Environmental, Health and Safety Manager

Amentum, a global leader in critical mission support, engineering, technology, and national security solutions, is seeking Environmental, Health and Safety Manager to support a pending contract award based in El Paso.

The Environmental, Health and Safety Manager works with site program management to maintain environmental, health, and safety programs, to include policies, processes, procedures, and controls. Ensures contract performance conforms to established standards and governmental agency guidelines, guaranteeing lasting customer satisfaction.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manages, implements, and maintains required environmental operation procedures to ensure company and employee awareness, comprehension, and adherence to approved health, safety and environmental practices for assigned program.
• Conducts quality and safety inspections/audits of contract operations and subcontractors.
• Prepares hazard and environmental waste programs, manuals, and revisions.
• Coordinates and performs audits on health/safety/environmental and maintenance programs.
• Provides response to customer concerns and findings. Tracks corrective actions taken in response to internal and customer audit findings.
• Provides guidance and direction to achieve compliance with all applicable safety and quality standards.
• Acts as a direct representative of Amentum to the customer.
• Establishes and communicates program metrics as needed.
• Maintains awareness of regulatory changes and disseminates safety-related bulletins, technical changes and literature to work site personnel.
• Investigates mishaps and injuries.
• Maintains technical library.
• Ensures injury, incident, HAZMAT and adverse trend reporting.
• Monitors quality deficiencies and coordinates corrective actions.
• Provides leadership and knowledge to staff members and teams as necessary.
• Perform other qualified duties as assigned.

Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Bachelors degree in industrial hygiene, environmental, health and safety management or other associated discipline.
• Two (2) years experience in government contracting, U.S. Military or related field may be substituted for each year of the four (4) years of college.
• Eight (8) years progressively responsible experience in any combination within program management, plant & operations management, or safety & environmental compliance.
• Advanced knowledge of EHS policies and processes.
• Working knowledge of quality management, its concepts, techniques, tools and procedures.
• Working knowledge of compliance with Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) handling.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills. Project planning and management skills.
• Ability to get results through influence, negotiation and teamwork.
• Proven leadership ability.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Two (2) years management experience preferred

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:

Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 20 pounds, constant sitting while using the computer terminal, constant use of sight abilities while reviewing documents, constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communications, constant mental alertness, must possess planning/organizing skills, and must be able to work under deadlines. Must be able to access hazard operational areas which may include the wearing of PPE for periodic oversite of operational activities.

Other Responsibilities:

Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand, and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters .