Field Safety and Compliance Specialist

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

• 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.

• Bilingual English/Spanish 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.