EH&S Manager

Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Armtec Defense Technologies

Armtec Defense Technologies (Armtec) is an operating unit of the Transdigm Group (NYSE: TDG), an industry leader in aerospace and defense products and services. Armtec is comprised of three business units producing subcomponents for ordnance in Coachella, CA; decoy countermeasure flares in Camden AR; and radar countermeasure chaff in Lillington NC. At Armtec, we welcome skilled and enthusiastic people who share our determination and high standards to join us in our mission-critical work supporting the US and allied war-fighters who serve us all by defending democracy and protecting freedom.

This position is staffed in Coachella, at Armtec’s world-class, sole-source production facility for felted fiber nitrocellulose combustible cartridge cases for medium and large caliber military ammunition; and pyrophoric payloads for training grenades.

Company: Armtec Defense Technologies is an operating unit of the Trans Digm Group (NYSE: TDG).

Industry: Manufacturing Combustible Ordnance and Countermeasures

• Title: Environmental Health and Safety Manager
• Job Family: Operations Management
• Reports to: Site Leader
• Works with: Site Leadership, Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Human Resources, Facilities, Security, Materials, Planning, Program Management, employees, contractors, regulatory agencies, and emergency-response organizations
• Location: Coachella, California
• Type: Full-Time

Armtec manufactures energetic nitrocellulose-based products where prevention of energetic material ignition is a fundamental operating priority. The Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Manager is the site leader responsible for continuously improving the safety systems that protect employees, the community, and the business through hands-on ownership, visible leadership, disciplined follow-through, and sustained culture change.

Armtec is striving toward a goal of zero energetic material ignitions. Achieving this requires more than regulatory compliance. It requires strong process safety, industrial safety, environmental stewardship, rigorous change management, and a culture in which employees and leaders understand hazards, follow standards, speak up, stop work when necessary, and take personal ownership for safe execution.

The EH&S Manager partners closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Human Resources, Facilities, Security, Materials, Planning, and Program leadership to embed safety into how work is designed and performed. Armtec believes that safer, more stable, and better-controlled processes improve quality, reliability, productivity, schedule performance, and employee engagement. This leader is expected to help the organization demonstrate that connection through measurable results.

• Own and continuously improve the site EH&S management system and annual safety strategy, with progress toward zero energetic material ignitions as a primary operating objective.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Safety and Environmental team; establish clear expectations, build technical and leadership capability, and hold the function accountable for timely, high-quality execution.
• Maintain a strong and visible presence on the manufacturing floor, routinely observing high-risk work, engaging supervisors and employees, verifying that critical controls are effective, and ensuring gaps are corrected promptly.
• Lead safety culture and change-management efforts so that leaders and employees understand hazards, follow standards, exercise stop-work authority, report concerns, learn from events, and take ownership for safe execution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state,…