive safety culture.
Qualifications
- Minimum of seven years of related program management experience; ten years preferred
- At least three years of direct experience with a Safety Management System, Quality Management System, or Environmental Management System approach; five years preferred
- Strong knowledge of safety management principles, hazard identification, risk assessment, mitigation, and continuous improvement
- Experience with regulatory compliance oversight and interpreting safety-related requirements
- Experience conducting compliance audits, assessments, or inspections
- Experience developing and implementing preventive and corrective action strategies
- Strong analytical skills with experience evaluating and presenting safety data, statistics, and trends
- Experience developing and delivering employee training
- Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels, including executive leadership
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, build collaborative relationships, and promote a positive safety culture
- Experience with FTA, CPUC, Cal/OSHA, Federal OSHA, or similar regulatory requirements is highly desirable
- A related master’s degree is desirable