Director of Environmental, Health & Safety – EHS

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD)

. Develop EBAD’s EHS strategy to support growth and manage complex aerospace and defense manufacturing risks.

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeUnited StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in EHS strategy development, regulatory compliance, and risk management within aerospace and defense manufacturing. Proven ability to lead EHS professionals, implement safety standards, and engage teams in hazard identification and incident prevention.

Highest-signal resume keywords

EHS Strategy DevelopmentOSHA Compliance LeadershipEnvironmental Compliance KnowledgeIncident Investigation and Root Cause AnalysisEHS Training and Engagement

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Hard Skills

Occupational SafetyEnvironmental ScienceIndustrial HygieneRisk AssessmentLean Daily ManagementInjury and Illness RecordkeepingHazardous Waste ManagementAir PermittingMachine GuardingLockout/Tagout (LOTO)

Soft Skills

LeadershipInfluencing ChangeEmployee EngagementCommunicationTeam Development

Tools & Technologies

EHS Management SystemsSafety EquipmentTraining ProgramsLean Operating SystemsVisual Management Tools

Certifications & Qualifications

CSPCIHOSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer

Industry Keywords

Aerospace and DefenseHigh-Hazard ManufacturingDoD RequirementsDHS RequirementsEnvironmental Compliance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop EBAD’s EHS strategy to support growth and manage complex aerospace and defense manufacturing risks.
Lead and develop EHS professionals across sites.
Establish consistent policies, standards, ownership, indicators, and effectiveness reviews.
Advise senior leaders on emerging risks, resources, and investments.
Lead OSHA, EPA, and federal, state, and local EHS compliance.
Set standards and verify execution for LOTO, machine guarding, electrical safety, hazard communication, hot work, confined spaces, hearing conservation, and respiratory protection.
Ensure PPE and safety equipment selection, availability, use, maintenance, and inspection.
Direct regulatory readiness, inspections, audits, agency relationships, and closure of findings.
Ensure injury and illness records, reporting, and regulatory-change adoption.
Oversee air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, spill prevention, and hazardous-waste processes.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, and technical experts to control hazards.
Prevent serious injuries and high-consequence events through risk assessments, PHAs, engineering controls, and verified operating practices.
Integrate EHS into capital projects, equipment selection, process development, facility changes, and production readiness.
Oversee industrial hygiene, occupational health, contractor safety, emergency plans, response capabilities, training, and drills.
Embed safety into EBOS daily management, gemba walks, visual management, leader standard work, and kaizen.
Lead root cause analysis of incidents, near misses, environmental events, and compliance gaps.
Assign countermeasure owners and deadlines, verify effectiveness, and embed cross-site lessons.
Engage employees and leaders in hazard identification, safety observations, and solutions.
Develop leaders’ ability to recognize risk, reinforce standards, and follow through.
Set training and qualification expectations and strengthen safety committees and observation programs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
15+ years of progressive manufacturing EHS experience, including leadership of EHS professionals across multiple sites or complex, high-hazard operations.
Extensive OSHA General Industry and applicable EHS regulatory knowledge, with experience leading compliance programs, inspections, audits, and injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting.
Strong EPA and environmental compliance knowledge, including hazardous waste, air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, spill prevention, documentation, and reporting.
Technical depth in manufacturing safety, industrial hygiene, risk assessment, PHAs, and management of change; ability to evaluate controls and guide site teams.
Success leading incident investigations, root cause analysis, lean daily management, and verified corrective actions that prevent recurrence.
Ability to develop EHS talent, translate requirements into practical standards, and influence leaders and employees through change and resistance.
Experience building EHS training, safety committees, and observation programs that sustain employee engagement and ownership in lean manufacturing.
Ability to travel regularly among EBAD sites.
Preferred: Aerospace and defense, energetics, explosives, or other high-hazard manufacturing experience, including applicable DoD and DHS requirements, is valued.
CSP, CIH, related credentials, OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer authorization, and lean operating system experience are valued.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
Full-time employment