EHS Leader for Nuclear Facility Safety & Compliance

General Matter, Inc.; South Carolina; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Matter, Inc. in Richland, WA seeks an EHS Manager to own the company’s 10 CFR 851 Worker Safety and Health program across construction and transition to operations.

You will engineer, implement, and continuously improve environmental, safety, and health systems while overseeing field contractors. You will align with DOE directives and industrial hygiene practices, lead investigations, and drive a durable safety culture supporting project schedules and operational excellence at a nuclear

Qualifications

• Experience applying 10 CFR 851 in a field environment.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical safety programs.
• Strong analytical thinking and risk-based decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the 10 CFR 851 Worker Safety and Health (WSH) program for construction activities, including written procedures, worker training programs, and safety performance indicators.
• Translate 10 CFR 851 requirements into practical training, hazard-assessment, industrial-hygiene, occupational-medicine coordination, worker-participation, recordkeeping, and performance-monitoring processes.
• Implement safety controls for construction activities in radiologically controlled areas, including work planning, radiological worker training, contamination control, and construction-specific hazard controls.
• Perform and document hazard analyses (JSA, Activity Hazard Analysis, Construction Work Packages) for construction activities, ensuring integration with facility
• Provide safety oversight of construction contractors and subcontractors, conduct pre-job briefings, perform field inspections, and interface with construction management and facility operations to ensure safe construction execution.
• Manage 10 CFR 851 reporting obligations including occurrence reporting to DOE, OSHA recordkeeping for construction activities, and coordination with DOE site office and contractor assurance personnel.
• Lead and participate in investigations, audits, inspections, and continuous improvement efforts

Skills

Strong communication

Collaboration

First principles thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in safety, health physics, chemical engineering, industrial hygiene, or related field

Job description

General Matter, Inc. in Richland, WA seeks an EHS Manager to own the company’s 10 CFR 851 Worker Safety and Health program across construction and transition to operations.

You will engineer, implement, and continuously improve environmental, safety, and health systems while overseeing field contractors. You will align with DOE directives and industrial hygiene practices, lead investigations, and drive a durable safety culture supporting project schedules and operational excellence at a nuclear