Operational Safety & EHS Lead

Bedrock Robotics•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Bedrock Robotics is seeking an Operational Safety & EHS Program Manager to build and run its inaugural environmental, health, safety, and operational safety programs. The role is responsible for protecting Bedrock employees, partner crews, and the public wherever autonomous machines operate. It covers human–autonomy interaction in the field, retrofit and maintenance work, test sites, and partner job sites as Bedrock expands its fleet, adds machine types, and grows its multi-state footprint. The position owns operational safety for autonomous and remotely supervised machine operations, EHS and environmental compliance, incident management and investigation, training and partner safety, and safety metrics, audits, and reporting. The role makes safety a key input to deployment decisions and works closely with Fleet and Field Operations, Autonomy and System Safety Engineering, Hardware, Commercial, and People teams. It reports to the VP of Operations. The role requires 8+ years of relevant EHS, operational safety, or safety program management experience, including 3+ years in heavy equipment, construction, heavy civil, mining, or industrial robotics/automation environments. It requires working knowledge of OSHA regulations and willingness to travel 30–40% to active job sites. Bedrock describes its work as deploying autonomous systems on heavy construction equipment across the country. The company states that safety must remain central as it expands to more machines, states, sites, and machine types.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in EHS, operational safety, or safety program management.
At least 3 years of experience in heavy equipment, construction, heavy civil, mining, or industrial robotics/automation environments.
Working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926 and 1910.
Experience managing compliance across multiple sites and states.
Experience building safety programs from the ground up in a fast-growing organization and scaling them across distributed field teams.
Track record leading incident investigations and root cause analysis and driving corrective actions to closure with cross-functional partners.
Ability to influence engineers, operators, and senior leaders, and to make and defend stop-work and go/no-go decisions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for working with field crews, partners, executives, and regulators.
Strong analytical skills and ability to use safety and operational data to identify trends and prioritize risk.
Willingness to travel 30–40% to active job sites.

Nice To Haves

Located in or near San Francisco.
Experience with autonomy, autonomous vehicles, or robotics safety, particularly autonomous or remotely operated heavy machinery.
Familiarity with machine and autonomy safety standards such as ISO 17757, ISO 12100, ISO 13849, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), and UL 4600.
Experience implementing a Safety Management System (SMS) or similar framework.
Professional certification such as CSP, ASP, or CHST.
Experience with general contractor safety prequalification and multi-employer job site coordination.
Continuous improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma experience.
OSHA 30-Hour Construction or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Own the operational safety program for autonomous and remotely supervised machine operations, including exclusion zones, emergency-stop and remote-stop protocols, safety observer roles, and human–machine interaction rules.
Develop and run pre-deployment site safety assessments and go/no-go readiness gates with Fleet, Deployment Operations, and System Safety Engineering.
Lead job hazard analyses and operational risk assessments for testing, commissioning, retrofit work, and new-site launches.
Own management of change as machine types, hardware, and autonomy capabilities are introduced.
Review partner Site Safety Plans and prepare Site Safety Plans for Bedrock deployments.
Translate field learnings and safety-relevant events into feedback and requirements for Engineering.
Build and maintain written EHS programs, including programs for injury and illness prevention, lockout/tagout, heavy equipment operation, fall protection, crane and rigging, high-voltage battery safety, hazard communication, heat illness, and emergency action.
Ensure OSHA, Cal/OSHA, and state-plan compliance across the company's multi-state footprint, including injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting.
Own environmental compliance for field and facility operations, including fuel and fluids handling, spill prevention and response, and waste management.
Monitor changing regulations and industry practices for autonomous heavy equipment and advise leadership on their implications.
Own incident, near-miss, and safety-observation reporting, including triage, escalation, and communication to leadership and partners.
Lead root cause analyses for significant events and drive corrective and preventive actions to verified closure.
Partner with Autonomy Safety and Engineering to investigate autonomy-related events using machine data and logs, and trend events across the fleet.
Establish and run a recurring safety review forum covering incidents, trends, and open risks.
Own the safety training matrix and onboarding for field technicians, operators, and remote supervisors.
Support partner and general contractor safety requirements, including site-specific safety plans, prequalification, and site orientations.
Build a field-first safety culture through stop-work authority, routine site walks, and recognition of proactive reporting.
Set safety expectations for contractors, vendors, and partners working on or around Bedrock machines.
Define and track leading and lagging safety metrics, including TRIR, DART, near-miss and observation rates, and corrective-action closure.
Run field and facility audits and drive accountability for audit findings across Operations.
Deliver regular safety reporting to the VP of Operations, executive team, and Board as needed.
Select and implement stage-appropriate EHS tools for reporting, inspections, training records, and incident tracking.