System Safety Engineer

OCCUPATIONAL SUMMARY:

Provide health and safety system related services and mindset to implement, and support project duties within the Occupational Safety and Systems Safety Program under the direction of management. Act as primary safety representative at Hypergolic Storage Facility during hazardous operations being performed utilizing engineering principles to maintain systems compliance. Review routine and hazardous operations for compliance with standard procedures and the fixed regulatory requirements of Federal and State Occupational Health and Safety Programs as well as OSHA Process Safety Management program. Make recommendations to management to improve employee health and safety and reduce exposure to occupational injury and illness. Final decisions  are made by others. This is a union, non-exempt position with the Teamsters and the hourly pay rate is $ 60.01.

TYPICAL DUTIES: 

• 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.
• Knowledge and compliance of the following standards and codes: ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, ASME B31.3 System Piping & Tubing Standard, AWS welding standards, CGA compressed gas standards, DOT regulations for portable pressure vessels, Military Standards relating to propellants and propellant systems, and AFSPCMAN 91-710 Range Safety regulations.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be required to support ASSC operations.

REQUISITE SKILLS:

• 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.

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