Head of Manufacturing Safety Engineering

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineering leader to build and scale a dedicated safety discipline across production sites. You will establish risk assessment workflows, define templates, sign-off gates, and a robust change-management process that keeps equipment, fixtures, and work instructions safe.

The ideal candidate blends hands-on technical leadership with strategy, partnering with EHS, controls engineering, and operations to reduce

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in manufacturing safety.
• Experience defining risk-assessment frameworks and safety templates.
• Ability to drive safety across multiple production sites.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop the Manufacturing Safety Engineering team across Anduril.
• Establish and standardize the manufacturing-safety framework: risk assessment method, templates, risk-acceptance criteria, sign-off gates, and change-management process.
• Grow the manufacturing-safety discipline across sites.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing safety

Risk assessment

Process standardization

Management of change

EHS collaboration

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Safety Engineering leader to build and scale a dedicated safety discipline across production sites. You will establish risk assessment workflows, define templates, sign-off gates, and a robust change-management process that keeps equipment, fixtures, and work instructions safe.

The ideal candidate blends hands-on technical leadership with strategy, partnering with EHS, controls engineering, and operations to reduce