Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Officer

Position Overview

Title: Health & Safety (EHS) Officer

Company: Wild West Systems

Location: Leander TX

Employment Type: Full-time

Company Overview

Wild West Systems is an American defense technology company with the mission to equip the civilized world with superior and affordable arms and advanced technologies to dominate the battlefield of present and future threats in a new era of asymmetrical warfare. We fuse versatile domain experience with novel approach and creativity to change the paradigm of defense - both for military arenas and civilian soft targets. Were an early-stage startup rapidly moving and growing.

General Qualifications (all roles)

• A patriotic passion to arm our troops with elite weaponry
• Self-starter capable of performing tasks as an individual as well as working well in a team
• Servant-leader mentality extreme ownership willing to participate in different and rapidly changing projects and dynamic environment
• ITAR REQUIREMENT: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. section 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. section 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Role Summary

Wild West Systems is seeking a EHS Officer to lead safety compliance and risk management for operations involving ammunition explosives energetics materials and associated transportation and handling activities. This role will own site-level safety programs regulatory compliance training inspections incident response and interface with internal teams regulators and government customers. The position is responsible for ensuring operations align with US-DoD contract (DMCA) Safety and security requirements OSHA standards and hazardous materials transportation (US-DOT) requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop implement and maintain the companys ammunition and explosives safety program in accordance with DoD 4145 26m DESR 6055.09 and 27 CFR Part 555 (ATFE)
• Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements applicable to explosives and blasting agents including hazard identification safe work practices training and controlled handling procedures OSHA
• Manage hazardous materials transportation compliance under 49 CFR including packaging marking labeling shipping documentation segregation and carrier coordination for Class 1 materials
• Conduct safety reviews inspections audits and corrective action tracking for manufacturing storage test and transport operations
• Support site hazard analysis risk assessments emergency response planning and incident investigation
• Interface with DCMA government quality/safety/security representatives and customer auditors during inspections program reviews and corrective action closure
• Maintain records training documentations SOPs permits and compliance artifacts required for regulated munitions activities
• Advise engineering operations logistics and program management on safe design storage handling and movement of energetics materials
• Lead or support root-cause analysis for safety events near misses and nonconformances
• Monitor changes in applicable federal state and local requirements and update company procedures accordingly

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in explosives safety ammunition operations munitions compliance industrial safety or a related regulated environment
• Demonstrated working knowledge of DoD 4145.26 contractor safety requirements for ammunition and explosives
• Familiarity with OSHA 29 CFR standards relevant to hazardous materials explosives and general industrial safety
• Working Knowledge of 49 CFR hazardous materials transportation requirements especially Class 1 explosive materials
• Working Knowledge of 27 CFR Part 555 (ATFE)
• Experience supporting or interacting with DCMA government oversight functions
• Experience developing AE SOPs training programs inspection checklists and corrective action systems
• Experience generating implementing and reviewing ESSP (explosives site safety plan) for multiple sites
• ITAR Requirement
• Bachelors degree in occupational safety engineering chemistry environmental health or related field/equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in munitions manufacturing
• Experience in munitions test range operations
• CSP ASP CHMM or similar safety certification
• Experience with ISO- style quality systems contractor safety programs or military customer audits
• Experience working in a start-up and fast-paced environment

Success Measures

• Zero preventable safety incidents involving munitions or hazardous materials
• Timely completion of audits training inspections and corrective actions
• Annual reviews and approval cycles of safety documentation
• Annual training of all personnel in regard to company AE safety policies
• Audit readiness for DCMA and customer reviews
• Clear usable safety procedures that support operational speed without sacrificing compliance
• Cross-functional adoption of safe work practices across the business

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority