Safety Health and Environmental Specialist

Job Description BAE Systems is seeking a Safety Health & Environmental Specialist to support the San Diego Ship Repair site. In this role as a Safety Health & Environmental (SHE) Specialist, you will report to the Site Safety Health & Environmental Manager. You'll support both safety and environmental with a focus on industrial hygiene and environmental compliance. This critical role will require working with various stakeholders internally and externally to ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations.

Included duties as the SHE Specialist:

Industrial Hygiene 50%:

• Manage the site Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Programs, including identification, evaluation, control and monitoring of workplace hazards.
• Conduct air and noise monitoring.
• Maintain sampling equipment for certification and calibration.
• Keep leadership informed of activities in support of the IH/OH programs and changes in conditions, which could impact established hazard controls and production in general (e.g. quality, schedule, and budget).
• Coordinate project tasks with safety and health staff and contractors, addressing proposed activities, resources, and preparation for safe operations.
• Conduct ISO 45001 audits, briefings/meetings, as required.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, management, regulators, and other external or third parties.
• Serve as the technical representative of the IH program, managing activities, priorities, and risks.
• Foster opportunities to improve IH project performance, program execution, management and employee expectations, sample data quality, and overall value for the company and its employees.
• Identify hazardous workplace conditions, including inspection of machinery and equipment to ensure safety and health compliance.
• Investigate, prepare, and forward reports on safety health and environmental related incidents and near misses and other incidents as required.
• Collect samples and measurements of hazardous forces and toxic substances.
• Remove hazards and/or protect employees by guarding, revising work procedures, and training or requiring use of protective clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Participate in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or other regulatory inspections and in any procedures that may follow a notice of violation.

Environmental Compliance 50%:

• Monitor, train, and report on compliance issues pertaining to federal, state, local and corporate and environmental regulations.
• Assist with maintaining environmental metrics.
• Develop an enhanced VOC reporting and recordkeeping system in an effort to automate manual tasks and increase reporting accuracy.
• Audit the site’s Environmental Management System to help maintain ISO 14001 Certification.
• Communicate with the various departments to ensure VOC usage logs are maintained accurately, optimize VOC emissions reporting.
• Coordinate and engage with SHE, Operations, Facilities, Engineering, and other personnel in the identification, development, and implementation of environmental goals which will positively impact and add value to the organization.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Typically requires a Bachelors Degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, Natural Sciences, or a related discipline and two years of safety, health and environmental work experience, or the overall equivalent.
• Experience working within a shipyard or manufacturing environment.
• Highly effective communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and guide others, particularly on a team, in related SHE best practices.
• Possess basic knowledge of Environmental and Safety Management System (ISO14001 & ISO45001).
• Computer skills to work proficiently in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and related industry software applications.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Certification.
• Master’s Degree in related field.
• Certification as an ASP, CSP, CIH.
• Experience in Safety, Health, and Environmental programs supporting heavy manufacturing.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $77809 - $132275

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Platforms & Services BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

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