Principal Environmental Health and Safety Engineer at Northrop Grumman Sunnyvale, CA

Northrop Grumman; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a Principal Environmental Health and Safety Engineer to join their Mission Systems team. The role involves developing and maintaining safety programs, reviewing EHS regulations, and conducting job hazard assessments. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in safety or a related field and at least five years of relevant experience, as well as the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance. Relocation assistance may be available, along with benefits like competitive salaries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in safety, engineering, or related field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Certified Professional Ergonomist is highly desired.
• Experience in conducting EHS training and compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Review and interpret EHS regulations to ensure compliance.
• Develop and maintain safety programs for risk mitigation.
• Conduct job hazard assessments and recommend hazard controls.
• Perform analysis of health and safety data to identify trends.
• Communicate safety information to employees and management.

Skills

Incident investigations

Job hazard analysis

EHS training

Ergonomic evaluations

Electrical safety

Material handling safety

Fall protection

Cryogenic safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in safety or related field

Master of Science in a related field

Job description

Principal Environmental Health and Safety Engineer – Sunnyvale, California

Northrop Grumman is looking for a Principal Environmental Health and Safety Engineer to join our Mission Systems team at the Sunnyvale, California manufacturing site.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance type: None. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and interprets existing and proposed environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulations to determine applicability and impact for the site.
• Develops, implements, and maintains safety programs to ensure compliance, injury prevention, and risk mitigation.
• Conducts job hazard assessments and recommends appropriate hazard control approaches.
• Oversees occupational safety programs such as electrical, lockout‑tagout, material handling (cranes, aerial lifts, and forklifts), contractor safety, confined space, fall protection, cryogenics, incident investigations, and robotics.
• Performs analysis of health and safety data to identify trends, assess program effectiveness, and develop program/process improvements.
• Reviews new construction and renovation plans for EHS aspects.
• Compiles, interprets, and presents various KPIs.
• Conducts internal compliance inspections to identify actions necessary to meet regulatory requirements.
• Partners with management to continuously improve the culture, awareness and accountability in support of EHS programs.
• Partners with engineers, scientists, and management to support the integration of EHS into the design of new or altered processes, operations and building construction projects.
• Communicates safety information to employees, management, and other stakeholders and collaborates with cross‑functional teams on safety initiatives.
• Interfaces with regulatory representatives, senior management, the site EHS Committee, and the Emergency Response and Crisis Management teams.
• Provides timely and accurate submission of necessary reports to internal stakeholders, electronic databases and regulatory agencies.
• Writes and updates EHS plans and procedures.
• Coordinates EHS training for employees and conducts instructor‑led EHS training.
• Supports the site’s environmental, occupational health, and fire protection programs.
• Manages/oversees third‑party consultants/contractors.
• Implements and manages all safety‑related programs and supports occupational health and environmental programs.
• Maintains current knowledge of changes in safety regulations, standards, and best practices and updates employer’s safety programs and procedures accordingly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (BA or BS) degree in safety, industrial hygiene, engineering, environmental science, occupational safety, or a related field, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or a Master of Science (MS) in the same disciplines with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Certified Professional Ergonomist and/or extensive experience with performing industrial and office ergonomic evaluations and resolving ergonomic risks in the workplace is highly desired.
• Experience in conducting incident investigations, personal protective equipment assessments, and job hazard analysis and EHS training.
• Experience in conducting training for crane, aerial lift, fall protection and forklift operations.
• Experience with managing various EHS compliance programs (with a specific emphasis on occupational safety programs such as electrical, lockout‑tagout, material handling, contractor safety, confined space, fall protection, and cryogenics) based on the review and interpretation of EHS regulations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For more information on our EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit our website. U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.