Head of Safety & Compliance

Job description

ABOUT NEVOYA: Nevoya is North America's leading next-generation electric trucking carrier, transforming logistics through AI-native operations and relentless customer focus. The company builds and uses proprietary technology to deliver zero-emissions carrier services to Fortune 500 shippers with superior economics and service to legacy diesel operators. The company has operations in California and Texas, and is backed by globally-renowned investors including Lowercarbon Capital. About The Role: The Head of Safety and Compliance owns Nevoya's safety and regulatory compliance strategy end to end, ensuring driver and fleet operations meet all DOT, FMCSA and state-level requirements. This is a strategic leadership role for someone who has moved beyond individual execution and is ready to build, scale, and lead a compliance function as Nevoya's fleet grows. You will set policy, build out processes and potentially a team, represent safety and compliance to executive leadership, and act as the final word on regulatory risk across the organization. What You'll Do: - Own Nevoya's overall safety and compliance strategy, setting policy and standards across all locations - Build, scale, and lead a team responsible for driver qualification, fleet compliance, and safety operations - Oversee drug and alcohol testing programs, random testing, and Clearinghouse management at a program level - Own the audit strategy for driver qualification files, vehicle files, and fleet documentation, ensuring constant audit readiness - Serve as Nevoya's primary point of contact for DOT, FMCSA, and CHP audits, inspections, and citations - Oversee hours-of-service and ELD compliance programs at scale, including platform strategy and vendor relationships - Own insurance strategy and broker relationships, including COIs, claims escalation, and risk mitigation - Set and monitor company-wide KPIs for safety performance, compliance rates, and audit outcomes - Build corrective action frameworks and safety training programs that scale across a growing fleet - Report directly to operations leadership on safety and compliance risk, trends, and recommendations - Partner with finance, legal, and operations leadership on regulatory risk, insurance costs, and compliance investment decisions - Represent Nevoya in front of regulators, insurance partners, and external auditors as the senior compliance leader What We're Looking For: - 10-15+ years of experience in fleet safety and DOT compliance, including experience building or leading a compliance function - Demonstrated experience owning safety and compliance strategy for a carrier, not just execution, ideally at a company that scaled its fleet - Deep expertise in DOT, FMCSA, and CHP regulations, audit procedures, and documentation standards - Experience managing or building teams responsible for compliance operations - Track record of representing an organization directly to regulators and auditors - Experience with DQ files, vehicle files, DVIRs, ELD platforms (Samsara preferred), and Clearinghouse programs at scale - Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate risk and strategy to senior leadership - Highly organized with the ability to balance strategic ownership with hands-on problem solving when needed - Valid driver's license with the ability to visit terminals or field sites as needed - Travel to Dallas and Houston (possibly travel to California quarterly for Safety Meetings with drivers) Preferred Experience: - Experience building a safety and compliance function from an early or scaling stage - Previous IFTA reporting experience - Experience with Samsara or similar fleet management systems at a multi-terminal scale AT NEVOYA, WE BELIEVE DIVERSE TEAMS BUILD BETTER SOLUTIONS. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all employees. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. If you're excited about our mission but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or another role. If you have any other questions please email our Recruiting Team directly @ careers@nevoya.com http://nevoya.com