Job Description

Safety Trainer

Founded in 1965, Herc Rentals is one of the leading equipment rental suppliers in North America with 2024 total revenues reaching approximately $3.6 billion. Herc Rentals serves customers through approximately 620+ locations and has about 10,200 employees in North America as of June 30, 2025.

We are searching for a dynamic individual with extensive experience in trench solutions and equipment safety training to be part of our team working with clients and their employees. You are an instructor who can consistently lead training sessions with energy, intelligence, honesty, and charisma; someone who will be able to engage and interact with people of any level or any industry. Under the primary direction of the Safety Training Supervisor, and secondary direction of the Safety Training Manager, the Regional Safety Trainer Trench Specialist performs a wide range of activities related to sales, training material development, safety training, and safety program administration. This position is externally focused and requires extensive travel working at Herc Rentals locations and onsite with various clients and their employees.

What you will do...

• Complete sales activities such as cold calls, jobsite visits, and meeting with customers to identify customer training needs.
• Quote all training
• Schedule and book travel
• Participate in required meetings
• Communicate schedule daily via the schedule provided
• Track all expenses and submit expense reports on regular intervals
• Prepare all training materials and classroom prior to delivery of training courses
• Coordinate, with the customer or branch personnel, the availability of equipment for the evaluation portion of training
• Conduct training classes for customers
• Effectively communicate and teach required training courses, including but not limited to, OSHA 1926 Subpart P
• Stay up to date on regulations that apply within the industry
• Complete proper and timely invoicing, training delivery to customers, proper document storage, training content updates, and professional development
• Conduct regular training and documentation self-audits
• Maintains financial reports and presents at regular intervals
• Work with sales, marketing, and operations teams to support the customer
• Meet with customers to actively communicate programs and objectives
• Attends courses, conferences, & seminars as necessary
• Interpreting government/agency regulations
• Carry out other duties, as requested by the Safety Training Supervisor or Manager

Requirements

• Up to 80% travel
• Using solid project and time management to achieve objectives
• Deliver training to Herc Rentals customers
• Training for Herc Rentals employees may be provided when the employee joins an existing course that a customer has scheduled
• Use Microsoft Office to include but not limited to PowerPoint, Excel, & Word
• Develop and/or improve training programs as directed by leadership
• Participate in projects
• Maintain order in an environment of changing priorities
• Safety Awareness: Understands, follows, and motivates individuals to follow the safety rules and regulations
• Working long and irregular hours, and under pressure conditions
• Flexibility with work schedule to accommodate client-requested training sessions outside of regular business hours

Skills

• Bi/Multi-Lingual preferred
• Presenting & public speaking
• Analyzing complex written documents
• Strong team player with the ability to organize, prioritize, handle time constraints, and manage shifting priorities
• Mastery of sales skills such as selling solutions over price
• Effective questioning and feedback; assessing customer training needs
• Communicating effectively in a diverse range of audiences and settings
• Knowledge of regulatory agencies & associated standards OSHA, ANSI, & CSA
• Trench solutions knowledge of required state-run Subpart P programs based on territory location
• Field/working knowledge of excavation and trench solutions
• Detail-oriented
• Teaching adult learners
• Excellent computer & technology skills, primarily with Microsoft Suite software

Req #: 65257

Pay Range: $65,000 - $85,000 Base + Commission + Truck

Herc Rentals values its employees and provides excellent compensation and benefits packages which are not limited to the following.

Keeping you healthy

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Flex spending and health savings accounts
• Virtual Health Visits
• 24 Hour Nurse Line
• Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Tobacco Cessation Program
• Weight Loss Program

Building Your Financial Future

• 401(k) plan with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

Life & Work Harmony

• Paid Time Off (Holidays, Vacations, Sick Days)
• Paid parental leave
• Military leave & support for those in the National Guard and Reserves
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Adoption Assistance Reimbursement Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Auto & Home Insurance Discounts

Protecting You & Your Family

• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Company Paid Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Disability Insurance
• Group Legal Plan
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance

Herc does not discriminate in employment based on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, political affiliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.

Nearest Major Market: Charlotte

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