Rick Belew
Chose alignment over comfort. Never looked back.
- Role
- Senior Manager of Safety Engineering at OmniTRAX, Inc.
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rick Belew
Railroad professional with 29 years of experience in freight and transit operations, spanning engineering (track, signal, bridge), equipment, safety, training, and compliance. A background that bridges both hands-on fieldwork and regulatory insight, including leadership roles in the private sector and service with the Federal Railroad Administration.I’ve led company-wide safety and environmental programs, built training systems, and helped organizations align business goals with regulatory standards—all while driving cultural improvement. As a Safemap International Consultant, I specialize in safety and health initiatives that go beyond compliance to strengthen people, teams, and performance.Together, we can build and uplift our Engineering teams by providing support, expectations, and holding each other accountable. Development of the next generation and a structured leadership model that will ensure our railroads are successful long after we are gone. A safe and productive engineering team is a good team, a team I have led, a team I love to lead.
Experience
Senior Manager of Safety Engineering
Oct 2025 — Present
Education
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science Business Management, Business
2000 — 2004
USDOT Transportation Safety Institute
Transit System Security, Transit System Security
2019 — 2019
USDOT Transportation Safety Institute
Transit Rail System Safety, Transit Safety
2020 — 2020
Waldorf University
BS Occupational Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
2019
USDOT Transportation Safety Institute
Certificate, Transit Rail Incident Investigation
2019 — 2019
University of Phoenix
Master of Business Administration, Business
2004 — 2007
Transportation Safety Institute
Effectively Managing Transit Emergencies
2019 — 2019
Skills
- Rail Transport
- Supervisory Skills
- Learning Strategies
- Executive Leadership
- Human Resources
- Contract Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Management
- Training
- Leadership
- Project Planning
- Public Transport
- Light Rail
- Transportation
- Railway
- Inspection
- Process Scheduler
- Procurement
- Rail
- Complex Problem Solving
- Project Coordination
- Contract Negotiation
- Operations Management
- Learning Styles
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