Director of Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE)

MESA POWER SOLUTIONS LLC • Loveland, CO

5d • $200,000 - $231,000 • Onsite

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 enabling safe and effective business operations.

The Director serves as the organization’s senior HSE subject matter expert and strategic partner to executive leadership and operational management. The position oversees regulatory compliance, occupational health and safety, environmental compliance, incident management and investigation, risk management, behavioral safety, employee training, emergency preparedness, contractor safety, HSE performance measurement, and continuous improvement. It also leads HSE budgeting, forecasting, staffing, and resource planning, and supervises three or more direct reports.

The position is based at Mesa Power Solutions’ Loveland, Colorado headquarters. The role is full time, day shift, exempt, and safety-sensitive. Travel is anticipated up to 25%. Work is primarily in general office conditions, with occasional work outdoors and in manufacturing, maintenance shop, and warehouse environments, as well as travel to customer job sites in a company service truck. The Director must be available by cell phone during working and non-working hours and may need to work flexible hours, including 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.
• Three 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.
• 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 the ability to read English.
• Executive communication, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence organizational behavior, build credibility across organizational levels, and drive accountability without direct operational ownership.
• Ability to work effectively in executive, corporate, and field environments while leading cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams.
• Leadership, coaching, succession planning, and development skills for HSE professionals and operational leaders.
• Budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, vendor management, and financial stewardship skills.
• 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.
• Strategic planning, HSE program development, policy implementation, and enterprise initiative execution skills.
• 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 flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends; the position includes Monday–Friday work and occasional weekends.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including constant seeing; frequent hearing, sitting, talking, and using hands to type, touch, handle, or feel; and occasional standing, walking, driving, bending or stooping, squatting or crouching, and kneeling.
• Willingness to carry a cell phone and respond during working and non-working hours.
• Willingness to consent to and pass a background check and drug screening.
• Customer-focused attitude with a high level of professionalism and discretion.

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 aligned with organizational goals.
• Oversee enterprise 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 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 HSE KPIs, leading and lagging indicators, and reporting methodologies; monitor performance through analysis and communication of safety, environmental, compliance, and corrective action metrics.
• 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 regulations, occupational exposure, risk, and job responsibilities.
• Oversee environmental programs addressing spills, waste management, hazardous materials, air emissions, stormwater, chemical management, and other applicable requirements.
• Establish HSE requirements for emergency action planning, emergency response, crisis preparedness, and operational resilience.
• Set clear 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, compliance, and operational risk management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• 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