Position Title: Sr. Program Safety and Reliability Engineer III
Description: Protingent has an exciting contract opportunity for a Program Safety and Reliability Engineer with our client in North Hollywood, CA.
Job 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.
Job 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
Preferred Qualifications: - 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
Job Details:- Contract Position
- Location – North Hollywood, CA (Onsite)
- Pay rate: $70-$85/hr
- ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.
About Protingent: Protingent is an
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Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.