Safety & Security Specialist

FLSA: Salaried non-exempt     

Job Title: Safety & Security Specialist      

Department: Safety & Security      

Reports to: Chief Safety & Security Officer     

Pay Rate: $70-75,000   

JOB SUMMARY: Supports efforts of Company’s safety, security, and emergency management programs, functions, and activities programs.      

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:     

1. Participate in, develop, implement, and provide training, coaching, and education of MATA management, employees, and contractors.
2. Coordinate, monitor, participate, and educate management, supervisors, foreman, and contractor accidents, incidents, near miss, investigations, analysis, and assessments.
3. Work collaboratively with managers, supervisors, and employees to identify, analyze, and mitigate hazards in a timely manner.
4. Represent the Safety team on task, working groups and committee established to address safety, security, emergency, and risks to identify, analyze, and mitigate hazards in a timely manner.
5. Work closely with the operating, maintenance, communications, procurement, capital development and other departments to record, track, graph, measure, and analyze performance data, indicators, and other information.
6. Assist with internal and external safety audits, reviews, and assessments of departments, contractors, functions, and processes to determine compliance/conformance with various Company programs, and regulatory safety and security performance requirements. 
7. Contribute to company safety evaluation and certification of new and existing infrastructure, rolling stock, and systems though planning, design, engineering, construction/assembly, operations, and lessons learned.
8. Conduct independent accident/incident investigations involving vehicles, facilities, construction sites, passengers, employees and/or equipment, as determined by CSO.
9. Perform and assist with comprehensive hazard, risk, threat, and vulnerability analysis, assessments, and root cause analysis.
10. Work closely with representatives from the from state and federal agencies to identify, analysis, coordinate, and resolve safety, security, emergency, and risk concerns.
11. Assist with identifying safety performance, state of good repair, and other metrics, trends, and analysis for purposes of developing mitigation strategies to address, reduce or eliminate risks.
12. Report safety critical data to federal and state Safety & Security agencies.
13. Participate as a member of the Safety Audit team in the administration and execution of the Internal Safety/Security Audit Program to ensure adherence to company safety plan, Federal, State and local regulations, industry standards and company policies, procedures, processes, .
14. Ensure that all required documentation and reports are completed accurately and forwarded to the appropriate operating areas, Federal, State, and local agencies (e.g. FTA, TDOT, NTD, OSHA), in accordance with established time frames.
15. Respond to each safety report, inquiry, complaint from passengers, employees, contractors, and vendors in a confidential, courteous, and professional manner.
16. Perform related duties and projects as assigned.

Other Job Functions:     

1. Perform other safety and security functions as assigned by the CSSO.
2. Manage the tracking and disposition of Corrective Action Plans (C