Description

This position is located in Elkton, MD and will have EH&S responsibilities for three locations (Elkton, Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach, FL).  This position will report directly to the Weapons Systems Division Environmental, Safety, Health and Sustainability Manager.  The EH&S Manager will manage a team of environmental, health and safety professionals with a focus on regulatory compliance, injury prevention and sustainability efforts. This position will also manage a team of Hazards Analysis/System Safety personnel who focus on identifying various hazards within energetic and site operations and ensuring all work is conducted safely.

Responsibilities include developing and implementing injury prevention programs, developing compliance strategies for new and existing health, safety and environmental regulations and/or company policies, and supporting programs in a rapidly evolving environment.

Specific functional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Observes, records, analyzes and affects change of EH&S compliance-related activities as necessary. Interacts with federal, state and local regulators to resolve compliance issues.
• Assure compliance with Corporate and Sector EHS procedures and guidelines such as HOPS and K200.
• Performs PS&C PPCB Secretary duties to ensure internal reviews are completed as required by HOPS and other guiding documents.
• Review Operating Procedures and approve or revise for safety and environmental compliance.
• Utilizes Root Cause and Problem-Solving tools. Provides creative and practical technical solutions to a moderate range of challenging problems.
• Collects, evaluates and interprets relevant EH&S related data and metrics. Prepares environmental, health and safety metrics to leadership as required.
• Partner with other leaders to lead and foster a strong positive EHS culture across the PS&C Business Unit.
• Provides input for external communications to customers, regulators & shareholders.
• Prepares communications to internal management.
• Manage PS&C relationships and related activities with EH&S regulatory personnel such as DCMA Safety, OSHA, EPA and other regulatory agencies.
• Lead internal actions and activities related to event investigations.
• Collaboration with other sites, EH&S Managers, to harmonize company EH&S policies and procedures.
• Developing and providing safety related training programs for touch labor, engineers and management.
• Manage occupational health programs including industrial hygiene monitoring and surveillance.
• Manage department budget and identifying opportunities for process improvement and cost reduction.
• Conduct inspections, audits, and incident investigations, and drive corrective actions.
• Oversee all required hazards analysis and ensure they are completed in a timely fashion.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires BS in Environmental Science/Engineering, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene or equivalent technical area (Biology, Chemistry, Geology, etc.)
• Bachelor’s Degree and 7 years of EHS experience or a Masters degree and 5 years of EHS experience
• Minimum of 3 years of Managerial experience
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication and collaboration skills with all levels of an organization.
• Strong management, coaching, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and multi-task various Industrial Hygiene, Safety and environmental programs effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with subordinates and delegate responsibilities with productive outcome.
• Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize, plan and execute in rapidly changing, fast-paced environment while maintaining high-quality results.
• Ability to provide technical solutions to complex problems based on sound safety principles.
• Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvements and to develop and implement more efficient and enhanced programs.
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience supporting EHS programs for manufacturing operations.
• Experience with Hazards Analysis and GFMEA.
• Experience working in an environment that processes and utilizes energetic materials such as propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, etc.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop and carry out sustainability programs to meet corporate metrics.
• Success in building and implementing a proactive safety culture
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)