EHS Specialist– Environment, Health & Safety

Oklo•Idaho Falls, ID

About The Position

The EHS Specialist will develop, implement, and continuously improve Oklo’s Environment, Health & Safety programs across offices, laboratories, test facilities, and future construction and plant sites. The role will help build a safety culture where safety is a shared responsibility and a driver of excellence. The specialist will work with engineering, operations, construction, and licensing teams to integrate safety into design, procedures, and daily work, while supporting regulatory compliance and reporting EHS performance and trends to leadership. The position calls for a technically capable, practical, and solutions-oriented communicator who can work independently in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment. The successful candidate will be motivated, collaborative, creative, detail-oriented, and comfortable learning quickly and developing novel solutions to open-ended safety and compliance challenges. Remote employees must travel to Oklo’s Santa Clara, California headquarters twice per quarter annually based on business or team needs. Employees must work in person at headquarters during the first two weeks of onboarding. The position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws; eligibility may be limited to U.S. persons. Employment may be contingent on successful completion of drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Minimum 5 years of experience in an EHS role in industrial, laboratory, construction, energy, or nuclear settings.
Working knowledge of OSHA regulations and environmental compliance requirements.
Experience conducting incident investigations and hazard assessments.
Technically strong in EHS regulations, risk assessment, and program management.
Able to communicate technical content and results verbally; excellent writing and communication skills.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment and learning quickly.
Self-motivated, collaborative, creative, detail-oriented, and able to work through open-ended problems without micromanagement.
Applicants must meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws to be eligible if the role involves access to information subject to U.S. export control laws.

Nice To Haves

Professional certification such as CHST, CSP, CIH, or ASP.
Experience in nuclear, DOE, or NRC-regulated environments.
Experience supporting construction or commissioning of industrial or energy facilities.
Experience building or scaling EHS programs in a startup or high-growth company.
Passion for clean energy and making advanced fission a reality.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and implement EHS policies, programs, and procedures that comply with OSHA, EPA, state, and local regulations.
Conduct workplace hazard assessments, job hazard analyses, and safety inspections, and drive corrective actions to closure.
Lead incident reporting and investigations, including root cause analysis and lessons learned.
Manage environmental compliance activities, including permitting, waste management, and reporting.
Develop and deliver EHS training for employees, contractors, and visitors.
Support industrial hygiene, chemical safety, and hazardous materials management programs.
Partner with engineering, operations, construction, and licensing teams to embed safety into design, procedures, and daily work.
Track EHS metrics and report performance and trends to leadership.
Support emergency preparedness and response planning.
Stay current on regulatory developments and industry best practices in nuclear, energy, and industrial safety.