Environmental Health & Safety, Director

Provide enterprise-level leadership for environmental health safety industrial hygiene emergency preparedness and regulatory compliance for a vertically integrated acrylic/glass transparency manufacturing operation supporting civil and military aircraft programs.

Protect employees neighbors customers and the business by building prevention-focused systems that control high-consequence risks associated with methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer/polymer processing solvent bonding coatings cleanroom/optical finishing glass cutting/grinding furnaces/autoclaves pressure systems and hazardous material storage.

Serve as the sites senior EH&S authority and primary interface with regulators emergency responders aerospace prime customers and executive leadership; translate complex city county California and federal requirements into practical controls accountable ownership and measurable performance.

1. Strategic EH&S Leadership

• Lead the EH&S function as a business partner to the VP/GM and operating leadership; establish annual EH&S objectives risk-reduction roadmap budget staffing plan capital needs and management review cadence.
• Build a prevention-oriented culture rooted in visible leadership supervisor accountability employee engagement learning from near misses and disciplined corrective-action closure.
• Advise executive leadership on EH&S risk acceptance production changes capital projects new product introduction customer requirements and business continuity implications.

2. Regulatory Compliance and Agency Interface

• Own site compliance with Cal/OSHA Title 8 requirements including the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) hazard correction employee communication training injury/illness investigations and recordkeeping.
• Maintain compliance with federal OSHA requirements applicable through Californias state-plan framework and direct federal standards such as Hazard Communication elements for chemical classification SDS labels and employee training.
• Ensure environmental compliance with South Coast AQMD stationary-source permitting and VOC/emissions requirements for operations such as tanks coating/adhesive use ovens boilers dust collectors and control equipment.
• Oversee DTSC/RCRA/California Title 22 hazardous waste determinations generator category management accumulation areas labeling inspections manifesting vendor due diligence training and cradle-to-grave liability controls.
• Ensure timely and accurate CERS/Hazardous Materials Business Plan submissions and EPCRA Tier II reporting where thresholds are met; maintain emergency contacts site maps chemical inventories and storage compatibility documentation.
• Serve as primary contact for Cal/OSHA SCAQMD Orange County Health Care Agency CUPA Orange County Fire Authority City of Garden Grove DTSC EPA RWQCB/State Water Board and other authorities having jurisdiction.

3. Vertically Integrated Acrylic / Glass Manufacturing Risk Control

• Develop risk-based controls for bulk MMA and other monomers polymerization inhibition storage tank cooling/venting temperature monitoring flammable vapor controls bonding operations solvent cleaning coatings adhesives and resin handling.
• Lead process hazard reviews management of change (MOC) pre-startup safety reviews chemical compatibility assessments and safeguards verification for new or modified processes tanks mixers ovens autoclaves furnaces CNC equipment and utility systems.
• Oversee industrial hygiene strategy for MMA VOCs isocyanates or coating constituents where applicable respirable crystalline silica/glass dust noise heat ergonomic stressors and nuisance/combustible dust where applicable.
• Partner with engineering and maintenance to ensure LOTO machine guarding electrical safety pressure systems hoists/cranes powered industrial trucks confined spaces hot work contractor safety and preventive maintenance controls are effective.

4. Aerospace & Defense Customer and Mission Assurance Linkage

• Embed EH&S requirements into aerospace production discipline configuration/change control special process governance contamination control and production readiness reviews recognizing that EH&S events can disrupt defense and civil aviation supply commitments.
• Support customer insurance AS9100/NADCAP-related and government/prime contractor audits by maintaining defensible records corrective action evidence training matrices chemical approvals and compliance calendars.
• Collaborate with quality and trade-compliance/security teams where EH&S activities intersect with controlled programs critical manufacturing areas customer property government-furnished information or restricted access spaces.

5. Emergency Preparedness Response and Community Protection

• Maintain and exercise Emergency Action Plan Fire Prevention Plan spill response procedures earthquake preparedness evacuation/shelter-in-place protocols hazardous material release response and interface with incident command.
• Coordinate drills tabletop exercises after-action reviews and response capability for chemical releases overheating/reactive tanks fires power loss earthquake impacts wastewater/stormwater releases and off-site impacts.
• Ensure emergency equipment detection/monitoring tools PPE spill kits alarms eyewash/showers fire protection and response contractor arrangements are inspected and ready.

6. EH&S Systems Metrics Training and Continuous Improvement

• Own the EH&S management system compliance calendar procedures document control audit program corrective/preventive action system management reviews and performance reporting.
• Develop role-based training matrices for operators maintenance supervisors engineers contractors emergency responders and managers; ensure training is practical multilingual where needed and competency-based.
• Track leading and lagging indicators including serious-risk observations closure aging inspection findings injuries exposure results VOC/waste/water metrics spills permit deviations and agency interactions.
• Lead incident investigations using rigorous root-cause methods; ensure corrective actions address design engineering controls work methods supervision training and verification of effectiveness.

• Bachelors degree in environmental science occupational safety industrial hygiene chemical engineering mechanical engineering industrial engineering or related technical discipline.
• 10 years of progressive EH&S experience including 5 years in a manufacturing chemical processing aerospace defense automotive electronics or similarly regulated industrial environment.
• 5 years of leadership experience managing EH&S professionals and influencing plant leadership teams in a 24/5 or 24/7 manufacturing setting.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Cal/OSHA Title 8 IIPP OSHA general industry standards HazCom/GHS LOTO confined space machine guarding respiratory protection hearing conservation IH exposure assessment and OSHA recordkeeping.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of California environmental programs including SCAQMD permitting/VOC rules hazardous waste management under DTSC/Title 22 CERS/HMBP CUPA inspections stormwater/wastewater controls SPCC/AST/UST requirements as applicable and EPCRA Tier II reporting.
• Experience managing chemical risk in operations involving flammables solvents adhesives coatings resins monomers tanks ovens autoclaves furnaces dust collection glass grinding/cutting or similar process hazards.
• Proven ability to interact credibly with regulatory agencies firefighters/hazmat responders aerospace customers executive leadership hourly employees and cross-functional technical teams.
• Strong written communication incident investigation training facilitation audit management data analysis and corrective-action management skills.
• Must be a U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance requirements.

• Masters degree in safety industrial hygiene environmental engineering chemical engineering business or related field.
• CSP CIH CHMM PE ARM REM or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience in aerospace transparency acrylic casting/stretch forming PMMA/MMA processing laminated glass optical coatings cleanroom/controlled finishing or FAA/DoD/prime-contractor supply environments.
• Experience with AS9100 NADCAP special process audit culture ISO 14001 ISO 45001 VPP/SHARP-style systems or mature enterprise EH&S management systems.
• Experience implementing process safety/MOC/PHA practices even where formal PSM or CalARP thresholds may not apply.
• Experience leading post-incident recovery agency negotiations community-facing response environmental remediation or emergency operations center / incident command coordination.
• Bilingual English/Spanish capability or demonstrated success deploying multilingual safety communication in Southern California manufacturing environments.

Salary Range: $149600.00 - $187001.00