Energetics Safety Program Lead

Castelion; Rio Rancho (NM); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion seeks an Energetics Safety Manager to lead the enterprise Energetics Safety Program across design, manufacture, testing and disposal of energetic materials. You will establish policies, standards, and training, and partner with engineering, manufacturing, and operations to embed safety in lifecycle.

You will develop risk analyses (PHAs, HAZOPs, FMEAs), manage regulatory compliance with DoD explosives safety, NFPA, OSHA, and DOT, and ensure independent safety oversight across locations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Occupational Safety, Chemistry, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• Eight or more years of progressively responsible 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.
• Experience participating in multidisciplinary design reviews, readiness reviews, and high consequence test or manufacturing activities.
• Working knowledge of applicable DoD explosives safety requirements, ATF regulations, OSHA, DOT hazardous materials regulations, and NFPA codes and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Energetics Safety Program development and continuous improvement.
• Establish 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.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Hazard analysis experience

Safety program development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Tools

PHAs

HAZOPs

FMEAs

What-If analyses

QRAs

Quantity-Distance evaluations

Job description

Castelion seeks an Energetics Safety Manager to lead the enterprise Energetics Safety Program across design, manufacture, testing and disposal of energetic materials. You will establish policies, standards, and training, and partner with engineering, manufacturing, and operations to embed safety in lifecycle.

You will develop risk analyses (PHAs, HAZOPs, FMEAs), manage regulatory compliance with DoD explosives safety, NFPA, OSHA, and DOT, and ensure independent safety oversight across locations