About the role
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.
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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
