Assistant Location Safety Manager

Assistant Location Safety Manager – Springfield, MA

First Student | Supporting Springfield Public Schools

Salary: $52,000–$60,000 annually Required Credentials: Current Massachusetts CDL with Passenger and School Bus endorsements and a current Massachusetts School Bus Driving Instructor’s Certificate

You’ve Helped Drivers Succeed. Now Help Lead the Safety Program. You know school transportation. You understand what drivers face, how to coach someone through a difficult situation, and why good training matters.

Put that experience to work in a leadership role with First Student.

As an Assistant Location Safety Manager , you’ll work alongside the Location Safety Manager to develop drivers and trainers, investigate incidents, and improve safety practices supporting Springfield Public Schools. This is an opportunity to expand your responsibilities, build management experience, and influence how an entire team operates.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

Take a step into safety leadership. Build on your driving and instructor experience with responsibility for employee development, investigations, compliance, and safety improvement.

Have support as you grow. Work with the Location Safety Manager and a team of trainers, dispatchers, maintenance technicians, and operational leaders. Comprehensive onboarding and professional development will help you learn the role.

Use your experience to help other people succeed. Coach drivers, guide trainers, and help employees build the skills and confidence to transport students safely.

Build toward your next career step. Develop experience that can support future opportunities in safety management, training, and operations across First Student.

Compensation and Benefits

What You’ll Do

Your work will combine employee coaching, hands-on safety oversight, and accurate documentation.

Required Credentials — Please Read Before Applying

Because this position trains and evaluates Massachusetts school bus operators, both of the following must be current and in good standing when you apply:

The ability to obtain these credentials later does not meet the current requirements.

What Else You’ll Bring

Bring Your Experience. Build Your Leadership Career.

If you’re an experienced Massachusetts school bus instructor ready for broader responsibility, this is an opportunity to put your knowledge to work beyond an individual training session.

Help drivers improve. Support your trainers. Build a safer operation for Springfield’s students and families.

Apply today for the Assistant Location Safety Manager position with First Student.

First Student is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. First Student maintains a drug-free workplace and complies with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws. Language Requirement This role requires English proficiency. Federal, state, and local requirements, including U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, require training, safety communications, company policies, employment documents, and other job-related communications be conducted in English.

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.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf .