Environmental Health & Safety Manager

About the position

Armtec Defense Technologies (Armtec) is an operating unit of the Transdigm Group (NYSE: TDG), an industry leader in aerospace and defense products and services. Armtec is comprised of three business units producing subcomponents for ordnance in Coachella, CA; decoy countermeasure flares in Camden AR; and radar countermeasure chaff in Lillington NC. At Armtec, we welcome skilled and enthusiastic people who share our determination and high standards to join us in our mission-critical work supporting the US and allied war-fighters who serve us all by defending democracy and protecting freedom. This position is staffed in Coachella, at Armtec’s world-class, sole-source production facility for felted fiber nitrocellulose combustible cartridge cases for medium and large caliber military ammunition; and pyrophoric payloads for training grenades.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategic plans for safety system improvements.
• Provide leadership for our Safety and Environmental Staff, act as an example and mentor for what they can aspire to become and provide development opportunities to help them get there.
• Steward our EH&S values and develop an EH&S vision and annual strategic EH&S plan.
• Achieve and maintain a world-class safety incident rate lagging metric, and regularly improve on our safety behavior leading metrics.
• Drive regular improvements to energetic QD (reduce quantities, increase distances) and improve industrial hygiene for our employees.
• Employ a risk management process for prioritizing our EH&S improvement activities.
• Ensure safety participation on process developments and process changes to help avoid rework and ensure smooth transition to production.
• Improve safety standards and requirements and ensure up-front visibility of these requirements on all change activities.
• Monitor changes to regulations and requirements, and ensure policies and procedures are changed or implemented to ensure compliance.
• Drive waste and ineffectiveness out of our safety and environmental processes.
• Act as main point of contact for various regulatory inspections including Department of Defense, EPA, Cal/OSHA, ATF, and local governments.
• Participate in Fire, Spill, Medical, & Rescue emergency response activities as needed.
• Perform Process Hazard Assessments for all new products and programs and ensure regular revalidation of PHA’s for all existing products and programs.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards, even when challenged from above.
• Understand and live by Armtec’s ethics and business conduct policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Safety, Environmental Engineering or a related science and at least 5 years of experience in an EH&S leadership role.
• Demonstrated Strategic Leadership and process improvement experience.
• Excellent Communication and People development Skills.
• Must be dependable, responsible, and accurate and have the ability to deal with people effectively.
• Industrial Manufacturing experience required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in an energetics related field.
• Strong familiarity with DOD 4145.26 Contractor Safety Manual.
• Experience with Process Safety Management for Explosives and Pyrotechnics Manufacturing.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with generous company contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA - Medical & Dependent Care)
• Life and Accident Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Parent Leave Pay
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Vacation
• Sick Leave
• Holidays (8 paid holiday including holiday shutdown weeks in July and December)
• 401(k) matching
• Tuition Assistance