Director of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)

MESA POWER SOLUTIONS LLC • Evansville, WY

5d • $159,000 - $184,000

About The Position

The Director of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) provides strategic and operational leadership for Mesa Power Solutions’ enterprise-wide health, safety, and environmental programs. The role establishes HSE strategy, governance, policies, management systems, performance standards, and organizational capabilities to protect employees, contractors, customers, company assets, and the environment while supporting safe and effective business operations. As the organization’s senior HSE subject matter expert and strategic partner to executive leadership and operational management, the Director oversees regulatory compliance, occupational health and safety, environmental compliance, incident management and investigation, risk management, behavioral safety, employee training, emergency preparedness, contractor safety, performance measurement, and continuous improvement.

The Director leads enterprise HSE strategy, policies, programs, standards, and procedures; provides oversight of applicable regulatory and customer requirements; and establishes consistent practices for incident reporting, classification, investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action. The position defines HSE performance indicators and reporting, develops training and competency requirements, oversees environmental programs, and establishes emergency preparedness requirements. It also sets responsibilities and development expectations for HSE-related positions and partners across operations and corporate functions. The Director leads HSE budgeting, forecasting, staffing, and resource planning.

The position is based in the Casper/Evansville, Wyoming area, is full-time, and is classified as a day shift role. The job description anticipates travel up to 25%, despite the job details listing travel percentage as none. The role has three or more direct reports and may require availability during non-working hours, flexible hours, and occasional evenings and weekends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering, Operations Management, Risk Management, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible HSE, occupational safety, environmental, industrial operations, or related experience.
• At least 5 years of HSE leadership or management experience with responsibility for employees, programs, budgets, and organizational performance.
• At least 3 years of experience supporting industrial, manufacturing, maintenance, field service, energy, construction, or similarly high-hazard operations.
• Demonstrated experience developing and administering HSE management systems, policies, and programs.
• Demonstrated experience with OSHA regulatory compliance and incident investigation/root cause analysis.
• Experience communicating HSE performance and significant risks to senior organizational leadership.
• Required Board of Certified Safety Professionals designation (ASP, CSP, etc.); Certified Safety Professional (CSP) is specified as required.
• Valid driver’s license and a driving record satisfactory to the company and its insurers.
• Fluent spoken and written English, including reading and writing.
• Skills in executive communication, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, conflict resolution, and presenting complex information to diverse audiences.
• Ability to influence organizational behavior, build credibility across organizational levels, and drive accountability without direct operational ownership.
• Ability to operate in executive, corporate, and field environments while leading cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.
• Skills in leadership, coaching, succession planning, and development of HSE professionals and operational leaders.
• Skills in budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, vendor management, and financial stewardship.
• Ability to identify systemic risks, prioritize resources based on risk, and make sound decisions during significant incidents or changing business conditions.
• Skills in regulatory interpretation, risk-based decision-making, data analysis, performance measurement, and trend identification.
• Skills in strategic planning, HSE program development, policy implementation, and execution of enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Ability to balance employee safety, environmental stewardship, regulatory compliance, operational requirements, and business objectives.
• Knowledge of HSE management systems, ISO 45001/14001 principles, performance metrics, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of organizational safety culture, behavioral safety principles, and change management strategies.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work Monday through Friday, including occasional weekends; flexible hours and occasional evenings and weekends may be required.
• Willingness to consent to and pass a background check and drug screening.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including constant seeing; frequent sitting, hearing, talking, and hand use; and occasional standing, walking, driving, bending, squatting, and kneeling.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Engineering, Operations Management, Risk Management, or a closely related discipline.
• Honorably discharged service veteran.

Responsibilities

• Establish and execute enterprise HSE strategy, objectives, priorities, and performance expectations in alignment with organizational goals.
• Provide enterprise oversight of compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, DOT, state, local, and customer-specific HSE requirements.
• Direct the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of enterprise HSE policies, programs, standards, and procedures.
• Establish organizational standards for reporting, classification, investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective action management for injuries, illnesses, near misses, vehicle incidents, spills, property damage, and significant operational events.
• Establish enterprise HSE KPIs, leading and lagging indicators, and reporting methodologies; analyze and communicate safety, environmental, compliance, and corrective-action performance.
• Lead enterprise initiatives to advance the organization from compliance-driven safety toward employee ownership and interdependent safety performance.
• Establish enterprise HSE training and competency requirements based on regulatory requirements, occupational exposure, risk, and job responsibility.
• Oversee programs addressing spills, waste management, hazardous materials, air emissions, stormwater, chemical management, and other applicable environmental requirements.
• Establish HSE requirements for emergency action planning, emergency response, crisis preparedness, and operational resilience.
• Establish roles, responsibilities, performance expectations, development plans, and succession strategies for HSE-related positions.
• Partner with Operations (Assembly, Services, WHSE), Facilities Management, Human Resources, Training & Development, Legal, Quality, and other functions on shared HSE risks and initiatives.
• Lead HSE budgeting, forecasting, staffing, and resource planning to support strategic initiatives, regulatory compliance, and operational risk management.
• Carry a cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours; travel occasionally and work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, parental leave, and bereavement
• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Critical illness and accident insurance
• Annual evaluations with the opportunity for a performance-based pay increase

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director