Virgin Galactic is looking for an experienced Safety Specialist to join our team in New Mexico. Guided by our values, “Safety above All”, we proactively manage the risks inherent in human spaceflight through our daily actions. This person should demonstrate excellent safety behavior and attitude, follow regulatory practices and rules, recognize and promote hazard reporting and ensure effective safety reporting.
Onsite 5x a week in New Mexico Offices.
Responsibilities
Evaluates and ensures compliance of the Environmental, Safety and Industrial Hygiene Programs with all applicable government laws and regulations.
Ensures all applicable registrations, permits and licenses are in place and current for the hazardous waste program.
Oversees hazardous waste operations and works directly with departmental Waste Coordinators as a resource.
Gathers data for the purpose of identifying, reducing, or eliminating sources of pollutants and/or hazards that affect the work environment and health of the employees.
Assists with the monitoring of employee exposure to chemical and other toxic substances and physical hazards, including Industrial Hygiene (IH) sampling and coordinating the activities with Certified Industrial Hygienists and other safety consultants as required.
Ability to identify and evaluate occupational exposures to harmful substances and make recommendations for control or elimination of hazards in accordance with OSHA, NIOSH and ANSI requirements.
Acts as an information conduit to bring safety issues to the attention of management and to deliver safety information to the staff, contractors and stakeholders.
Assist Systems Safety engineers in establishing regulatory requirements related to FAA licensing
Builds and maintains excellent working relationships across the organization.
Provides and articulates information regarding safety issues to all organizational levels.
Investigates injuries and incidents.
Analyzes data for trends related to injuries, hazards, events and occurrences.
Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies, including OSHA, FAA, EPA, NTSB, and local municipalities.
Serves as Emergency Response team member.
Continually seeks opportunities to improve the knowledge and skill level of all levels of leadership to positively impact the safe operations of the business.
Develops and implements effective safety programs to ensure that operations are fully compliant with Local, State, and Federal laws/regulations.
Executes a comprehensive facility and operations inspection process to ensure continuous improvement while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Facilitates required regulatory training and maintains all safety related record keeping.
In conjunction with the Virgin Galactic Safety Team, develops proactive annual safety plans that provide solutions necessary to build and sustain a world‐class safety culture.
Continuously practice safety behavior and Foreign Object Debris (FOD) awareness/prevention; adhere to regulatory protocols and rules.
Maintain focus on timeliness and execution of tasks and deliverables every day.
Work collaboratively to achieve goals and/or complete assigned tasks.
Adhere to set directions and guidelines from team leader to support collaboration across teams to complete projects.
Required Skills and Experience
Detailed knowledge of, and experience working with, OSHA, EPA, FAA and local regulators.
Demonstrated ability to perform root cause analysis for injuries and incident/accident investigations.
Experience in Human Factors as it applies to Aerospace Operations and Maintenance
Experience with aerospace industry processes is highly desirable.
Experience with aviation flight line processes is highly desirable.
Excellent written and verbal skills with the ability to develop and deliver articulate presentations to groups of all sizes and levels.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office software.
Ability to develop and maintain partnerships across functional areas.
Ability to work a flexible schedule…