System Safety Engineer

System Safety Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, industrial technology, safety, environmental or related field of science.
• Recent and relevant experience in engineering or safety operations within the aerospace industry, preferably within the Department of Defense are required.
• Experience in interacting with engineering and safety regulatory personnel, overseeing contractors/subcontractors.
• Knowledge, understanding and working familiarity with MIL-STD 882, as tailored, AFSPCMAN 91-710, and Federal, State, and Local health and safety regulations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be computer and software proficient.
• Knowledge of a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures in propellants, or related area will be applied.
• Extensive background in design and testing of aerospace ground support systems and facilities desirable.
• PC skills with experience in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook), and engineering/drafting software such as SolidWorks and AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Interface on health and safety matters and provide support to ASSC operations and activities at VSFB.
• Interface with customers as required maintaining a high level of professional support and cooperation.
• Ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Performs Process Safety Management functions as required by OSHA having responsibility over assigned elements of the PSM standard and the record keeping of applicable documents.
• Conduct regular audits of the work environment to ensure personnel are working to procedures and required personal protective equipment is utilized.
• Performs engineering calculations, assessments, studies, etc. as necessary in support of daily operations involving cryogenic liquids, pressurized gases, and hypergolic missile propellants.
• Perform risk assessments, hazards analysis, ergonomic evaluations and risk resolution.
• Develop priorities for compliance based upon risk assessment matrix.
• Develop, implement and maintain a Systems Safety Program and Safety Plan.
• Participate in Safety Working Group with the United States Space Force.
• Provide Systems Safety support for sustaining Engineering, facility and/or procedural changes, employee training and recordkeeping, and emergency response development.
• Interface with customer as required to provide current status of the overall environmental health and safety program.
• Participate/Chair Systems Safety Working Group and annotate monthly meetings.
• Provide technical direction to technicians in the performance of Operations, EFI’s, Repairs, or Troubleshooting as necessary.
• Assist as necessary to investigate accidents, annotate records, and make recommendations to management to prevent secondary occurrence.
• Design, review and implement procedures for both critical and hazardous operations and review with appropriate members of SLD30 Safety.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be required to support ASSC operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive background in design and testing of aerospace ground support systems and facilities desirable.