HSE Compliance Specialist: Safety & Environment Lead

Health Safety and Environment Coordinator; Ponca City (OK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The HSE Coordinator role supports a safe and compliant workplace across manufacturing operations in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The position promotes a strong safety culture, aids regulatory compliance and risk mitigation, and helps manage health, safety, and environmental programs for processes including welding, metal fabrication, and heavy equipment production.

Key duties include promoting safety culture, ensuring OSHA/EPA/MSHA compliance, developing and maintaining HSE policies, conducting

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HSE experience in manufacturing.
• Experience conducting site audits, inspections, and investigations.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and MSHA requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and record-keeping software.

Responsibilities

• Promote and foster a strong safety culture across all operations.
• Ensure compliance with company HSE policies and applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including OSHA, EPA, and MSHA requirements.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and maintenance of health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures.
• Conduct safety inspections, audits, and hazard assessments of manufacturing areas, equipment, and work processes to identify and mitigate risks.
• Lead and support incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation.
• Support drug and alcohol testing programs as required.
• Prepare and deliver safety meetings, toolbox talks, and HSE training programs addressing PPE, safe work practices, emergency response, and hazard recognition.
• Track, analyze, and report HSE performance metrics and recommend improvements.
• Support operational teams in safe and environmentally responsible project execution.
• Monitor compliance with environmental regulations related to waste management, spill response, and emissions in a manufacturing setting.
• Maintain accurate safety, training, inspection, and incident records; prepare reports for management and regulatory agencies as required.
• Serve as a primary HSE contact for employees and supervisors and collaborate with operations leadership to integrate safety into daily activities.

Skills

OSHA & EPA regulations

Written & verbal communication

Microsoft Office & record keeping

Influence safety practices

Analytical & problem solving

Education

High School diploma or GED

5+ years HSE in manufacturing

Audits, inspections, investigations

OSHA knowledge

Associate/Bachelor in OSH or related

Experience with metal fabrication or heavy equipment

Safety certification (CSP/ASP/GSP/CHMM)

TapRooT certification

Job description

The HSE Coordinator role supports a safe and compliant workplace across manufacturing operations in Ponca City, Oklahoma. The position promotes a strong safety culture, aids regulatory compliance and risk mitigation, and helps manage health, safety, and environmental programs for processes including welding, metal fabrication, and heavy equipment production.

Key duties include promoting safety culture, ensuring OSHA/EPA/MSHA compliance, developing and maintaining HSE policies, conducting