Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager, Richland

Responsibilities

• Own the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the 10 CFR 851 Worker Safety and Health (WSH) program for construction activities, including written procedures, worker training programs, and safety performance indicators.
• Translate 10 CFR 851 requirements into practical training, hazard-assessment, industrial-hygiene, occupational-medicine coordination, worker-participation, recordkeeping, and performance-monitoring processes.
• Implement safety controls for construction activities in radiologically controlled areas, including work planning, radiological worker training, contamination control, and construction-specific hazard controls.
• Perform and document hazard analyses (JSA, Activity Hazard Analysis, Construction Work Packages) for construction activities, ensuring integration with facility.
• Provide safety oversight of construction contractors and subcontractors, conduct pre-job briefings, perform field inspections, and interface with construction management and facility operations to ensure safe construction execution.
• Manage 10 CFR 851 reporting obligations including occurrence reporting to DOE, OSHA recordkeeping for construction activities, and coordination with DOE site office and contractor assurance personnel.
• Lead and participate in investigations, audits, inspections, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Cultivate a strong culture of safety ownership across a multidisciplinary team.

Requirements

• Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc).
• Strong understanding of discipline.
• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and discipline fundamentals even with partial information.
• Bachelor’s degree in safety, health physics, chemical engineering, industrial hygiene, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years experience in construction safety management, preferably on DOE sites or other nuclear facilities with 10 CFR 851 or similar regulatory framework (NRC 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, OSHA construction standards).
• Working knowledge of 10 CFR 851 (Worker Safety and Health Program), 296 WAC, 173-303 WAC, 10 CFR 835 (Occupational Radiation Protection), DOE O 413.3B (Program and Project Management), and related DOE directives.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills—capable of influencing a high-performance team.
• Experience in a fast-paced engineering environment or a highly technical role requiring a resourceful, entrepreneurial approach to complete tasks within tight timeframes or budget.
• CSP, CHST, CIH, or CHMM certification; OSHA 500 or 510 construction outreach trainer.
• Hands-on experience managing construction safety on DOE or nuclear facility projects, radiological work planning for construction activities (RWPs, ALARA planning), concrete/steel construction, excavation/trenching, rigging/hoisting, and confined space entry in radiological environments.

Qualifications

• Physical effort including standing, lifting, and carrying equipment up to 50 unassisted.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.

Benefits

• The base salary range for this role is $150,000–$190,000 annually.
• Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity.
• In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k)-retirement plan.