Senior Specialist, Environment, Health and Safety (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; 4–5 days per week in the office with regular in-person meetings, events, and frequent domestic travel to other Scout locations.

Salary: $120,000–$140,000 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified and digitally enabled pickup trucks and rugged SUVs while building a new vehicle company and commercial network.

What you will do

• Lead EHS strategies, operational readiness, and site activation for vehicle sales and service locations.
• Integrate EHS requirements into site selection, design, construction, launch, and ongoing operations.
• Coordinate EHS priorities across Commercial Operations, Real Estate, Construction, Facilities, Legal, Security, HR, and external partners.
• Own enterprise project plans, governance processes, timelines, deliverables, stakeholder communications, and executive updates.
• Standardize EHS procedures, documentation, training, reporting, audits, assessments, and performance metrics across locations.
• Lead incident investigations, corrective action plans, risk assessments, contractor oversight, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, environmental science, engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of EHS experience, with knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local US regulations.
• Strong project and program management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives across multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience with facility construction projects, multi-site vehicle sales and service locations, automotive, construction, or large-scale expansion programs is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint; familiarity with Avetta, ISN, Ideagen, or Benchmark.
• Valid driver’s license required; frequent domestic business travel and regular office attendance are required.

Nice to have

• Professional certification such as CSP.
• At least two years of experience supporting facility construction projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to help build an automotive company and products from the ground up.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave plus paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.