Senior Health and Safety Officer

The Test Technology Division of Applied Research Associates, Inc.

(ARA) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Health and Safety Officer.

We are looking for an individual with 15+ years of experience; a bachelor’s degree is preferred, but not required.

The successful applicant will work with our current health and safety manager and our safety committee to ensure safety compliance within our division, and over the test sites where ARA will be conducting construction and testing operations.

We are a group of engineers, scientists and technicians supporting the government and commercial clients in various types of field fabrication, instrumentation and testing activities.

Our work is mostly performed in New Mexico on Kirtland Air Force Base, White Sands Missile Range and at our ARA test site in Moriarty with occasional missions to the Nevada Test Site and Texas Nine Mile Site.

The candidate must be a self-starting team player who will foster a safety environment where all are protected.

Efforts shall be focused on industrial hygiene and a broad range of occupation safety national consensus standards.

   The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, testing, implementing, and educating staff on a diverse range of policies, programs and procedures.

This will be achieved through writing Health and Safety Plans (HASPs), Conducting Hazard Assessments, developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and documentation of training from all organizations involved on the test sites.

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are required.

An individual with regulatory expertise and the ability to research, understand and apply regulations in diverse areas is required.

Candidate shall evaluate a variety of risk factors based on the work at hand and identify counter measures to reduce employee exposure to ergonomic, mechanical, electrical, chemical, physical and biological stress elements.

To ensure the occupational health of employees, the candidate will work with leadership to identify potential health issues and then resolve them in a timely manner.

The position supports a $20M/yr business unit with broad research, fabrication, and field–test responsibilities.

Salary range is dependent on skill level.

Employment is contingent on obtaining a security clearance.

Essential skills and experience:


* Technology Savvy – Able to employ technology, specifically Microsoft Office Suite


* Communication - Able to develop Safety Plans, as well as to coach and mentor employees on safety topics (integrate solutions and motivate compliance)


* Critical Thinking – Able to analyze and discern the causes different occupational hazard risks


* Problem Solving - Able to provide innovative, compliant, and cost-effective safety solutions for unique and one-of-a-kind R&D testing thru literature research and data mining


* Physicality - Able to spend significant amounts of time moving and walking around test beds and ...