Location Safety Advisor

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Halifax, NS, CAN
In-Office
Junior
Edtech • Transportation
The Role
Provide operational oversight and leadership for location safety: manage driver hiring and compliance, train and guide staff, investigate incidents, prepare reports, perform driver road checks, analyze safety trends, and maintain accident records and related compliance filings.
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Now Hiring: Location Safety Advisor
10-Month Maternity Leave Contract (September 2026 – June 2027)

At First Student, our Location Safety Advisors are a constant reflection of our company's commitment to safety and customer service. The Location Safety Advisor is responsible for providing operational oversight, providing work guidance, and delivering leadership to full safety supervisory duties.

At First Student, we are proud to offer:

  • Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities due to a strong presence across North America

  • Positive and rewarding work environment

Location Safety Advisor Responsibilities:

  • Administers driver hiring and compliance process

  • Provides direction and guidance to location trainers

  • Investigates accidents, incidents, and work-related injuries and determines fault/probability

  • Prepares and submits accident-related compliance forms, maintains files, and enters in system

  • Provides assistance and training to drivers and attendants on passenger management and other safety related issues

  • Performs driver road checks of driver performance

  • Supervise employees with safety and/or driver hiring or training responsibilities

  • Provides various reports and analyzes safety trends

Location Safety Advisor Experience and Skills Required:

  • 2-3 years transportation or safety-related experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent

  • Knowledge of federal and state rules and regulations regarding safety and environmental issues

  • Computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

  • Consistent attendance and punctuality

  • Possess working vehicle for travel in service area

First Students commitment to putting our customers first, dedication to safety, and an ambition to deliver dependable transportation makes for a working environment you'll love. As a huge company with 120,000 staff and over 2.5 billion customers worldwide, you'll also enjoy security, a brilliant future, and excellent training.

Apply today to join our team!

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

Skills Required

  • 2-3 years transportation or safety-related experience
  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Knowledge of federal and state safety and environmental regulations
  • Computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Consistent attendance and punctuality
  • Possess working vehicle for travel in service area
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The Company
HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio
14,627 Employees

What We Do

As the leading pupil transportation solutions provider for school districts in North America, First Student provides the best start and finish to every school day. Our teams complete five and a half million student journeys each day, moving more students than all U.S. airlines combined. We operate more than 44,500 vehicles in 41 U.S. states and 8 Canadian provinces/territories. What makes First Student the right choice for your school district's needs? Our partnerships: We believe great transportation is always the result of close, trusted partnerships with the school districts we serve. Understanding that needs change sometimes throughout the school year, our goal is to remain responsive to your district's needs. We work closely with school districts to ensure the transportation solutions we provide represent a collective, forward-thinking response to the needs of your district and community. Our engagement: We believe education offers a child – and their family – the foundation needed to lead a productive and successful life. We support education by making sure children have a safe and reliable way to get to and from school each day. Students start and end their school days with us, and we recognize the opportunity we have to impact each student’s day in a positive manner. Our people: Our people are our advantage. With a team of highly-trained drivers and the industry’s strongest safety record, we’re able to leverage the best practices, technologies and processes needed to deliver quality, consistent service. Visit http://www.firststudentinc.com for more information about how First Student is Caring for students, today, tomorrow, together.®

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