Field Safety and Compliance Specialist

ARG Petro; Odessa (TX); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ARG Petro is seeking a Field Safety and Compliance Specialist to promote a proactive safety culture across Texas operations. This field-based role provides coaching, audits, investigations, and training for drivers, terminals, maintenance, and operations staff.

You will travel frequently, engage at operating locations, and partner with managers, dispatch, customers, and contractors to reduce risk and improve regulatory compliance.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in petroleum transportation and hazardous materials.
• Strong knowledge of FMCSA, DOT, OSHA, PHMSA, EPA, and TCEQ regulations.
• Ability to independently conduct training, audits, investigations, and coaching.

Aufgaben

• Lead safety guidance and field support across terminals; conduct coaching and toolbox talks.
• Perform audits, inspections, observations, and field evaluations of facilities, equipment, and operations.
• Deliver safety training on DOT/FMCSA, HAZWOPER, OSHA, and defensive driving; maintain competency records.

Kenntnisse

Petroleum transportation

Regulatory knowledge

Field safety leadership

Training & coaching

Ausbildung

High School Diploma or GED

Jobbeschreibung

• This position reports to the Risk Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

The Field Safety and Compliance Specialist is a field-based safety professional who promotes a proactive safety culture across Texas operations. The role provides coaching, regulatory oversight, audits, incident investigations, and training for drivers, terminal, maintenance, and operations employees while partnering with managers, dispatch, customers, and contractors to reduce risk and improve compliance. Frequent travel and active engagement at operating locations are required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety Leadership & Field Support

• Provide visible field leadership, safety guidance, coaching, toolbox talks, and program support across assigned terminals.
• Address employee concerns and support incidents, spills, emergencies, and urgent compliance matters, including after hours.

Safety Audits, Inspections & Evaluations

• Conduct facility, equipment, yard, loading-rack, customer-site, contractor, driver, and monthly customer audits, inspections, observations, and field evaluations.
• Verify safe practices for PPE, loading/unloading, product verification, grounding and bonding, hose connections, backing, railroad crossings, spill prevention, and emergency response; correct unsafe conditions and behaviors.

Training & Employee Development

• Deliver orientation, regional and annual compliance training, and monthly safety meetings covering DOT/FMCSA, hazardous materials, HAZWOPER, H2S, OSHA, forklift, fire-extinguisher, defensive-driving/Smith System, incident-reporting, emergency-response, and customer requirements.
• Maintain qualification records, evaluate effectiveness, and update training materials, SOPs, bulletins, and presentations.

Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

• Investigate accidents, spills, contamination, injuries, near misses, property damage, complaints, and environmental releases using Root Cause Analysis and available evidence, including Samsara records.
• Prepare reports and recommendations, track corrective actions, verify effectiveness, and identify preventive measures.

Regulatory & Compliance Responsibilities

• Support compliance with DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, EPA, TCEQ, hazardous-materials regulations, customer requirements, and company policies.
• Verify driver qualifications, Hours of Service, vehicle inspections, shipping papers, placarding, and hazardous-materials transportation requirements.
• Assist with customer and contractor audits, safety meetings, regulatory inspections, and compliance reviews.

Safety Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain company-system records for inspections, audits, training, investigations, corrective actions, coaching, observations, certifications, and compliance files.
• Prepare management reports, analyze trends, and support safety equipment readiness, program tools, customer audits, orientations, documentation, and safety-representative relationships.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or GED
• Three years of relevant transportation, fleet, fuel-distribution, safety, compliance, or industrial experience.
• Knowledge of commercial-vehicle operations, strong communication and technology skills, and ability to independently conduct training, audits, investigations, and coaching.

REQUIRED SKILLS / ABILITIES

• Experience in petroleum transportation, terminals, hazardous materials, and the regulatory environment in which we operate.
• Knowledge of FMCSA, DOT, OSHA, PHMSA, EPA, and TCEQ regulations.
• Experience with regulatory audits and compliance programs.
• Be comfortable working in the field and developing credibility with drivers, terminal managers, operations leaders, customers, and regulators.
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), ASP, CSHO, CHMM, or equivalent certification preferred.

PHYSICAL AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Work in terminals, yards, customer sites, loading racks, commercial-vehicle areas, and outdoor industrial conditions; stand, walk, bend, climb, and access truck/trailer equipment.
• Travel frequently throughout Texas, including overnight; safely operate a company vehicle; and respond to after-hours critical incidents.