EHS Specialist

About the job EHS Specialist

About Castelion

Castelion is bringing a new approach to defense development and production: one that focuses on short, iterative design cycles, rapid testing in development, and modern commercial manufacturing strategies for production at scale. We're designing, building, and testing next generation long range strike weapons systems to give America and its Allies a definitive edge and deter future conflicts.

EHS Specialist

The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist supports manufacturing, R&D, and test operations by executing and maintaining EHS programs that ensure safe, compliant day to day operations. This role provides hands on field support across the site, including conducting inspections, supporting training, managing hazardous materials and waste, and maintaining required records and permits.

The EHS Specialist works closely with operations, engineering, and leadership teams to identify hazards, verify controls, and reinforce safe work practices in a fast paced, high hazard environment. This role plays a critical part in keeping people safe, maintaining regulatory compliance, and enabling the organization to operate efficiently as it scales.

Responsibilities

• Conduct routine safety and compliance inspections of manufacturing, R&D, and test areas to verify that approved controls, procedures, and permits are being followed and escalate higher risk conditions to the Senior EHS Engineer
• Perform task walkdowns and document Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) using approved formats, ensuring job steps, hazards, and controls are accurately captured and kept current
• Verify proper use and condition of PPE, guarding, lockout devices, ventilation, gas monitors, and other safety controls during daily operations
• Support PPE programs by assisting with PPE assessments, coordinating fittings and issuance, delivering PPE training, and verifying proper use and condition
• Support implementation and maintenance of EHS programs, plans, and procedures by maintaining required records, permits, postings, and inspection logs
• Support industrial hygiene activities by deploying sampling equipment, collecting exposure data, coordinating laboratory analysis, and maintaining monitoring records
• Support incident, near miss, and injury investigations by gathering facts, documenting events, and tracking assigned corrective actions to closure
• Schedule, deliver, and document EHS training including onboarding, refresher, and task specific training
• Manage hazardous waste accumulation areas including container labeling, inspections, inventory tracking, and coordination of waste shipments
• Maintain chemical inventories, Safety Data Sheets, and container labeling to support hazard communication and chemical management
• Support environmental reporting and permit compliance by maintaining required records, conducting routine inspections, and coordinating submittals and renewals as directed
• Support site emergency preparedness and response activities by maintaining emergency equipment, participating in drills, and assisting with on scene response actions as directed

Basic Qualifications

• Associates or Bachelors degree in occupational health and safety, environmental science, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience supporting EHS programs in manufacturing, laboratory, or industrial environments
• Working knowledge of OSHA or Cal-OSHA requirements
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Willingness and ability to travel periodically to support operations at other locations as needed
• Ability to meet U.S. export control requirements (ITAR or EAR)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high hazard industries
• OSHA 30, HAZWOPER, or similar safety training
• Experience working in a startup or fast paced environment

All employees are granted long-term stock incentives as part of their employment at Castelion. All employees receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance, and the company offers four weeks of paid time off per year.

Leadership Qualities

Bias to Action and Creative Problem Solving. Desire and experience questioning assumptions in ways that lead to break through ideas that are ultimately implemented. Successfully bring in applicable processes/concepts/materials from other industries to achieve efficiency gains. Ability to personally resolve minor issues in development without requiring significant support.

High Commitment, High Initiative. A successful candidate will have a genuine passion for Castelion's mission and consistently look for ways to contribute to the company's technical goals and prevent hardware blockers. Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere. Strong sense of accountability and integrity.

Clear Communicator. Proactively communicates blockers. Trusted in previous roles to be voice of company with regulators, suppliers, gate keepers and customers. Capable of tactfully managing relationships with stakeholders to achieve company-desired outcomes without compromising relationships. Emails, IMs and verbal interactions are logical, drive clarity, and detailed enough to eliminate ambiguity.

ITAR Requirements:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Employment with Castelion is governed on the basis of competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.