Senior Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist

Nightwing; Sterling (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to lead environmental compliance programs, manage hazardous waste, air permitting, and EPA Tier II reporting, while ensuring OSHA/EPA compliance across sites.

You will partner with internal teams and regulators, develop policies, and drive EHS training in a hybrid work model based near Dulles, VA. Requires degree and 5+ years of experience, U.S. citizenship for potential security clearances.

Qualifications

• Experience enforcing environmental health and safety requirements.
• Ability to interpret federal, state and local regs for compliance strategies.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage environmental compliance programs per regulations.
• Oversee hazardous waste management, manifests, inventories and disposal.
• Manage air permitting, permit applications, renewals and tracking.
• Prepare EPA Tier II reports and chemical inventories with stakeholders.
• Support additional environmental reporting and compliance needs.
• Serve as EHS SME to internal teams and regulators.
• Develop, update, and maintain EHS policies and training.
• Ensure EHS considerations in projects and maintain metrics.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Environmental health & safety

Communication skills

Regulatory analysis

Team collaboration

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Advanced degree in related field

Job description

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Senior Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist

Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Lead and manage environmental compliance programs in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Oversee hazardous waste management activities, including waste identification, manifests, inventories, vendor coordination and disposal
• Manage air permitting and compliance, to include permit applications, renewals, recordkeeping, and emissions tracking
• Prepare and submit EPA Tier II reports, including chemical inventory management and coordination with internal stakeholders
• Support additional environmental reporting and compliance requirements
• Serve as the primary environmental compliance subject matter expert for internal teams and external regulators
• Support EHS programs across the company both at the corporate and individual business level
• Assist with incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation
• Develop, update, and maintain EHS policies, procedures and training materials
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure EHS considerations are being integrated into projects
• Maintain EHS metrics, dashboards, and documentation for internal and external reporting.
• Assist in review and interpretation of existing and proposed EHS regulations to determine applicability and impact on operations
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, NFPA, and applicable regulatory standards

This job is posted as hybrid but must be local to the Dulles, VA to report quickly onsite if an emergency requires.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically Requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience
• EHS experience with a strong emphasis on environmental compliance
• Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills
• Experience in reviewing and analyzing federal, state, local and international health and safety regulations and developing appropriate compliance strategies
• The ability obtain a Government clearance. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a Government clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Professional certifications such as CSP, CIH, or CHMM are a plus
• Project management and execution skills
• Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph preferred but not required

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.