Site Safety Manager

About the Project:

The Glydways Atlanta ATN Pilot Project is the first passenger carrying Automated Transit Network deployed by Glydways in the United States, running from the Airport SkyTrain at the Georgia International Convention Center to the Gateway Center Arena. It spans construction, system integration and testing, commissioning, and pilot passenger service alongside project sponsors, contractors, the operating organization, local authorities, and emergency responders.

Glydways has established an independent Safety, Quality and Compliance organization, applying established transit and rail safety standards to a new class of automated technology. On the Atlanta site, the safety function owns the site safety management system, confirms that required controls are implemented before work and service proceed, and works in close partnership with Test and Commissioning, Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, contractors, local authorities, and emergency responders to sustain them.

About the Role:

The Site Safety Manager leads the site safety management system for the Glydways Atlanta ATN Pilot Project across construction, integration and testing, commissioning, operations with passenger service, maintenance, modification, recovery, and emergency response.

The role reports directly to the Atlanta ATN Pilot Project Director for site delivery and coordination, and functionally to the Glydways Safety Lead within Safety, Quality and Compliance for safety direction, competence, and assurance. Independent of operations, the Site Safety Manager performs site safety audits, restricts access or return to service, stops work or service, and escalates imminent hazards, safety envelope breaches, or incomplete controls.

The Site Safety Manager is accountable for occupational safety of everyone at the site, including Glydways personnel, the operating organization, contractors, and visitors, and for the hazards introduced by testing, commissioning, and operation of an automated transit system. This covers OSHA recordkeeping and reporting, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, PPE, work permits, access control, and the controls required wherever construction, testing, and passenger service take place at the same time.

The Site Safety Manager understands Operational Limitations and Safety Related Application Conditions (SRACs) established in the Safety Case and owns their site implementation, communication, verification, and enforcement. The Site Safety Manager creates, maintains, and updates the ATL Site Hazard Log, and verifies that every hazard control is implemented and effective through regular inspections, independent audits, and follow up. Working with Quality, the manager establishes and enforces ATL site safety SOPs. With onsite maintenance staff, the manager reviews system faults and work orders and coordinates failure reports through the Glydways FRACAS process.

The Site Safety Manager owns incident notification, investigation, and corrective actions, reports safety performance to the project and to Safety, Quality and Compliance, leads emergency preparedness and responder coordination, and provides the safety inputs to operational readiness.

Required Skills and Certifications:

• B.S. in Engineering or equivalent.
• Senior safety-management experience across construction, system integration and testing, commissioning, passenger operations, and maintenance.
• Experience managing safety for rail transit, automated people mover systems, or comparable safety-critical systems
• Competence in Safety Management Systems, risk management and assurance, hazard and SRAC tracking, FRACAS, corrective actions, and independent auditing.
• Incident-management experience covering notification, evidence preservation, investigation, root cause analysis, reporting, and effectiveness checks.
• Emergency-preparedness experience covering incident command, evacuation and rescue, fire and life safety, responder coordination, drills, and exercises.
• Familiarity with safety assurance principles of ASCE 21-21 and/or CENELEC standards, including EN 50126, EN 50129, and EN 50716.
• Working knowledge of OSHA reporting, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, construction and contractor safety, and simultaneous-work controls.
• Independent judgment to stop work or service, restrict unsafe activities, and escalate unresolved concerns.
• Clear communication with workers, passengers, contractors, technical teams, leadership, authorities, and emergency responders.
• Ability to work with Quality to control site safety SOPs, maintain the ATL Site Hazard Log, verify controls, and conduct regular audits.
• Able to work with the Functional Safety team to implement operational restrictions and escalate site conditions or events that may affect them.
• Available onsite and able to complete training and certification required by approved pilot plans, the site safety program, and applicable GDOT requirements.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience applying GDOT State Safety Oversight, FTA Safety Management System/State Safety Oversight, or comparable transit-safety frameworks.
• Experience coordinating with authorities, emergency responders, airport stakeholders, and multi-employer sites.
• Professional safety certification and Atlanta/Georgia operating experience.

Preferred Certifications and Transit Training:

• OSHA 30 Hour training strongly preferred.
• OSHA 510 and OSHA 500, or OSHA 511 and OSHA 501, preferred or obtainable within 12 months, depending on the applicable work environment.
• CSP, ASP, or CHST.
• Transit safety training through FTA, TSI, APTA, or an equivalent recognized program preferred.
• Experience with PTASP, PTSCTP, State Safety Oversight, transit SMS, contractor safety, incident investigation, emergency response, and independent safety auditing preferred.