ESA is seeking an experienced Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) Manager to join our firm as a strategic leader, providing operational guidance and technical expertise in SHE management. The Firmwide Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) Manager is responsible for advancing a proactive and positive safety culture across the organization. The Firmwide SHE Manager ensures regulatory compliance, drives continuous improvement of SHE programs, and serves as a trusted advisor influencing safe behaviors and risk‑reduction decisions at all organizational levels. The selected candidate can be based out of Los Angeles, CA, Santa Barbara, CA, and/or San Diego, CA, and be able to work a hybrid schedule of being on-site a few days per week.
Who You Are
- An experienced Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) Manager with a minimum of 7 years of experience in supporting a comprehensive, operations-focused, company-wide SHE Program.
- Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Industrial Hygiene, or a related scientific or technical field. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Professional safety certification (e.g., CSP, CIH, CHST, ASP) is a must.
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and engage diverse audiences.
- Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, Consulting (AEC) industry supporting SHE in the collection of scientific or monitoring data in a variety of environments including remote, urban, overwater, industrial and construction sites.
- You foster an inclusive team environment where all employee-owners are valued, respected, and are enabled to work at their highest level.
What You Will Do for ESA
Program Management
- Support the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of SHE training programs and initiatives, tailored to both in‑person and remote workforce environments.
- Support and strengthen the organization’s SHE Reward and Recognition Program to reinforce safe behaviors and elevate exemplary SHE performance.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally to streamline SHE processes and improve reporting, documentation, and operational consistency across teams.
Communication & Engagement
- Prepare and deliver high‑quality presentations, reports, and briefings for internal stakeholders.
- Effectively engage remote employees and field teams, ensuring consistent SHE communication pathways and equitable participation in initiatives.
Leadership & Culture Development
- Serve as a trusted advisor who effectively influences safety culture with field personnel, project leadership, and senior executives.
- Lead and facilitate learning meetings following incidents or near misses, ensuring that key lessons are documented, communicated, and integrated into work practices.
- Partner with employee-owners at all levels to show visible leadership engagement, encourage participation in the SHE program, actively recognize and reward safe behaviors
Compliance & Technical Expertise
- Maintain expert‑level working knowledge of U.S. federal, state, and local SHE regulations and industry standards.
- Conduct comprehensive project site audits to identify hazards, evaluate controls, and ensure compliance; document findings and partner with field teams to drive corrective actions.
- Support development, implementation, and maintenance of SHE policies, programs, and procedures to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational objectives.
What’s Special About ESA
Joining ESA means becoming part of a close-knit team of environmental professionals who contribute to outstanding projects, improve environmental stewardship, and advance a more sustainable and resilient future for our communities and wild places.
At ESA, we provide benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), annual allocations of company shares through our ESOP, a 401(k) plan with company match, annual performance based bonuses, and paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays, to name a few.
We also provide specific programs whether you want to further your technical expertise, sharpen your business acumen, or help lead the next generation of employee-owners. We want to support you in reaching your career goals through tuition reimbursement, professional development bonuses, and attendance at conferences.
What’s Special About Our Operations Team
Our Operations team brings many years of experience providing high caliber support and expertise with an emphasis on customer service. We value creative thinking, teamwork, and multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary engagement and integration. Our team is one of the few that work with every department in the company giving us the opportunity to connect and uniquely identify the specific needs of every team.