Fleet Safety Efficiency Trainer

Why Guelph:
**What we offer**

We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Many of our positions offer:

- Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Paid personal days;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
- Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Parental leave top up program;
- Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
- Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:
**Key duties and responsibilities**
- Develop, implement, promote, and evaluate safe vehicle and equipment work practices and programs for city staff across the organization.
- Manage the Corporation’s Commercial Vehicle Operator Record (CVOR) including monitoring the safety violation rating and completing the annual renewal process.
- Administer the Corporation’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Program and related duties including Driver Qualification files, Hours of Service Records, Vehicle Inspection Reports, and associated training courses.
- Evaluate vehicles/equipment and operators in the field to ensure safe operation and to prevent damage; provide feedback and recommendations regarding remedial training to management as required.
- Oversee and deliver “Behind -the-Wheel” training, classroom training for new hired bus operators, maintenance workers and inspectors.
- Identify training needs and design training programs aligned with fleet user requirements.
- Provide equipment training to all City staff for Forklift, Truck Mounted Aerial Device, Front End Loader, Mobile Boom Cranes, Winter Control Equipment (single/tandem axle trucks with plow and wing, sidewalk municipal tractors and tractor plows) and other related equipment/vehicles.
- Provide Defensive Driving training for all City drivers of both CVOR and Non-CVOR vehicles.
- Monitor employees’ driver licence abstracts to ensure compliance with Ministry of Transportation (MTO) requirements and make recommendations for corrective action.
- Conduct driver evaluations, ride and trail checks, driver license upgrades and renewals.
- Provide fuel efficiency training for all City employees.
- Assist in the development and implementation of corporate policies, procedures and programs related to Fleet.
- Manage the corporation’s MTO vehicle collision register and analyze and report collision trends.
- Attend accident investigations as needed and assist in post collision inquiries.
- Submit completed driver training records to track and document fleet equipment training.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications and requirements**
- A minimum grade 12 diploma or equivalent.
- Considerable training and experience working as a Fleet Driver/Operator Trainer.
- Must be certified in the following:

- DZ or BZ driver’s with a clean driving record or ability to obtain BZ license within a specified timeframe.
- A valid Defensive Driving (DDC) certificate
- Certified Fleet Driver Trainer, which includes an Air Brake Instructor's certificate
- Train the Trainer Certificate in Forklift and Truck Mounted Aerial Devices or be willing to obtain within a specified timeframe
- PRIDE Certification or be willing to obtain within a specified timeframe
- Certification for Traffic Protection/Book 7 Train the Trainer or be willing to obtain within a specified timeframe
- Experience in conducting self-audits based on compliance with MTO requirements.
- Familiarity and experience with adult learning principles and techniques.
- Experience in vehicle accident investigation.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Highway Traffic Act and Occupational Health & Safety Act.
- Communicate effectively with staff, management, contractors and the general public.
- Excellent facilitation skills.
- Ability to safely operate most fleet vehicles and equipment.
- Ability to write thorough and clear recommendations and reports.
- Ability to work with sensitive and confidential information.
- Able to travel frequently to various work sites.
- Intermediate computer skills in MS Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

**Hours of work**
Up to 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 6:00am and 6:00pm. Flexibility is a requirement based operational needs outside of these hours.

**Pay/Salary**
$41.40 per hour

**How to apply