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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Onsite
Who we are:
Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.
Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.
The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.
With Glydways, we’re building more than a transportation system; we’re creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.
About the Project:
The Glydways Atlanta ATN Pilot Project is the first passenger-carrying Automated Transit Network (ATN) 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 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. The same organization develops and maintains the safety case that certifies the system for passenger service.
About the Role:
The Site Safety Manager is responsible for the safety of the operation of the transit system and personnel on site. The Site Safety Manager also supports system reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) and certification activities for the Glydways Atlanta ATN Pilot Project and other projects. The role covers the path from late-stage design through integration 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 supports and maintains the site safety case and the evidence needed for the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), such as the State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), or the operating organization, to approve the system for passenger service. This includes tailoring the system safety, certification, and operational safety plans to the project regulatory environment, leading project-specific hazard analysis and safety case development, performing operational hazard analysis, supporting system verification and validation, tracking all safety activities, and closing out findings and safety actions with authorities.
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 recordkeeping and reporting, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, personal protective equipment, work permits, access control, and the controls required wherever testing and passenger service take place at the same time.
The Site Safety Manager understands the Operational Limitations and Safety Related Application Conditions (SRACs) established in the safety case and owns their site implementation, communication, verification, and enforcement. The 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 standard operating procedures (SOPs). With onsite maintenance staff, the manager reviews system faults and work orders and coordinates failure reports through the Glydways Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (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.
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Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
