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At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you!
Job Description
Director of Environmental, Health & Safety
Protect Our People. Advance Our Mission. Shape What Comes Next.
At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD), we’ve spent nearly 200 years delivering mission-critical technologies that protect lives and advance exploration. As we prepare to double in size over the next 2–5 years, keeping our people safe is fundamental to our growth.
We’re seeking a Director of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to lead EHS across our business. Combine strategic leadership with a strong manufacturing floor presence to build capability, influence operating decisions, and solve problems at their source.
Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, you’ll lead EHS at manufacturing sites in Simsbury, CT; Graham, KY; and Moorpark, CA.
The Impact You’ll Make
Set the Direction. Build the Capability.
- Develop EBAD’s EHS strategy to support growth and manage complex aerospace and defense manufacturing risks.
- Lead and develop EHS professionals across sites, strengthening technical expertise, leadership, and the talent pipeline.
- Establish consistent policies and standards, clear ownership, leading and lagging indicators, and routine effectiveness reviews.
- Advise senior leaders on emerging risks, resources, and investments in safe, reliable operations.
Champion OSHA Compliance & Operational Discipline
- Lead OSHA, EPA, and federal, state, and local EHS compliance; partner with technical and security leaders on applicable DoD and DHS requirements.
- Set standards and verify execution for lockout/tagout (LOTO), machine guarding, electrical safety, hazard communication, hot work, confined spaces, hearing conservation, and respiratory protection.
- Ensure hazard-based PPE and safety equipment selection, availability, use, maintenance, and inspection.
- Direct regulatory readiness, inspections, and audits; manage agency relationships and verify timely, effective closure of findings.
- Ensure accurate injury and illness records, required reporting, and timely adoption of regulatory changes.
- Oversee air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, and spill prevention, plus hazardous waste storage, labeling, containment, disposal, inspections, documentation, and reporting.
Reduce Risk Where the Work Happens
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, and technical experts to control energetic material, chemical, equipment, and process hazards.
- Prevent serious injuries and high-consequence events through risk assessments, process hazard analyses (PHAs), engineering controls, and verified operating practices.
- Integrate EHS into capital projects, equipment selection, process development, facility changes, and production readiness; ensure management of change reviews and controls precede implementation.
- Oversee industrial hygiene, occupational health, contractor safety, and site-specific emergency plans, response capabilities, training, and drills.
Solve Problems at the Source Through EBOS
- Embed safety into daily management, gemba walks, visual management, leader standard work, and kaizen through the Ensign-Bickford Operating System (EBOS).
- Lead root cause analysis of incidents, near misses, environmental events, and recurring compliance gaps; coach teams to gather facts at the source and address process and organizational causes.
- Assign countermeasure owners and deadlines, verify effectiveness through observation and data, and embed cross-site lessons in standards, training, and processes.
Build a Culture of Ownership
- Engage employees and leaders on the floor in hazard identification, safety observations, and solutions; foster speaking up, stopping unsafe work, and resolving concerns.
- Develop leaders’ ability to recognize risk, reinforce standards, and follow through on commitments.
- Set role-based training and qualification expectations, verify application, and strengthen safety committees and observation programs that turn employee input into improvement.
The Candidate We Are Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.- 15+ years of progressive manufacturing EHS experience, including leadership of EHS professionals across multiple sites or complex, high-hazard operations.
- Extensive OSHA General Industry and applicable EHS regulatory knowledge, with experience leading compliance programs, inspections, audits, and injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting.
- Strong EPA and environmental compliance knowledge, including hazardous waste, air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, spill prevention, documentation, and reporting.
- Technical depth in manufacturing safety, industrial hygiene, risk assessment, PHAs, and management of change; ability to evaluate controls and guide site teams.
- Success leading incident investigations, root cause analysis, lean daily management, and verified corrective actions that prevent recurrence.
- Ability to develop EHS talent, translate requirements into practical standards, and influence leaders and employees through change and resistance.
- Experience building EHS training, safety committees, and observation programs that sustain employee engagement and ownership in lean manufacturing.
- Ability to travel regularly among EBAD sites.
Preferred: Aerospace and defense, energetics, explosives, or other high-hazard manufacturing experience, including applicable DoD and DHS requirements. CSP, CIH, related credentials, OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer authorization, and lean operating system experience are valued.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re a leader who earns trust on the manufacturing floor, brings clarity to complex risks, and develops people who solve problems, this is an opportunity to leave a lasting mark. Join EBAD and help shape a future where our people and our business thrive together.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.
At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD), we believe that our strengths are built on our most important resource - our people. Join EBAD and you'll be a part of a team who creates cutting edge technology that will blast us into the future. No other company can match the innovative energetic solutions that we provide. At EBAD you will actively contribute to successful missions putting men, women and satellites into space, and protecting our armed service men and women around the world. If this is the culture and work environment you are seeking, then EBAD is the place for you!
Job Description
Director of Environmental, Health & Safety
Protect Our People. Advance Our Mission. Shape What Comes Next.
At Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD), we’ve spent nearly 200 years delivering mission-critical technologies that protect lives and advance exploration. As we prepare to double in size over the next 2–5 years, keeping our people safe is fundamental to our growth.
We’re seeking a Director of Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to lead EHS across our business. Combine strategic leadership with a strong manufacturing floor presence to build capability, influence operating decisions, and solve problems at their source.
Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, you’ll lead EHS at manufacturing sites in Simsbury, CT; Graham, KY; and Moorpark, CA.
The Impact You’ll Make
Set the Direction. Build the Capability.
- Develop EBAD’s EHS strategy to support growth and manage complex aerospace and defense manufacturing risks.
- Lead and develop EHS professionals across sites, strengthening technical expertise, leadership, and the talent pipeline.
- Establish consistent policies and standards, clear ownership, leading and lagging indicators, and routine effectiveness reviews.
- Advise senior leaders on emerging risks, resources, and investments in safe, reliable operations.
Champion OSHA Compliance & Operational Discipline
- Lead OSHA, EPA, and federal, state, and local EHS compliance; partner with technical and security leaders on applicable DoD and DHS requirements.
- Set standards and verify execution for lockout/tagout (LOTO), machine guarding, electrical safety, hazard communication, hot work, confined spaces, hearing conservation, and respiratory protection.
- Ensure hazard-based PPE and safety equipment selection, availability, use, maintenance, and inspection.
- Direct regulatory readiness, inspections, and audits; manage agency relationships and verify timely, effective closure of findings.
- Ensure accurate injury and illness records, required reporting, and timely adoption of regulatory changes.
- Oversee air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, and spill prevention, plus hazardous waste storage, labeling, containment, disposal, inspections, documentation, and reporting.
Reduce Risk Where the Work Happens
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Facilities, and technical experts to control energetic material, chemical, equipment, and process hazards.
- Prevent serious injuries and high-consequence events through risk assessments, process hazard analyses (PHAs), engineering controls, and verified operating practices.
- Integrate EHS into capital projects, equipment selection, process development, facility changes, and production readiness; ensure management of change reviews and controls precede implementation.
- Oversee industrial hygiene, occupational health, contractor safety, and site-specific emergency plans, response capabilities, training, and drills.
Solve Problems at the Source Through EBOS
- Embed safety into daily management, gemba walks, visual management, leader standard work, and kaizen through the Ensign-Bickford Operating System (EBOS).
- Lead root cause analysis of incidents, near misses, environmental events, and recurring compliance gaps; coach teams to gather facts at the source and address process and organizational causes.
- Assign countermeasure owners and deadlines, verify effectiveness through observation and data, and embed cross-site lessons in standards, training, and processes.
Build a Culture of Ownership
- Engage employees and leaders on the floor in hazard identification, safety observations, and solutions; foster speaking up, stopping unsafe work, and resolving concerns.
- Develop leaders’ ability to recognize risk, reinforce standards, and follow through on commitments.
- Set role-based training and qualification expectations, verify application, and strengthen safety committees and observation programs that turn employee input into improvement.
The Candidate We Are Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.- 15+ years of progressive manufacturing EHS experience, including leadership of EHS professionals across multiple sites or complex, high-hazard operations.
- Extensive OSHA General Industry and applicable EHS regulatory knowledge, with experience leading compliance programs, inspections, audits, and injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting.
- Strong EPA and environmental compliance knowledge, including hazardous waste, air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, spill prevention, documentation, and reporting.
- Technical depth in manufacturing safety, industrial hygiene, risk assessment, PHAs, and management of change; ability to evaluate controls and guide site teams.
- Success leading incident investigations, root cause analysis, lean daily management, and verified corrective actions that prevent recurrence.
- Ability to develop EHS talent, translate requirements into practical standards, and influence leaders and employees through change and resistance.
- Experience building EHS training, safety committees, and observation programs that sustain employee engagement and ownership in lean manufacturing.
- Ability to travel regularly among EBAD sites.
Preferred: Aerospace and defense, energetics, explosives, or other high-hazard manufacturing experience, including applicable DoD and DHS requirements. CSP, CIH, related credentials, OSHA General Industry Outreach Trainer authorization, and lean operating system experience are valued.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re a leader who earns trust on the manufacturing floor, brings clarity to complex risks, and develops people who solve problems, this is an opportunity to leave a lasting mark. Join EBAD and help shape a future where our people and our business thrive together.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in EHS director jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in environmental science, occupational health, safety engineering, or a related field
- 7 or more years of progressive EHS experience, including supervisory or director-level responsibility
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) credential preferred or required
- Demonstrated knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and applicable federal, state, and local environmental regulations
- Experience building, managing, and auditing company-wide EHS management systems such as ISO 14001 or OHSAS 18001
- Proven ability to lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action programs across multiple sites
Tips for Your EHS Director Job Search
Lead your resume with regulatory depth
EHS directors are evaluated on their command of OSHA, EPA, and industry-specific standards like RCRA or PSM. List the specific regulations you've managed compliance for, not just generic 'safety program' language. Vague claims lose out to specific regulatory citations.
Quantify incident rate reductions you drove
Hiring managers want to see TRIR and DART rate improvements tied directly to your initiatives. Translate your safety leadership into before-and-after metrics so reviewers can see the operational impact you delivered at previous employers.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists ehs director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by industry permit complexity
EHS director roles in chemical, oil and gas, and heavy manufacturing carry far heavier permitting burdens than general corporate roles. If your background is in Title V air permits or Tier II reporting, filter your search toward those sectors where your expertise commands the most weight.
Prepare a scenario answer for crisis response
Interviewers for EHS director roles almost always present a workplace fatality, spill, or OSHA inspection scenario. Prepare a structured response covering immediate notification, containment, root cause analysis, and corrective action before your first interview.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
EHS director offers vary widely in whether environmental, health, and safety all report to you or are split across functions. Clarify reporting lines, headcount, and capital budget authority before accepting, since scope affects both your day-to-day authority and your next career move.
EHS Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most ehs directors?
The companies hiring the most ehs directors right now include Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company, Elanco, and Tolmar, with the largest share of openings in Kansas, Ohio, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Manufacturing, energy, and construction consistently drive the highest volume of director-level EHS demand.
How many ehs director jobs are remote?
About 60% of ehs director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that most director roles require on-site oversight of physical operations and regulatory compliance activities. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote flexibility include corporate EHS policy, management system auditing, and regulatory affairs roles that do not require daily floor or field presence.
How do you become a ehs director?
Start with a bachelor's degree in environmental science, safety management, industrial hygiene, or a related field, then build field-level EHS experience in a regulated industry. Earn a professional credential such as the CSP or CIH, move into supervisory roles managing safety staff or programs, and document measurable outcomes like incident rate reductions. Director roles typically require demonstrated multi-site or enterprise-level program ownership before hiring managers consider a candidate ready.
Can you get an ehs director role without prior director experience?
Yes, candidates who move from EHS manager or senior EHS specialist roles can compete for director openings if they can demonstrate enterprise-level program ownership and measurable safety outcomes. Strengthening your candidacy with a CSP credential, experience leading audits across multiple facilities, and evidence of cross-functional influence at the VP or operations level closes most of the experience gap hiring managers cite.
What does the ehs director interview process look like?
Most ehs director processes run three to four rounds and include an initial screen with HR, a technical panel with operations and legal stakeholders, and a final interview with the CHRO or CEO. Expect at least one behavioral scenario around crisis response, an OSHA inspection, or a regulatory enforcement action. Some employers add a written case study or ask candidates to present a 90-day EHS program plan during the final round.
Where can I find and apply to ehs director jobs?
You can find and apply to ehs director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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