EHS Engineer (Aerospace & Defense)

Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States. Full-time onsite work at Project Ranger is required, including support outside normal business hours when needed. The role may require access to restricted U.S. Government sites and export-controlled information, with applicable U.S. eligibility, authorization, or security-clearance requirements.

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage aerospace and defense company developing and delivering advanced defense systems through rapidly scaling manufacturing operations.

What you will do

• Provide daily, field-oriented EHS support across construction, facility buildout, manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, commissioning, and site operations.
• Identify workplace, equipment, chemical, construction, electrical, ergonomic, machine-safety, hazardous-energy, and operational risks, then develop practical controls with engineering and operations.
• Lead and support JHAs, PHAs, What-If analyses, equipment and process reviews, Management of Change, pre-startup reviews, commissioning, and operational-readiness activities.
• Develop and continuously improve EHS programs, SOPs, work instructions, inspection tools, training, and corrective-action processes.
• Conduct inspections, walkdowns, incident and near-miss investigations, industrial-hygiene assessments, environmental-compliance activities, and emergency-preparedness work.
• Support energetic-material and explosives operations, including explosives-safety controls, ATF requirements, storage and inventory controls, hazardous-waste management, and required records.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, occupational safety, environmental health and safety, industrial hygiene, environmental science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of EHS, safety engineering, manufacturing safety, process safety, or related industrial experience, preferably in aerospace, defense, chemical processing, or advanced manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of OSHA requirements, industrial EHS programs, and DoD Manual 4145.26 for ammunition, explosives, or energetic-material operations.
• Experience developing EHS programs and training, conducting hazard assessments and investigations, managing corrective actions, and supporting equipment installation, facility modification, commissioning, or startup.
• Ability to interpret equipment specifications, process documentation, engineering drawings, P&IDs, SDSs, and operating procedures and translate requirements into practical controls.
• Ability to work full-time onsite in New Mexico and meet U.S. export-control requirements under ITAR or EAR.

Nice to have

• Experience with energetic materials, propulsion manufacturing, test operations, high-hazard manufacturing, or facility ramp-up from construction through production.
• Experience with machine safeguarding, hazardous-energy control, Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, industrial hygiene, hazardous materials, or environmental compliance.
• Familiarity with ATF explosives requirements and applicable NFPA standards.
• OSHA 30, HAZWOPER, ASP, CSP, or similar training or certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Early-stage environment with significant ownership and rapidly changing operational priorities.
• Hands-on collaboration with operators, technicians, engineers, maintenance personnel, contractors, facilities teams, and leadership.
• Generous benefits package.
• Opportunity to build practical EHS systems as the site transitions from construction and commissioning to sustained manufacturing.