Sr. Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Coordinator – Cal/OSHA

Role: Sr. Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Coordinator – Cal/OSHA
Duration: 3 Months (Contract)
Location: North Hollywood, CA (On-Site)


Key Skills: Environmental Health & Safety (EHS); Cal/OSHA Compliance; Occupational Safety; Safety Program Management; Hazard Assessments; Job Hazard Analysis (JHA); Risk Assessments; Incident Investigation; Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Corrective & Preventive Actions (CAPA); Safety Inspections & Audits; Safety Training; Environmental Compliance; Hazardous Waste Management; Industrial Hygiene; Lockout/Tagout (LOTO); Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Programs; Emergency Response Planning; Management of Change (MOC); Regulatory Compliance (OSHA, EPA, NFPA, ANSI)

Minimum qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering, chemistry, environmental science, industrial hygiene, occupational safety, or a related technical field
• 10+ years total work experience in safety, EHS, process safety, system safety, reliability engineering, or operational risk management
• 5+ years work experience in an operational aerospace environment, manufacturing, chemical industry, pilot plant, prototyping, or test operations
• Knowledge of applicable OSHA, EPA, NFPA, ANSI, and state/local regulations
• Knowledge of Process Safety Management methods and hazard control principles
• Experience supporting hazard assessments, job hazard analyses (JHAs), risk assessments, and implementation of corrective and preventive actions
• Experience supporting incident/accident reporting practices, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action closure
• Ability to provide safety input to design reviews, test reviews, readiness reviews, and non-routine operations
• Knowledge and ability to use industrial hygiene tools and monitors, or ability to interpret and apply industrial hygiene data in partnership with EHS
• Expertise in writing technical reports, safety assessments, procedures, and investigation summaries
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail, with an ability to interpret and communicate complex technical information
• Ability to work effectively across engineering, operations, test, facilities, and EHS teams
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment with evolving program needs and schedule pressure
• Candidate must be able to lift/carry up to fifty pounds, physically climb multiple flights of stairs, withstand prolonged standing, and work in adverse weather or industrial conditions as needed 

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Approximately 5–6 years of hands-on EHS experience in a manufacturing, aerospace, industrial, warehouse, laboratory, R&D, test, or facilities environment.
• Direct working experience with Cal/OSHA regulations is required without exception.
• Hands-on experience implementing or maintaining Cal/OSHA general industry programs at a California facility is mandatory.
• Experience conducting safety inspections, hazard assessments, incident investigations, and corrective action follow-up.
• Strong documentation, organization, communication, and follow-up skills.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a fast-paced facility environment.
• Environmental regulatory compliance experience is a plus.
• Ability to walk the facility regularly and perform field inspections.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Ability to climb stairs and access production, warehouse, test, lab, and facility areas.
• Ability to occasionally lift or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to wear required PPE.
• Ability to work in industrial or facility environments as needed 

Position summary:

• The Site EHS Coordinator position will support day-to-day environmental, health, and safety activities at our North Hollywood, California facility.
• This role will work under the direction of the Site Sr. EHS Engineer to implement, maintain, and support site EHS programs. This is a hands-on facility role.
• Direct working experience with Cal/OSHA is required without exception. Candidates must have practical, hands-on experience implementing or maintaining Cal/OSHA programs at a California facility.
• General OSHA experience alone is not sufficient.
• The ideal candidate has approximately 5–6 years of hands-on EHS experience, is comfortable working on the floor in a fast-paced facility, and can support inspections, training, documentation, incident investigations, corrective actions, and Cal/OSHA program implementation. Environmental regulatory compliance experience is a plus. 

Key responsibilities:

• Work under the direction of the Site Sr. EHS Engineer to implement and maintain site EHS programs.
• Support facility compliance with Cal/OSHA regulations, California workplace safety requirements, and applicable state and local EHS requirements.
• Implement, maintain, and support Cal/OSHA-required programs, including but not limited to: 

• Injury and Illness Prevention Program
• Hazard Communication
• Lockout/Tagout
• Machine guarding
• PPE assessments
• Heat illness prevention
• Emergency action planning
• Fire prevention
• Powered industrial truck safety
• Fall protection
• Confined space
• Electrical safety
• Ergonomics
• Hearing conservation
• Respiratory protection
• Contractor safety 

• Conduct routine facility EHS inspections and walkthroughs.
• Identify unsafe conditions.
• Track corrective actions through completion and verify effectiveness.
• Support hands-on safety activities related to maintenance, equipment moves, chemical handling, contractor work, and non-routine tasks.
• Assist with JHAs, PPE assessments, risk assessments, safe work procedures, inspection reports, training records, SDS records, and corrective action trackers.
• Support new hire EHS orientation and employee safety training.
• Assist with incident, near-miss, spill, and injury investigations.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action follow-up.
• Assist with environmental activities as needed, including hazardous waste, universal waste, chemical inventory, SDS management, waste inspections, labeling, and spill response readiness.
• Perform other EHS-related duties as assigned by the Site Sr. EHS Engineer.
• Support onboarding and indoctrination of new employees on program safety and EHS expectations.
• Assist in waste disposal activities including hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, universal waste, and recycling materials in coordination with EHS.
• Contribute to the injury/illness and near miss reporting process, including investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action development.
• Develop, update, and deliver safety and EHS training relevant to program operations.
• Serve as a program focal point for safety and environmental issues and concerns.
• Evaluate operations for continuous process improvement and implementation of preventive action measures.
• Support development, review, and closure of job hazard analyses and risk assessments.
• Provide subject matter expertise to engineering and production resources related to safety, process safety, and EHS.
• Provide safety and EHS-related input for equipment, facility, and operational design changes.
• Perform periodic audits and assessments of safety programs, work areas, and operational readiness.
• Support Management of Change (MOC), non-routine process approval, construction safety oversight, emergency response planning, and go/no-go safety readiness review.