Facilitate field training of all employees communicating to ensure that the corporate safety objectives are being received, communicated and understood. Discuss safety trends within the terminal or region.Conduct meetings & monitor direction and progress of terminal Safety Focus Groups. Assist in empowering changes recommended within this group.Conduct terminal safety & operations audits focusing primarily on OSHA compliance; OSHA 300 logs, follow up on OSHA complaints, review the progress and continuance of previously abated OSHA issues to reduce/eliminate repeat violations.Conduct the safety portion of New Employee Orientations. Conducted post accident investigations with the driver to identify root causes.

Interact with Divisional Vice Presidents, Group Operations Managers, and Terminal Managers in an eleven state region to analyze and ensure proper management of staffing and retention related to hourly labor. Current region(s) spans from Memphis, TN throughout the Midwest and Southeast for a total of twenty-five trucking terminals and a headcount in excess of three hundred.Recruit, interview, and place the most qualified candidates for positions including, but not limited to, City, Line Haul Drivers, Dock Employees and Shop Mechanics. Oversee the management of employee relations within each of these facilities.Investigate, document, and recommend solutions for potential sexual harassment, EEOC, Work Comp and labor relations issues within the region. Ensure that corporate safety policies are being communicated and reviewed with employees. Investigate driver accidents and/or motorist complaints.

Screened phone calls for qualified applicants in the field of CDL Transportation Driving. Processed applicants file for verification of information and qualified the potential candidate for hire.Involved in new hire orientation and safety training covering OSHA and DOT requirements and regulations. Ensured that equipment met company specs and that company equipment was up to par for the new employee.

Consistently maintained the position as top producer within my group.Performed all hiring functions among our driver labor force, including processing of files and new hire training materials as well as legal H.R. documents.Conducted weekly Driver Orientation segments of new hires and continued education training.

Recruited and hired all classifications of Drivers and performed post hire employee relations to maintain communications to ensure corporate culture.Duties included but not limited to processing of new hire H.R. driver files, field large quantities of phone calls and participated in new hire orientation weekly.Spearheaded and Managed the Internet Advertising/Recruiting Dept. start up of three assistants while remaining within the top 5 in average of hires among department of 45 associates.

Managed all Human Resource/Employee Relations functions of labor force.Performed weekly payroll function, collections, recruitment/placement of temp. drivers and new account sales.Developed new business accounts leading the organization from business levels of $700 thousand per year to over $1 million in profit.College Internship

Corporate Headquarters Awarded placement in the Future Leaders Summer Internship Program.Learned clothing retail terminology and distribution/shipping processes through cross-training and mentoring with Operations Managers.