HESS​/Compliance Manager

At Capstone, we are committed to building and sustaining a world-class safety culture where every employee returns home safely each day. We view safety as more than regulatory compliance; it is a core organizational value that supports operational excellence, employee engagement, risk reduction, and overall business performance. This role will be instrumental in influencing safety culture, strengthening compliance programs, mitigating risk, and partnering with leaders across the organization to continuously improve our safety management systems and compliance processes.

The HESSC Manager is responsible for leading the Company's health, safety, environmental, security, regulatory compliance, hazardous materials, and trade compliance programs. This role serves as the primary subject matter expert for safety and compliance, ensuring the organization operates in accordance with all applicable federal, state, local, and international regulations while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

This position partners closely with Operations, Logistics, Sales, Purchasing, Product Management, and Executive Leadership to strengthen safety performance, mitigate risk, maintain regulatory compliance, and support the Company's strategic growth objectives.

• Lead and continuously improve the Company’s safety, environmental, security, and compliance programs.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, employee engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with applicable OSHA, environmental, hazardous materials, transportation, import/export, and other regulatory requirements.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, training programs, and internal controls.
• Conduct audits, inspections, risk assessments, and incident investigations, implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Manage hazardous materials, ammunition, import/export, licensing, permitting, and regulatory reporting programs.
• Monitor regulatory changes and advise leadership on compliance risks and business impacts.
• Serve as the primary liaison with regulatory agencies, coordinating inspections, audits, and corrective action responses.
• Develop and deliver training programs to ensure regulatory compliance and required employee certifications.
• Establish and analyze key performance metrics to drive safety, compliance, and operational improvements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate safety, compliance, and risk management into daily operations and strategic initiatives.
• Support business growth initiatives, including new products, suppliers, acquisitions, and market expansion activities through compliance oversight and risk assessment.
• Participate in enterprise risk management, business continuity planning, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Associates or Master’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Business Administration, Compliance Management, or related field required.
• DOD Course 4145 (preferred)

• 7+ years of progressive experience in environmental health and safety (EHS), regulatory compliance, hazardous materials management, security, transportation/logistics, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, ammunition, firearms, defense, chemical, transportation, or other highly regulated industries preferred.
• Proven success developing and leading safety and compliance programs, including managing regulatory audits, inspections, and agency interactions in complex regulatory environments.

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified…