Senior EHS Engineer — Lead Safety at Energy Plant

Arbor Energy; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings account (HSA) with 0%—0

Flexible savings account (FSA)

Unlimited PTO

12+ company holidays

401(k)

Commuter benefits

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Arbor Energy seeks a Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Engineer to build our safety program across El Segundo and test sites, enabling safe operations during first-time hazardous activities.

You will lead hazard analyses, write procedures, and partner with engineers and regulators to ensure compliance while enabling rapid innovation.

Join a startup-minded team focused on carbon-neutral power and responsible growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of EHS, process safety, or test safety experience in an environment with hazardous operations—engine or vehicle test, launch, propellants or energetics, chemical or power plant, or industrial gas.
• Hands-on experience with pressurized fluid and gas systems, oxygen, flammable gases, or cryogens, and the hazard analysis methods used on them.
• Experience building or substantially rebuilding a safety program, and writing procedures and hazard analyses that engineers and technicians actually use.
• Working knowledge of Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA requirements and the NFPA codes covering compressed gases, cryogenic fluids, hot work, and electrical safety.

Responsibilities

• Build and own Arbor's EHS program: site-specific Injury and Illness Prevention Programs, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, hot work, confined space, electrical safety, contractor control, incident investigation, and the training behind them.
• Formalize test-operations safety with the test team: hazardous-operations procedures, exclusion zones and personnel control, pre-test readiness reviews, and post-test debriefs.
• Lead hazard analyses (JHA, What-If, PHA/HAZOP-style) for new hardware and new operations, and manage change so the analysis stays true as things evolve.
• Bring engineering judgment to oxygen, natural gas, high-pressure CO₂, and cryogenic systems—oxygen compatibility, siting and separation, relief and venting, asphyxiation monitoring.
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations focused on learning and closing corrective actions.
• Own the technical side of environmental permitting and compliance (air permitting for combustion test equipment, hazardous-material inventory and filings, hazardous waste).
• Serve as the safety interface with the test-site host, contractors, and regulators, and carry the program into plant design, construction, and commissioning.

Skills

EHS experience

Safety program development

Hazard analysis (JHA/HAZOP)

Cal/OSHA knowledge

On-site availability

Hazardous operations experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Arbor Energy seeks a Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Engineer to build our safety program across El Segundo and test sites, enabling safe operations during first-time hazardous activities.

You will lead hazard analyses, write procedures, and partner with engineers and regulators to ensure compliance while enabling rapid innovation.

Join a startup-minded team focused on carbon-neutral power and responsible growth.