Energetics Safety Leader — Risk, Compliance & Impact

Castelion Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Paid time off

Health benefits

Parental leave

Fitness stipend

Job summary

Castelion Corporation is seeking an Energetics Safety Manager to lead the company's Energetics Safety Program and establish policies, standards, and training for energetic operations across locations. This role reports to EHS and collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Facilities, Security, and Program Management to embed safety throughout the lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in energetic materials or explosives operations, and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Occupational Safety, Chemistry, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Eight or more years of experience supporting energetic materials or explosives operations in aerospace, defense, military, manufacturing, or another high hazard industry.
• Demonstrated experience developing or implementing energetics safety programs, technical standards, procedures, and operational requirements.
• Experience leading or facilitating hazard analyses and risk assessments, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies such as PHAs, HAZOPs, FMEAs, What-If analyses, QRAs, and Quantity-Distance evaluations.
• Ability to provide independent safety oversight, influence cross-functional teams, and communicate risk-based recommendations without direct operational or engineering authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the company's Energetics Safety Program.
• Establish and maintain company-wide policies, standards, procedures, specifications, and training for energetic operations.
• Promote consistent practices across manufacturing, ground test, flight test, storage, transportation, and disposal activities.
• Incorporate lessons learned, regulatory changes, and industry practices into program improvements and the broader EHS Management System.
• Develop and maintain processes for identifying, evaluating, documenting, and managing risks associated with energetic materials and operations.
• Lead or facilitate qualitative and quantitative hazard analyses, including PHAs, HAZOPs, FMEAs, What-If analyses, QRAs, and Quantity-Distance evaluations, as appropriate.
• Support facility siting, hazard classification, blast and fragmentation assessments, consequence analysis, and operational readiness activities.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to develop risk reduction strategies using sound engineering principles and the hierarchy of controls.
• Ensure residual risks, assumptions, and required safeguards are clearly documented and elevated through the appropriate risk acceptance process.
• Lead the integration of energetics safety across engineering, manufacturing, and test operations without assuming ownership of technical design or operational execution.
• Establish standardized approaches for safely conducting energetic manufacturing, ground test, and flight test activities.
• Coordinate energetics safety support for major test campaigns and other high-consequence operations to ensure personnel, facilities, equipment, and safeguards are aligned.
• Support operations conducted at external ranges and ensure alignment with applicable customer and range safety requirements.
• Represent EHS as a key stakeholder throughout the engineering and operational lifecycle.
• Participate in design reviews, manufacturing and production readiness reviews, operational readiness reviews, and ground and flight test readiness reviews.
• Evaluate whether energetics hazards, risk controls, and verification requirements are appropriately identified and addressed before execution.
• Provide independent recommendations regarding energetics risk, operational safeguards, and residual risk acceptance while preserving Engineering's authority over technical design decisions.
• Lead enterprise compliance with applicable energetics and explosives safety requirements.
• Interpret and implement applicable DoD explosives safety standards, DoD 4145, ATF, OSHA, DOT, NFPA, and federal, state, local, customer, and range-specific requirements.
• Develop compliance strategies, maintain required documentation, and support regulatory inspections, customer audits, government reviews, and explosives safety approvals.
• Develop and maintain the company's Energetics Safety Training Program, including qualification and competency expectations based on operational hazards and regulatory requirements.
• Lead or support investigations involving energetic materials, identify root and contributing causes, and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Integrate lessons learned into standards, procedures, training, and future design and operational reviews.
• Track leading and lagging indicators, identify trends, and implement improvements that strengthen safety performance and operational effectiveness

Skills

Energetics safety program leadership

Hazard analyses leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety risk assessment

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Occupational Safety, Chemistry, Physics, or a related technical discipline

Job description

Castelion Corporation is seeking an Energetics Safety Manager to lead the company's Energetics Safety Program and establish policies, standards, and training for energetic operations across locations. This role reports to EHS and collaborates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Test, Facilities, Security, and Program Management to embed safety throughout the lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in energetic materials or explosives operations, and strong