Safety Manager

About CFD Research: Since its inception in 1987, CFD Research has delivered innovative technology solutions within the Aerospace & Defense, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Intelligence & Sensing, and Energy & Materials industries. CFD Research has earned multiple national awards for successful application and commercialization of innovative component/system technology prototypes, multi-physics simulation software, multi-disciplinary analyses, and expert support services. Based in Huntsville, Alabama where laboratory facilities and headquarters are located, CFD Research also has office and laboratory facilities in Dayton, Ohio, prototyping test and evaluation facilities in Hollywood, Alabama, and office facilities in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

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AS9100D registered company and is appraised at CMMI Level II for Services. CFD Research is a 100% ESOP (employee-owned company) recognized in Inc. Magazine's Inc
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CFD Research is seeking a Safety Manager to support our Engineering Test Center in Hollywood, Alabama. This position will serve as the primary on-site safety professional for a technical environment that may include propulsion testing, fuels and oxidizers, compressed gases, pressure systems, operations, machining, and fabrication.

The Safety Manager will partner with engineering, manufacturing, facilities, security, quality, and program leadership to identify hazards, evaluate operational risk, establish practical controls, and maintain compliance with applicable occupational safety requirements. The position will be expected to participate directly in test planning and readiness activities, provide independent safety input, and help ensure that hazardous work is planned, documented, and performed in a controlled manner.

• Lead the occupational safety program for the Engineering Test Facility and support the continuous improvement of the company’s occupational safety and health program.
• Serve as the primary safety advisor to site leadership, engineering teams, test personnel, manufacturing personnel, and facilities staff.
• Participate in test planning, test-readiness reviews, pre-task briefings, and operational risk reviews for propulsion and other high-energy test activities.
• Evaluate hazards associated with fuels, oxidizers, compressed gases, pressure systems, combustion products, electrical systems, and test equipment.
• Develop and maintain safety policies, procedures, standard operating procedures, emergency plans, permits, checklists, and technical safety guidance.
• Conduct job hazard analyses, risk assessments, process hazard reviews, what-if analyses, and other structured hazard evaluations appropriate to the operation.
• Conduct routine inspections of test areas, manufacturing spaces, laboratories, storage locations, mechanical areas, and contractor work sites.
• Investigate injuries, illnesses, near misses, property damage, spills, releases, fires, test anomalies, and other safety-related events.
• Support compliance with OSHA General Industry requirements and other applicable federal, state, local, contractual, and consensus standards.
• Develop and administer programs addressing hazard communication, respiratory protection, personal protective equipment, lockout/tagout, electrical safety, confined spaces, fall protection, machine guarding, hot work, and emergency response.
• Assist with chemical approval, inventory control, Safety Data Sheet management, storage compatibility, labeling, and hazardous-waste coordination.
• Support emergency preparedness, including spill and release response planning, evacuation drills, fire protection coordination, severe-weather planning, and interfaces with local emergency responders.
• Establish contractor safety expectations and review contractor work plans, permits, qualifications, and site controls before hazardous work begins.
• Develop and deliver employee safety training, technical briefings, toolbox talks, lessons learned, and targeted safety communications.
• Analyze inspection, incident, training, and corrective-action data to identify…