Sr. Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Engineer

The role

You will build and own the EHS program across the El Segundo shop and lab, the San Bernardino test site, and a future power plant. You will perform hazard analyses, write hazardous-operations procedures, and manage environmental permitting and compliance.

What you will do

• Build and own Arbor's EHS program including injury and illness prevention, hazard communication, and training
• Formalize test-operations safety with the test team
• Lead hazard analyses for new hardware and new operations
• Apply engineering judgment to oxygen, natural gas, high-pressure CO2, and cryogenic systems
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations
• Own the technical side of environmental permitting and compliance
• Serve as the safety interface with the test-site host, contractors, and regulators
• Carry the program into plant design, construction, and commissioning

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of EHS, process safety, or test safety experience in an environment with hazardous operations
• Hands-on experience with pressurized fluid and gas systems, oxygen, flammable gases, or cryogens, and the hazard analysis methods used on them
• Experience building or substantially rebuilding a safety program, and writing procedures and hazard analyses that engineers and technicians actually use
• Working knowledge of Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA requirements and the NFPA codes covering compressed gases, cryogenic fluids, hot work, and electrical safety
• A track record of getting hazardous work done safely and on schedule, and of earning credibility with engineers who don't report to you
• Available on site for hazardous operations, including early mornings, extended days, and occasional weekends during test campaigns

Nice to have

• EHS or process-safety experience at a rocket engine or vehicle test site, launch site, or first-of-a-kind energy pilot plant
• Experience as the sole or first safety professional at a site or company
• Combustion, oxy-fuel, or high-pressure CO2 system experience; oxygen-system cleaning and materials compatibility practice
• Safety experience with metal additive manufacturing and powder handling
• California environmental permitting experience
• Construction and commissioning safety on an industrial project
• CSP, ASP, CIH, or PE
• OSHA 30 or HAZWOPER 40
• Background in startup environments or first-of-a-kind hardware development

Benefits

• Pre-IPO stock options
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (Arbor covers 90% for employees)
• Basic life insurance fully covered
• Health savings account (HSA) with matching
• Flexible savings account (FSA)
• Unlimited PTO
• 12+ company holidays, including Earth Day!
• 401(k)
• Commuter benefits
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation creates technology to power lives while protecting the planet. They develop advanced power systems using a supercritical CO2 turbine with integrated carbon capture.