Safety and Compliance Coordinator
Cresson, TX, United States7mo ago
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Key details
- Location
- Cresson, TX, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Legal & Compliance
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 7mo ago
Skills
About the role
Safety & Compliance Coordinator
Help make safe work part of every work day.
Spur is looking for a hands-on Safety & Compliance Coordinator to champion safety across our Industrial and Environmental operations. We need someone who notices hazards, builds trust with employees, and follows through until problems are resolved.
Based in Cresson, TX, this role supports our shop, yard, and field locations as needed. You’ll work alongside employees, leads, and supervisors to turn safety requirements into practical work habits, keep training and records organized, and support a workplace where people speak up and look out for one another.
What You’ll Do
Lead the day-to-day safety program
- Maintain and improve safety procedures for Industrial and Environmental operations across shop, yard, and field activities.
- Help operations leadership meet applicable OSHA, state, local, company, and customer safety requirements.
- Maintain required safety records, training documentation, inspection reports, and applicable OSHA injury and illness logs.
- Track corrective actions, confirm completion, and escalate unresolved hazards to the Director of Operations.
- Coordinate emergency preparedness, response procedures, and drills.
- Partner with operations leadership to identify training, PPE, and safety requirements before field work begins.
Be present where the work happens
- Walk the shop and yard regularly and visit field locations as needed to identify hazards and support safe work practices.
- Work with employees and supervisors to correct unsafe conditions promptly.
- Stop affected work when necessary to address immediate hazards and coordinate safe restart with supervision.
- Monitor PPE use, housekeeping, material storage, and safe work practices.
- Review Job Hazard Analyses with employees and supervisors as tasks, equipment, or conditions change.
- Conduct documented inspections and coordinate repairs or specialized inspections with qualified personnel.
Train, coach, and build engagement
- Conduct new-hire safety orientations and coordinate job-specific and site-specific safety training.
- Lead weekly toolbox talks that connect safety expectations to current work.
- Coach employees respectfully and reinforce consistent expectations with supervisors.
- Conduct forklift operator training and evaluations when qualified, or coordinate them through qualified trainers.
- Encourage prompt reporting of hazards, injuries, and near misses, and keep employees informed about resulting improvements.
Keep safety equipment and information ready
- Maintain appropriate inventories of PPE and first-aid supplies.
- Monitor safeguards related to welding, hot work, ventilation, compressed-gas cylinders, tools, and lifting equipment, as applicable to the work.
- Coordinate inspections, servicing, and testing of emergency equipment according to applicable requirements and manufacturer instructions.
- Maintain the chemical inventory, Safety Data Sheets, and labeling practices.
- Help teams identify and obtain safety supplies needed for shop and field assignments.
Learn from incidents and prevent repeat problems
- Support incident and near-miss investigations to identify contributing factors and root causes.
- Work with supervisors to develop practical corrective actions and verify that they are effective.
- Share recurring concerns and improvement priorities with the Director of Operations.
- Carry lessons learned across Industrial and Environmental teams.
What You Bring
Required
- Experience supporting safety in an industrial, fabrication, manufacturing, construction, or environmental services environment.
- Completed OSHA 10-hour training.
- Working knowledge of workplace hazards, hazard controls, and applicable OSHA requirements.
- Confidence speaking up about unsafe conditions and sound judgment when addressing them.
- Ability to train and coach employees clearly and respectfully.
- Strong organization, documentation, and follow-through skills.
- Comfort using basic computer tools to maintain records and track actions.
- Ability to travel to field locations as needed.
Preferred
- Completed OSHA 30-hour training relevant to the operations supported.
- Experience supporting welding, fabrication, environmental services, or field operations.
- Experience with incident investigations, Job Hazard Analyses, and safety inspections.
- Knowledge, training, and experience to train forklift operators and evaluate their competence, or willingness to complete the preparation needed for that responsibility.
Work Environment
This position works in an active shop, outdoor yard, and field locations as needed. Depending on the assignment, conditions may include noise, welding operations, moving equipment, uneven terrain, and changing weather. Required PPE must be worn.
The role involves walking and standing throughout the workday and accessing work areas to conduct inspections, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.
What Success Looks Like
- Employees know you, trust you, and bring concerns forward.
- Hazards are identified early and corrective actions are completed.
- Supervisors have practical support for reinforcing safe work.
- Training and documentation are accurate, current, and accessible.
- Lessons from incidents and near misses lead to meaningful improvements.
- Industrial and Environmental teams receive consistent safety support.
- Safety remains a shared responsibility across the organization.