Principal Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-07-30

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HVA34: Sterling, VA 22640 Davis Dr , Sterling, VA, 20164-7104 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Principal Specialist, EH&S Generalist overseeing Environmental, Health, and Safety at the Sterling, VA Mission Systems location. The site professional will play a pivotal role in providing technical guidance to the leadership team, ensuring seamless execution of EH&S Management System requirements. Advocating for EH&S-compliant solutions, you will support management system program execution aligned with corporate requirements, schedules and customer specifications.

Drive regulatory compliance and adherence to EH&S standards, lead guidance of site EH&S programs while fostering a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility with the Leadership Teams. Engaging with all levels of the site workforce, you will implement EH&S initiatives, oversee incident management, conduct technical reviews and risk assessments, and ensure comprehensive EH&S training. Your contributions will be vital in maintaining a safe workplace and achieving excellence in EH&S performance.

Primary onsite support shall be based at the Sterling, VA Mission Systems location with secondary support provided for the locations in STS (Simulation and Training Solutions) Mission Systems portfolio including Binghamton, Salt Lake City and Orlando. Potential travel quarterly.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for oversite of EH&S requirements and Management System
• Ability to obtain approved government security clearance
• Provide technical guidance to the business leadership team to ensure effective execution of EH&S Management System requirements.
• Foster an EH&S culture of collaboration and shared responsibility with site leadership and employees.
• Provide insight to capital planning for the achievement of short-term and long-term goals that meet company and legal requirements.
• Support the organization to ensure legal and regulatory compliance and adherence with EH&S standards and procedures.
• Primary contact for local, state, federal legal regulatory organizations.
• Interact with hourly, management, field work and contractor personnel in support of EH&S program requirements and implementation. 
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of metrics and compliance requirements. 
• Support incident management from investigation through corrective action implementation. 
• Ensure required EH&S training is provided to workforce personnel and contractors. Site specific EH&S training may apply. 
• Perform technical reviews, risk assessments, analyses, and inspections of processes/facilities. 
• Support compliance assurance reviews & program evaluations as well as other internal and external reviews.

What You Will Learn

• Oversite of EH&S programs, their implementation and ensuring alignment with the EH&S Management System and Legal requirements
• Leading through collaborative relationships with the site leadership team and driving EHS integration into roles and responsibilities of all leaders
• Facilitate EH&S Management System alignment and general support within STS locations

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• Ability to travel quarterly as business needs determine

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  
• Tuition reimbursement program 
• Student Loan Repayment Program  
• Life insurance and disability coverage  
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits 
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  
• Adoption Assistan