Manager, Safety & Training

Rio Grande Pacific Transit Group is seeking a Manager, Safety & Training to lead safety, training, and quality assurance programs for an FRA-regulated passenger and freight rail environment. This role ensures regulatory compliance, oversees training programs, manages safety investigations, supports field audits and rules testing, and drives continuous improvement across system operations.

• Manage safety, training, and quality assurance programs for the organization. • Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, county, and municipal regulations, including FRA, GCOR, NTSB, HazMat, OSHA, NIMS, and other safety standards. • Lead accident, incident, derailment, and near-miss investigations and prepare reports and corrective action plans. • Oversee the organization's safety compliance program, training program, and quality program. • Manage PPE training, hazard management, bio-hazard protocols, risk reduction programs, and safety-related complaint resolution. • Perform regular field audits, inspections, and rules testing with craft employees, including weekly train rides. • Review class syllabi, lesson plans, and training materials before instruction and audit training classes. • Develop, implement, and administer safety and training procedures, plans, and compliance programs. • Ensure accurate and timely completion of all safety and training reports and documentation. • Partner with internal departments and third-party railroad organizations to support safety initiatives and coordinated operating practices. • Maintain availability to respond to safety incidents and operational callouts, typically within one hour.

• Minimum 10 years of experience managing safety, training, and quality functions for FRA-regulated passenger and freight railroads. • Strong knowledge of applicable safety regulations, including FRA, GCOR, NTSB, HazMat, OSHA, and NIMS. • Demonstrated experience conducting investigations and writing formal reports. • Completion of FTA/TSI safety training preferred. • Current FTA PTSCTP rail certification preferred. • Must possess or obtain required NIMS training, including ICS-100 and ICS-200 upon assignment and ICS-300 and ICS-400 within one year. • Proven management, leadership, and training development skills. • Strong communication, documentation, and analytical abilities.