Position OverviewTitle: Health, & Safety (EHS) Officer
Company: Wild West Systems
Location: Leander, TX
Employment Type: Full-time
Role SummaryWild West Systems is seeking a EHS Officer to lead safety, compliance, and risk management for operations involving ammunition, explosives, energetics materials, and associated transportation and handling activities. This role will own site-level safety programs, regulatory compliance, training, inspections, incident response, and interface with internal teams, regulators, and government customers. The position is responsible for ensuring operations align with US-DoD contract (DMCA), Safety and security requirements, OSHA standards, and hazardous materials transportation (US-DOT) requirements.
Key Responsibilities- Develop, implement, and maintain the company's ammunition and explosives safety program in accordance with DoD 4145 26m, DESR 6055.09 and 27 CFR Part 555 (ATFE)
- Ensure compliance with OSHA requirements applicable to explosives and blasting agents, including hazard identification, safe work practices, training, and controlled handling procedures OSHA
- Manage hazardous materials transportation compliance under 49 CFR, including packaging, marking, labeling, shipping documentation, segregation, and carrier coordination for Class 1 materials
- Conduct safety reviews, inspections, audits, and corrective action tracking for manufacturing, storage, test, and transport operations
- Support site hazard analysis, risk assessments, emergency response planning, and incident investigation
- Interface with DCMA, government quality/safety/security representatives, and customer auditors during inspections, program reviews, and corrective action closure
- Maintain records, training documentations, SOPs, permits, and compliance artifacts required for regulated munitions activities
- Advise engineering, operations, logistics, and program management on safe design, storage, handling, and movement of energetics materials
- Lead or support root-cause analysis for safety events, near misses, and nonconformances
- Monitor changes, in applicable federal, state, and local requirements and update company procedures accordingly
Required Qualifications- 5+ years of experience in explosives safety, ammunition operations, munitions compliance, industrial safety, or a related regulated environment
- Demonstrated working knowledge of DoD 4145.26 contractor safety requirements for ammunition and explosives
- Familiarity with OSHA 29 CFR standards relevant to hazardous materials, explosives, and general industrial safety
- Working Knowledge of 49 CFR hazardous materials transportation requirements, especially Class 1 explosive materials
- Working Knowledge of 27 CFR Part 555 (ATFE)
- Experience supporting or interacting with DCMA government oversight functions
- Experience developing AE SOPs, training programs, inspection checklists, and corrective action systems
- Experience generating, implementing, and reviewing ESSP (explosives site safety plan) for multiple sites
- ITAR Requirement
- Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, engineering, chemistry, environmental health, or related field/equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications- Experience in munitions, manufacturing
- Experience in munitions, test range operations
- CSP, ASP, CHMM, or similar safety certification
- Experience with ISO- style quality systems, contractor safety programs, or military customer audits
- Experience working in a start-up and fast-paced environment
Success Measures- Zero preventable safety incidents involving munitions or hazardous materials
- Timely completion of audits, training, inspections, and corrective actions
- Annual reviews and approval cycles of safety documentation
- Annual training of all personnel in regard to company AE safety policies
- Audit readiness for DCMA and customer reviews
- Clear, usable safety procedures that support operational speed without sacrificing compliance
- Cross-functional adoption of safe work practices across the business
