The Role
The Director of Safety & Workers' Compensation oversees safety programs and workers' compensation initiatives, ensuring compliance with regulations and fostering a safety culture. Responsibilities include managing claims, leading safety training, analyzing safety data, and collaborating with various departments.
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Position Summary:
The Director of Safety & Workers’ Compensation provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of all safety programs and workers’ compensation initiatives across the organization. This role provides expert guidance to leaders and associates, developing training and safety awareness programs, implementing and monitoring safety strategies and practices to ensure compliance with federal, state and local law.
Major Responsibilities:
Safety Program Leadership
- Develop, implement and maintain comprehensive safety standards, policies and procedures aligned with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
- Lead safety training, education and communications initiatives to foster a culture of safety across all levels of the PTL organization. This includes the company’s drug and alcohol policy.
- Monitor safety performance metrics, conduct risk assessments, random drug and alcohol testing process, and drive continuous improvement to reduce incidents and injuries.
- Oversee incident investigations, root cause analyses and corrective action plans to prevent recurrence.
- Stay current with DOT, OSHA, FMCSA, CVOR and other relevant safety regulations, ensuring company compliance.
Workers Compensation Management
- Oversee the administration of workers’ compensation claims, including injury reporting, case management and claims resolution.
- Manage relationships with third-party administrators (TPAs), medical providers, and insurers to ensure timely and appropriate claim handling.
- Lead return-to-work program and accommodations to support injured associates’ safe and timely reintegration, in partnership with the leave and accommodation team.
- Analyze claims trends and costs, recommending strategies to reduce claims frequency and severity.
- Ensure compliance with state and federal workers’ compensation laws and reporting requirements.
Associate experience and collaboration
- Serve as primary business-facing leader for safety and workers’ compensation programs, promoting transparency and responsiveness.
- Collaborate with HR, Maintenance, Operations, Legal, Finance, Facilities, Environmental, Rental and Legal teams to align policies and support associate well-being.
- Communicate effectively throughout the business regarding safety initiatives, claims status and regulatory updates.
- Other projects and tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in safety management, risk management, business, HR or related fields.
- Master’s Degree preferred.
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in occupational safety, workers compensation, or risk management
- Minimum 5+ years of people leadership experience
- In-depth knowledge of OSHA standards and other relevant federal, state, and local safety regulations
- Understanding of safety management systems, hazard identification, and risk mitigation strategies
- Comprehensive knowledge of workers’ compensation laws, claim processes, and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions
- Knowledge of best practices for developing and delivering effective safety training and associate engagement programs
- Ability to analyze safety and claims data to identify trends, measure performance, and inform strategic decisions
- Experience managing relationships with TPAs, medical providers, safety consultants, and other vendors
- Expertise in navigating complex regulatory environments and ensuring organizational compliance
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
- Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions
Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in safety management, risk management, business, HR or related fields
- Master's Degree
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in occupational safety, workers compensation, or risk management
- Minimum 5+ years of people leadership experience
- In-depth knowledge of OSHA standards and safety regulations
- Experience managing relationships with TPAs, medical providers, safety consultants, and other vendors
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The Company
What We Do
Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company. We provide supply chain management and logistics solutions to leading brands around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing, freight management, and dry-van truckload services. Penske offers customized supply chain and logistics solutions including: Dedicated Contract Carriage; Distribution Center Management; Freight Management; Freight Brokerage; Transportation Management Solutions (TMS); Lead Logistics Provider (LLP), Control Tower and 4PL Solutions. We serve a variety of industries including: automotive; food, beverage, grocery, wine and spirits; cold chain; convenience and drug stores; quick service restaurants (QSRs); retail; big box retailers; building and construction products; CPG; healthcare; industrial manufacturing; consumer appliances and consumer electronics; and many others.
