EH&S Manager

At BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) we are People Strong Innovation Driven. A U.S.-based company BWXT is a Fortune 1000 and Defense News Top 100 manufacturing and engineering innovator that provides safe and effective nuclear solutions for global security clean energy environmental restoration nuclear medicine and space exploration. With more than 7800 employees BWXT has 14 major operating sites in the U.S. Canada and the U.K. We are the sole manufacturer of naval nuclear reactors for U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers. Our company supplies precision manufactured components services and fuel for the commercial nuclear power industry across four continents. Our joint ventures provide environmental restoration and operations management at a dozen U.S. Department of Energy and NASA facilities. BWXTs technology is driving advances in medical radioisotope production in North America and microreactors for various defense and space applications. For more information visit . Follow us on LinkedIn X Facebook and Instagram.

Welcome to BWXT

We believe in empowering our employees and cultivating a dynamic workplace that fosters growth and collaboration. Whether youre an experienced professional or just starting your career youll find opportunities to challenge yourself learn from seasoned experts and contribute to nuclear innovation. We required a diverse range of skills to support our work in the markets that drive our business and welcome candidates from all backgrounds and life stages who are passionate about making a difference.

Position Overview:
The EH&S Manager Enrichment Operations provides strategic and operational leadership for the Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) function supporting BWXTs uranium enrichment operations. This role is responsible for developing implementing and continuously improving comprehensive environmental occupational health industrial safety waste management and regulatory compliance programs that enable safe reliable and compliant operations across the Centrifuge Manufacturing Development Facility (CMDF) Centrifuge Manufacturing Facility (CMF) and future enrichment-related operations.

Operating within a highly regulated environment the EH&S Manager serves as a trusted advisor to operational leadership ensuring safety is integrated into every aspect of planning manufacturing engineering maintenance commissioning and facility operations. The position champions a proactive safety culture built on operational discipline human performance improvement (HPI) continuous risk reduction and environmental stewardship while supporting the organizations mission of delivering critical national security capabilities.

The successful candidate will balance strategic planning with day-to-day execution driving measurable improvements in safety performance regulatory compliance employee engagement and operational excellence.

Location:

On-site in Oak Ridge Tennessee

Your Day to Day as an EH&S Manager:

• Develops and executes the sites strategic Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) roadmap aligned with corporate objectives ensuring longterm planning supports operational and regulatory expectations.
• Fosters a worldclass safety culture through leadership engagement employee ownership accountability hazard reporting and continuous learning while conducting field observations safety walks and GEMBA activities.
• Serves as the principal advisor to operations leadership on environmental compliance occupational health industrial safety regulatory requirements and risk management across all functional areas.
• Integrates EH&S into operational planning manufacturing readiness engineering changes commissioning activities new program execution and equipment or facility design reviews to ensure hazard controls and safe work practices.
• Builds strong crossfunctional partnerships with Operations Engineering Licensing Quality Security Maintenance Human Resources and Program Management to proactively identify evaluate and mitigate operational risk.
• Drives continuous improvement through leading indicators trend analysis root cause methodologies and performance metrics recommending operational improvements and capital investments that enhance compliance sustainability and worker safety.
• Ensures organizational readiness for internal audits customer assessments and regulatory inspections; coordinate these activities and maintains regulatory documentation supporting compliance and operational readiness.
• Establishes implements and maintains EH&S standards policies procedures operating expectations and hazard control programs exercising stopwork authority when unsafe or noncompliant conditions arise.
• Leads investigations involving significant safety environmental operational events injuries near misses process deviations or highpotential incidents ensuring structured root cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions.
• Monitors corrective action effectiveness verify timely closure of findings and share organizational lessons learned to prevent recurrence supporting the Corrective Action Program (CAP).
• Leads environmental compliance programs ensuring adherence to EPA state local federal and corporate environmental requirements overseeing air emissions waste management stormwater wastewater chemical management pollution prevention and environmental monitoring.
• Ensures environmental permits reports inspections and regulatory submissions are accurate and on schedule while developing longterm environmental sustainability and compliance improvement strategies.
• Leads comprehensive occupational safety programs across manufacturing maintenance laboratories testing construction commissioning and operational readiness ensuring compliance with OSHA and applicable consensus standards.
• Oversees industrial hygiene programs covering exposure monitoring respiratory protection hearing conservation ergonomics asbestos lead and hazardous material controls ensuring proper evaluation of new equipment or processes for adequate hazard controls.
• Leads hazard identification activities including job hazard analyses process hazard reviews risk assessments and operational safety evaluations supporting engineered and administrative controls and safe work practices.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to integrate safety into equipment design manufacturing processes and facility modifications supporting readiness reviews startup activities and Operational Readiness Reviews (ORRs).
• Champions Human Performance Improvement (HPI) behaviorbased safety operational discipline and leadership accountability programs coaching supervisors and managers to model effective safety leadership.
• Maintains comprehensive knowledge of OSHA EPA NFPA ANSI Tennessee environmental regulations and corporate policies coordinating regulatory inspections customer audits internal compliance assessments and followup corrective action plans.
• Supports emergency preparedness emergency response teams fire protection spill response evacuation planning crisis management exercises and business continuity activities coordinating drills and emergency training.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive EH&S performance metrics including: Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) Days Away Restricted or Transferred (DART) lost time incident rate near-miss reporting leading safety indicators Corrective Action Program (CAP) performance environmental compliance metrics audit performance training completion industrial hygiene exposure trends regulatory findings safety observation participation.
• Prepares executive-level reports and dashboards communicating organizational performance emerging risks and improvement opportunities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Environmental Science Occupational Safety Industrial Hygiene Engineering Environmental Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible EH&S leadership experience within highly regulated industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading environmental compliance and occupational safety programs supporting complex manufacturing operations.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA EPA NFPA ANSI and DOE/NNSA regulatory frameworks.
• Experience conducting incident investigations utilizing formal root cause methodologies.
• Demonstrated success implementing safety culture improvement initiatives.
• Strong leadership communication facilitation and influencing skills.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
• Experience supporting DOE NNSA NRC nuclear fuel cycle uranium enrichment aerospace defense chemical processing or other high-consequence operations.
• Experience supporting startup commissioning or operational readiness of new manufacturing facilities.
• Experience implementing Human Performance Improvement (HPI) principles.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.
• Experience with digital EH&S management systems corrective action databases environmental monitoring platforms and data analytics tools.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package including health dental and retirement plans.

• Flexible work schedules and paid time off to promote a healthy work-life balance.
• Professional development opportunities including mentorship programs and sponsorship for continuing education.
• An inclusive atmosphere that celebrates new perspectives and supports collaboration between different generations.
• The chance to be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive impact on the future of energy.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and training to grow throughout your career!

Pay: $115000- $180000

The base salary range for this position in Tennessee (US-TN) at the start of employment is expected to be between $115000 and $180000 per year. However the base salary offered is based on local job market factors and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate such as job-related knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical retirement and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired the selected job candidate will be employed at-will unless employed at a location and in a position subject to a collective bargaining company further reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment compensation or benefit program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance company or individual department/team performance and other market factors.

As a federal government contractor BWX Technologies Inc. and any subsidiaries affiliates and related entities (BWXT or the Company) complies with all federal state and local laws and customer requirements regarding health and safety such all BWXT new hires will be required to adhere to applicable Company health and safety requirements within the workplace as a condition of employment.

All candidates must be U.S. citizens. Selected applicants are required to successfully complete a pre-employment check and drug addition the position may require the ability to obtain and maintain applicable federal eligibility requirements for access to classified/sensitive information or matter which involves an extensive criminal and financial background investigation drug test previous employment and reference verifications.

BWXT is committed to the concept of Equal Employment Opportunity. We have established procedures to ensure that all personnel actions such as recruitment compensation career development benefits company-sponsored training and social recreational programs are administered without regard to race color religion sex national origin citizenship age disability protected veteran or other protected status.

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