EHS Specialist – Environment, Health & Safety (Nuclear)

Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho, or remote within the United States; remote employees must travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, California twice per quarter based on business or team needs, and work in person at headquarters for the first two weeks of onboarding. Only applicants meeting the definition of a U.S. person under applicable export control laws may be eligible.

Salary: $80,000–$150,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops fast fission power plants, advanced fuel recycling technologies, and domestic supply chains for critical radioisotopes to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, implement, and continuously improve EHS policies, programs, procedures, and compliance systems for offices, laboratories, test facilities, construction sites, and future plant sites.
• Conduct workplace hazard assessments, job hazard analyses, safety inspections, and corrective-action follow-up.
• Lead incident reporting and investigations, including root-cause analysis and lessons learned.
• Manage environmental compliance activities, including permitting, waste management, and regulatory reporting.
• Develop and deliver EHS training for employees, contractors, and visitors, and support industrial hygiene, chemical safety, hazardous materials, and emergency preparedness programs.
• Partner with engineering, operations, construction, and licensing teams; track EHS metrics and communicate performance and trends to leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in an EHS role in industrial, laboratory, construction, energy, or nuclear settings.
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations and environmental compliance requirements.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and hazard assessments.
• Strong technical knowledge of EHS regulations, risk assessment, and program management.
• Ability to communicate technical content and results verbally and in writing, including writing in a modern active voice.
• Ability to work independently, learn quickly, think creatively and critically, and solve open-ended safety and compliance problems in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Clear communication, teamwork, ownership, attention to detail, and strong grammar and spelling.

Nice to have

• Professional certification such as CHST, CSP, CIH, or ASP.
• Experience in nuclear, DOE, or NRC-regulated environments.
• Experience supporting construction or commissioning of industrial or energy facilities.
• Experience building or scaling EHS programs in a startup or high-growth company.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup environment focused on efficiency, low hierarchy, ownership, collaboration, humility, and creative problem-solving.
• Flexible time off, flexible work hours, and wellness credits.
• Equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance with employer contribution, HSA, and FSA.
• Employment may be contingent on successful completion of a drug screening, with possible testing during employment in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.