Occupational Health and Safety Ordnance Specialist

Boeing • Hazelwood, MO

1d • $140,250 - $189,750 • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing’s Enterprise Environment Health and Safety (EHS) organization’s Workplace Safety team is seeking an Occupational Health and Safety Ordnance Specialist in Hazelwood, Missouri. The role represents Boeing on ordnance-related regulatory matters, supports compliance across more than 50 explosives sites, and provides expert guidance to more than 40 Ordnance Safety Focals. It also evaluates and approves new explosives sites and supports the timely resolution and closure of DCMA Corrective Action Requests (CARs).

The specialist serves as Boeing’s enterprise technical authority for Arms, Ammunition and Explosive (AA&E) Safety. The position establishes company-wide strategy, governance, standards, and design criteria for AA&E safety; provides technical oversight of facilities and processes involving energetic materials; and works with partner organizations to integrate safety into products, operations, and facilities. The specialist also represents Boeing in customer reviews, government audits and inspections, DDESB reviews, and industry technical working groups.

The position requires up to 25% domestic travel. It is based in Hazelwood, MO, and is designated Shift 1. Relocation may be available based on candidate eligibility. Candidates must meet U.S. export control requirements and be able to obtain a U.S. Secret clearance; an interim and/or final Secret clearance is required after starting. Boeing will not sponsor employment visas. The position is not contingent upon a program award and is not designated safety sensitive.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering- or science-related field; the posting also lists a bachelor’s degree or equivalent under Education.
• At least 10 years of experience in weapons and missile systems.
• At least 10 years of experience with missile/aircraft production and maintenance and/or DoD explosives.
• At least 5 years of technical leadership experience.
• Ability to meet U.S. export control compliance requirements as a U.S. Person, as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required post-start. U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for this clearance.
• Up to 25% domestic travel.
• Successful completion of the company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.

Nice To Haves

• Active or obtainable DoD Secret Clearance.
• Experience with solid rocket motors, CADs/PADs and commercial aircraft explosive parts, energetic material manufacturing, missile production, or all-up-round (AUR) integration.
• Experience with explosive safety analysis and risk management.
• Experience with facility design for energetic manufacturing and storage operations.
• Experience leading AA&E Safety and process safety aspects of new facility design, facility expansion, or major modernization projects involving energetic materials.
• Experience establishing enterprise technical standards, influencing executive decision-making, and guiding capital investment strategies.
• Experience with DoD 4145.26, DoD Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standards, DDESB requirements and applicable Technical Papers, including Quantity-Distance criteria and facility design guidance, OSHA Process Safety Management (29 CFR 1910.119), or Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations.
• Experience with OSHA, NFPA, ATF, EPA, and other federal, state, and local regulations governing energetic materials, firearm, and explosive operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the company’s technical authority on Arms, Ammunition and Explosive (AA&E) Safety.
• Establish enterprise technical strategy and governance for AA&E safety across business units and programs.
• Develop, approve, and maintain enterprise standards for the manufacture, processing, handling, transportation, storage, integration, shipment, and disposal of energetic materials and devices.
• Serve as enterprise technical authority for the design, expansion, modernization, and commissioning of facilities supporting AA&E manufacturing and operations.
• Establish AA&E Safety design criteria for new facilities, production lines, magazines, storage areas, and integration facilities.
• Ensure facility and manufacturing process designs incorporate inherently safer design principles, risk reduction methodologies, and operational resilience.
• Lead or provide technical oversight for Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Process Hazard Reviews (PHR), Explosive Safety Site Plans (ESSP), hazard classification, Quantity-Distance analyses, and other explosive and process safety assessments.
• Review explosive operating procedures, safety documentation, and risk acceptance packages.
• Lead investigations of explosives incidents, near misses, and process anomalies; identify root causes and ensure effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities Engineering, EHS, and Global Real Estate & Facilities to integrate AA&E Safety into products, processes, and facilities.
• Monitor emerging technologies, evolving regulations, and industry best practices and incorporate them into company standards.
• Represent Boeing during customer reviews, government audits, regulatory inspections, subcontractor inspections, DDESB reviews, and industry technical working groups.
• Travel domestically up to 25%.
• Support compliance across more than 50 explosives sites and provide expert guidance to more than 40 Ordnance Safety Focals.
• Support the evaluation and approval of new explosives sites and timely resolution and closure of DCMA Corrective Action Requests (CARs).

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Relocation assistance based on candidate eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior