Senior HSSE Leader: Safety, Compliance & Field Ops

Pinnacle Propane, LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental

Life Insurance

Volunteer day

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Job summary

Pinnacle Propane, LLC in Irving, TX seeks a high‑impact Director of Health and Safety to lead HSSE governance, training, audits, and incident investigations across our propane operations. The role requires field presence, strategic leadership, and collaboration with Operations, Logistics, and senior leadership to drive safety culture and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has a strong track record in DOT compliance, risk assessment, and safety program delivery within propane, energy, or

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Safety, Risk Management, Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Five or more years of HSSE, EHS, occupational safety, transportation safety, regulatory compliance, or safety-sensitive operations experience.
• Leadership, supervisory, coaching, or team development experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with DOT compliance, transportation safety, audits, corrective actions, regulatory documentation, incident investigations, and root cause analysis.
• Experience developing and supporting safety training, onboarding, cross-training, field competency assessments, refreshers, and job aids.
• Propane/LPG, energy, transportation, utilities, logistics, or industrial operations experience preferred; propane experience strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, DOT/FMCSA, EPA, NFPA 58, Hazmat, PHMSA, PERC, and applicable federal and state regulations.
• Strong facilitation, communication, analysis, technical writing, coaching, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Comfortable working regularly in bulk storage plants, delivery routes, customer sites, service centers, and field locations.
• Required certifications: OSHA 30‑Hour General Industry; DOT Compliance and Hazmat, as applicable; PERC CETP for propane delivery and service, or completion within 90 days.
• Preferred certifications: CSP, ASP, CHMM, First Aid/CPR/AED, Lean, Six Sigma, CI, or leadership certification.

Responsibilities

• Own HSSE governance, policies, SOPs, documentation, controls, and compliance with NFPA 58, PERC, DOT/FMCSA, PHMSA, OSHA, EPA, and applicable state requirements.
• Develop and support safety training, onboarding, toolbox talks, job aids, field guides, certification tracking, competency validation, and refresher schedules.
• Build and maintain cross-training plans that support front-line readiness, peak-season coverage, and safe execution across locations.
• Provide field HSSE leadership through ride‑alongs, bulk storage plant walks, route observations, customer site reviews, equipment inspections, coaching, and risk prevention.
• Manage site audits, DOT safety compliance, risk assessments, corrective actions, validation, trend analysis, regulatory documentation, and agency support.
• Serve as escalation lead for injuries, vehicle incidents, environmental events, property damage, near misses, and urgent HSSE concerns.
• Lead investigations, determine root causes, assign and monitor corrective actions, and communicate lessons learned to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain HSSE scorecards, dashboards, executive reports, incident trends, DOT metrics, and continuous improvement plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop assigned HSSE personnel while partnering with HR and Operations on labor, certification, fit-for-duty, and peak-season staffing needs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coaching

Project management

Facilitation

Problem-solving

Analysis

Technical writing

Field presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety; Environmental Science; Industrial Safety; Risk Management; Engineering

Job description

Pinnacle Propane, LLC in Irving, TX seeks a high‑impact Director of Health and Safety to lead HSSE governance, training, audits, and incident investigations across our propane operations. The role requires field presence, strategic leadership, and collaboration with Operations, Logistics, and senior leadership to drive safety culture and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate has a strong track record in DOT compliance, risk assessment, and safety program delivery within propane, energy, or