Department of Transportation Program Lead – Safety Management System

STV is actively seeking aTransportation (DoT) Safety Department of Program Lead for various locations to be a part of our Transportation and Infrastructure Division. The ideal candidate will be highly experienced in Federal and State DoT regulatory requirements as related to Safety and Safety Management System (SMS) elements client support to prepare for and achieve regulatory compliance audit and gap analysis to assist clients in advancing safety in agency culture and human behavior incident investigation and root cause analysis development of client related plans policies procedures and overall client safety program advancement. Market sector will focus on but not limited to Departments of Transportation FRA Class One Motor Freight Carriers and those interfaces with industrial distribution carriers. Those interested in working in a challenging environment and facilitating the growth of STVs (DoT) Safety Program practice should apply. Additionally the candidate should have a strong intrapreneurial spirit with a proven record of successfully managing program level staff.

As this practice continues to grow guide a new generation of professionals to meet this emerging and demanding field. In this role you willhave the opportunity to both educate and learn from our engineers and security consultants while also helping STV expand its DoT Safety Program and offerings provided throughout our Centers of Excellence.

STVs culture allows you the opportunity to develop both professionally and personally. STV offers opportunities to further develop your technical skills through STV University and promotes a clear pathway towards development. STV will provide you access to innovative projects and exciting opportunities; and self-motivated candidates with a solid technical foundation will thrive and grow. STVs culture promotes exposure to and interaction with multiple design disciplines within a healthy work-life balance.

STV will support your professional growth by providing opportunities for:

• Professional Training and Certifications

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Professional Licensure Fee Reimbursement

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify and strategically address market trends and customer needs to facilitate program success.

• Ethically represent STVs safety consulting capabilities to our clients throughout business development and operations.

• Create and strengthen relationships with new and existing customers to grow our Practice.

• Promote and sell STVs our practice via tradeshows social media response to public bids and through active client prospecting efforts.

• Coordinating efforts to expand our practice and team with STVs Regional Development Directors (RDDs) and our marketing teams.

• Serve as a Technical Lead for practice consulting efforts

• Support clients in gaining monitoring and maintaining a Safety Program and Safety Management Systems maturity based upon regulatory compliance and agency safety goals.

• Identification and recruitment of subject matter expertise to meet practice growth and execution of client services.

• Conduct a comprehensive annual review of STVs DoT Safety Business Plan to develop short-term and long-term goals for the expansion of services to our clients.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required with masters degree preferred.

• A minimum of twenty (20) years of progressive FTA/FRA safety experience specializing in hazard and incident investigation and safety management.

• Proven history of managing staff and program level business practices.

• Highly effective in all manners of communications including a demonstrable ability to write technical content and reports.

• USDOT Transportation Safety Institute and or World Safety Organization Certified.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The preferred candidate will be experienced in assessing and determining client needs to craft appropriate programs and enhancements to facilitate client success.

• Demonstrated direct technical capabilities in the implementation of Safety & SMS strategies.

Attributes:

• Ability to initiate strengthen and retain business relationships in an ethically responsible manner.

• Life-long learner with demonstrated capacity to maintain current skills and knowledge in a dynamic environment.

• Demonstrated initiative and drive with an intrapreneurial spirit.

• Ability to problem solve particularly in team-based environments.

• Excellent organization and planning skills documenting control and reporting.

• Ability to develop complex reports and deliverables on time and within budgeted hours.

• Experience with Microsoft Word Excel Outlook Visio PowerPoint and SharePoint

• Initiative-taking must work well with others.

Dont meet every single requirement Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At STV we are fully committed to expanding our culture of diversity and inclusion one that will reflect the clients we serve and the communities we work in so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

STV offers the following benefits Health insurance including an option with a Health Savings Account Dental insurance Vision insurance Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) Disability insurance Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment 401(k) Plan Retirement Counseling Employee Assistance Program Paid Time Off (16 days) Paid Holidays (8 days) Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) Continuing Education Program Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair equitable and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STVs good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors including but not limited to geography education experience and/or certifications.