HSSE Director

Director of Health and Safety Job Description Pinnacle Propane, LLC, a leading provider in the propane industry, is on the hunt for a dynamic and driven Director of Health and Safety to join our growing team. If you are passionate about building relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and driving growth, we want to hear from you! Why Join Pinnacle Propane? At Pinnacle Propane, we pride ourselves on delivering safety, reliability, and exceptional customer service. Our commitment to innovation and sustainability positions us as a trusted partner for residential, commercial, and industrial propane solutions. Join us in making a difference in our community by providing top-notch propane services that power homes and businesses. We value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your well-being and work-life balance. When you join our team, you'll enjoy: - Great Benefits: Including medical, vision, and dental insurance, among others. - Life Insurance: Financial protection for you and your family. - Community Volunteering Day: A paid day off to give back to the community and make a difference. - Paid Time Off: Generous PTO and company holidays to relax, recharge, and spend time with loved ones. - Retirement Savings Plan: Employer contributions to help you save for the future. ## Position Summary The HSSE Director leads the divisions health, safety, security, environmental, and compliance management system. This role standardizes processes, strengthens regulatory readiness, and protects employees, customers, contractors, assets, and the environment. The role oversees training, audits, DOT compliance, incident management, corrective actions, and continuous improvement in partnership with Operations, Logistics, Fleet, HR, Supply Chain, and senior leadership. This hands-on role requires regular field presence to observe work, coach employees, identify risk, and reinforce safe execution. ## Key Areas of Ownership - HSSE governance, policies, SOPs, controls, and compliance - Training, cross-training, onboarding, certifications, and competency validation - Field safety leadership, ride-alongs, observations, coaching, and risk prevention - Site audits, DOT compliance, regulatory documentation, and corrective actions - Incident management, investigations, root cause analysis, and lessons learned - Emergency response, PPE, contractor safety, and propane-specific risk controls - HSSE dashboards, KPIs, audit trends, and continuous improvement - Team leadership, staffing readiness, and peak-season coverage support ## Key Areas of Responsibility - 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 a signed HSSE personnel while partnering with HR and Operations on labor, certification, fit-for-duty, and peak-season staffing needs. ## Qualifications - Bachelors degree in Occupational Health and 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. ## Key Performance Indicators - Training, cross-training, certification, and competency completion - Site audit completion, findings closure, and corrective action timeliness - DOT reporting accuracy, regulatory documentation quality, and HSSE compliance - Recordable incidents, lost-time incidents, vehicle accident rate, and preventability trends - Near miss reporting, investigation quality, escalation response, and lessons learned completion - Field presence, ride-alongs, observations, coaching activity, and risk reduction actions - Bench strength, staffing readiness, and peak-season coverage preparedness ## Safety Responsibilities The HSSE Director ensures Territory Operations follow company safety policies, propane-specific codes, DOT/FMCSA, OSHA, Hazmat, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations. This role reinforces training, validates compliance through audits and observati