Environmental Health & Safety Professional
Springfield, VA
Pay Range: $41.00-$60.00/hour
Job Description:
The EHS Professional is a key field-facing leader responsible for advancing and continuously improving the Environmental, Health & Safety program across assigned projects. This role plays a vital part in fostering a proactive safety culture, supporting project execution, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.
Operating with a servant-leader mindset, the EHS Professional partners closely with project teams, mentors EHS Coordinators and junior EHS leaders, and serves as a trusted advisor to operations. This is a hands-on leadership role involving audits, site-specific safety planning, training delivery, incident investigation, and proactive risk management, with direct reporting to senior EHS leadership.
Military experience equivalency may substitute for some requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a visible safety leader, supporting project teams with practical, field-driven EHS guidance.
- Lead the development, implementation, and enforcement of site-specific EHS plans, policies, and procedures.
- Conduct project audits, inspections, and evaluations to ensure compliance and program effectiveness.
- Collaborate with project leadership to identify hazards, mitigate risk, and implement best practices.
- Lead and support incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective actions with a prevention-focused approach.
- Deliver effective safety training, orientations, and toolbox talks across a range of topics and environments.
- Mentor and support EHS Coordinators and junior EHS Managers to promote consistency and professional development.
- Analyze leading and lagging safety indicators to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Apply working knowledge of industrial hygiene principles, including air monitoring, sampling, and data logging.
- Support the development of standardized best practices, training materials, and policy enhancements.
- Communicate project conditions, risks, and performance clearly to project teams and corporate EHS leadership.
- Provide EHS support during construction activities including system checkout, commissioning, and startup as required.
Required Qualifications:
- 7–10+ years of progressive EHS experience in industrial, construction, maintenance, mechanical, or electrical environments.
- OSHA 500 (Authorized Outreach Trainer) certification required.
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification required.
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing, coaching, and training EHS personnel: 3+ years of experience required.
- CHST and/or CSP certification required or strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of applicable safety regulations, compliance standards, and field safety practices.
- Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record and ability to travel to project sites.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Leadership development or supervisory training programs.
- Advanced OSHA coursework related to construction and industrial safety.
- Training or certification aligned with EM 385-1-1 safety requirements.
- MSHA-related training or certifications.
- NFPA 70E training or certification with demonstrated electrical safety knowledge.
- Additional EHS certifications supporting regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.
Key Traits, Skills, & Abilities:
- Clear, direct communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, and capable of operating independently.
- Calm, solutions-oriented problem solver who performs well under pressure.
- Proactive in identifying risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
- Strong technical foundation with a systems-based approach to safety.
- Flexible, dependable, and adaptable to changing project demands.
- Effective mentor and coach who develops teams and builds trust.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong bias for action and accountability.
- Maintains a big-picture perspective aligned with organizational goals and long-term success.
***For consideration for this opportunity, please email your resume to info@uspro.net and include in your message the job title AND five-digit number that follows the job title***
Equal Opportunity Statement:
USPRO is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability and/or other protected categories. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodation(s) to qualified individuals with disabilities or needs, as required by law.
