EHS Manager

The posting, as Kairos Power wrote it

Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Job Summary

As an Environment Health and Safety (EHS) Manager your primary emphasis will be to lead a diverse team in an operational setting promoting a culture of safety, sustainability and environmental responsibility. You will be responsible for developing and implementing industrial safety, laboratory safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental programs, managing regulatory compliance and fostering a safe and environmentally conscious work environment. You will manage a cross functional EHS team in a growing environment covering several phases, such as research and development, manufacturing, construction, and operations. You and your team are responsible for the overall health and safety of the facility. A successful candidate will need to be highly collaborative, have a lean business mindset, be able to find pioneering ways to achieve complex objectives, adaptable to a fast moving environment, be able to prioritize objectives, and align with the company’s goals and risk tolerance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of EHS professionals, while providing mentorship and growth opportunities.
• Develop, implement and maintain environmental, health and safety programs to ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, laboratory, construction, and research staff to ensure proper identification and mitigation of hazards to ensure work gets done safely.
• Drive the Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) process to improve the overall safety of operations.
• Strategize and implement plans to reduce incident rates and improve EHS performance.
• Implement emergency response plans for incidents and ensure employees are trained accordingly.
• Develops, reviews and conducts EHS-related training, including safety orientation, as part of the new hire orientation meetings.
• Promote a culture of environmental responsibility and encourage sustainable practices throughout the organization.
• Stay current with all environmental, health and safety regulations, inspections and standards and ensure the organization's adherence to all applicable laws.
• Prepare, maintain and submit regulatory reports, permits and documentation as required.
• Conduct workplace inspections and audits to monitor compliance and to identify areas for improvement.
• Oversee hazardous material program including inventory, disposal, recycling, and handling.
• Partner and manage relationships with vendors to assis

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asionally requires schedule flexibility.

• Seldom requires non-standard work-week hours.
• Seldom requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines.

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About our Benefits

We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Paid Vacation
• 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)

Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.

Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.

Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810