Environmental Health & Safety Specialist - SpaceX (Job)

Location: Hawthorne, CA

Full-time Position

Closing Date: December 6, 2025

Degree Level(s): BS

Hourly Range: $30.00 - $48.00

Posted: November 6, 2025

Description:

As part of the SpaceX Environmental Health & Safety team, you will play a pivotal role in providing technical EHS support to a wide array of launch vehicle manufacturing teams. As a tactical extension of the EHS engineering team, you will serve to reinforce safe work and work conditions for our most valuable assets, our employees.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Install air monitoring devices and associated PLC hardware integration
  • Calibrate and service a wide array of EHS instrumentation
  • Execute industrial hygiene studies to analyze manufacturing byproducts against associated human health thresholds
  • Design and deploy high-resolution EHS signage throughout SpaceX locations
  • Qualify PPE requirements through in-depth hazard analysis and review of consensus agency standards (NIOSH/ANSI, etc.)
  • Monitor air filtration efficacy and perform scheduled preventative maintenance
  • Functional testing of active and passive machine guarding devices in a wide array of applications
  • Document job hazard assessments (JHAs)
  • Perform safety inspections and address deficiencies to mitigate risk
  • Conduct incident investigations and provide recommendations for corrective action
  • Play an active role in emergency response planning
  • Facilitate employee classroom safety trainings
  • Create lockout/tagout procedures for complex work cells and industrial machinery
  • Manage hazardous and non-hazardous waste to include proper handling, labeling, and storage
  • Monitor safety equipment strongholds to ensure supplies are always made readily available
  • Support environmental compliance as required by environmental teams

Skills/Eligibility:

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree; OR High school diploma, or equivalency certificate, with 4+ years of experience implementing and overseeing environmental, health and safety programs

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • A dedication to the mission of making humanity multiplanetary
  • A sense of curiosity for how things work
  • Mechanically inclined and capable of comprehending basic principles of modern machinery
  • High level of emotional intelligence and ability to adapt communication styles with all levels of the company
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
  • Ability to accept constructive criticism and quickly course correct
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment
  • Proven track record of strong organizational skills and multi-tasking capabilities
  • BCSP certification (ASP, CSP, SMS, OHST etc.)

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