EHS Specialist: Safety, Compliance & Training

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline is seeking an onsite EHS Specialist in South San Francisco to own day-to-day EHS program execution across manufacturing, laboratories, and office spaces. You will conduct hazard assessments, safety training development, corrective-action closure, and support emergency preparedness to keep teams safe in a rapidly scaling environment.

Responsibilities include incident investigations, risk prioritization, inspections, JHAs, ergonomic reviews, and coordinating with Facilities for space

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of EHS experience supporting R&D, lab, manufacturing, or engineering environments.
• Working knowledge of OSHA and Cal/OSHA requirements, workplace inspections, incident investigations, hazard assessments, chemical safety, PPE, and hazardous waste management.

Responsibilities

• Investigate incidents, near misses, and safety observations; identify root causes and drive corrective actions to documented closure.
• Prioritize high-risk hazards and overdue corrective actions by severity and compliance risk; escalate as needed.
• Conduct inspections, audits, hazard assessments, JHAs, ergonomic evaluations, and reviews across labs, manufacturing, warehouse, and offices.

Skills

OSHA/Cal/OSHA knowledge

EHS incident investigations

Hazard assessments

Chemical safety

PPE management

Effective communication

Onsite work in SSF

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Occupational Safety/Industrial Hygiene/Environmental Science

Tools

Google Workspace

EHS management systems

ISO 14001/45001 knowledge

Job description

Zipline is seeking an onsite EHS Specialist in South San Francisco to own day-to-day EHS program execution across manufacturing, laboratories, and office spaces. You will conduct hazard assessments, safety training development, corrective-action closure, and support emergency preparedness to keep teams safe in a rapidly scaling environment.

Responsibilities include incident investigations, risk prioritization, inspections, JHAs, ergonomic reviews, and coordinating with Facilities for space