Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Lead

About Us

At Antares our long-term mission is to make clean energy abundant from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. Were fueled by the belief that advanced nuclear energy can strengthen our military solve the climate crisis elevate global living standards and expand humanitys presence in outer space. To achieve our mission were building mass-producible inherently safe deployable microreactors that can be used terrestrially underwater and in space.

Formed in 2023 the Antares team hails from SpaceX The White House MIT Rigetti Computing The Air Force General Atomics Relativity Space Ursa Major and National Laboratories like Los Alamos Idaho and Oak Ridge. Antares has raised over $130M in venture capital from top-tier investors and has over $13M in government funding.

About the Role

We are seeking an EHS Lead to build and own all environmental health and safety programs across our advanced nuclear reactor manufacturing and testing operations. This role spans high-hazard environments including alkali-metal handling high-temperature testing welding machining electronics manufacturing and electrical test. You will support our manufacturing operations located in Torrance CA as well as involvement with environmental and safety needs at our initial reactor test sites. You will develop scalable safety procedures training and compliance systems and ensure readiness for future deployments and eventual decommissioning activities.

Roles and Responsibilities :

Develop and maintain comprehensive Job Hazard Assessments (JHAs) for all manufacturing and test operations

Build and implement safety protocols and procedures for manufacturing testing and reactor assembly / operation

Create and deliver safety training programs including alkali-metal handling thermal testing welding and electrical safety

Develop into the companys Radiation Safety Officer establishing radiological safety programs monitoring and controls

Maintain the hazardous materials inventory and ensure compliant storage labeling and handling

Manage hazardous waste disposal including characterization packaging manifests and vendor coordination

Lead PPE assessments selection training inspection and lifecycle management

Conduct EHS audits inspections and incident investigations driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions

Primary liaison for Antares with city state and federal authorities responsible for EHS

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in Environmental Health & Safety Engineering Chemistry or other STEM field

3 years of EHS experience in industrial manufacturing high-hazard test environments nuclear aerospace or chemical sectors

Proven ability to develop JHAs safety procedures and multi-hazard training programs.

Experience with hazardous-materials control hazardous-waste management and PPE program development

Preferred Skills & Experience :

Professional certifications such as CSP CIH CHMM or RSO training / experience

Experience with radiological work radiological safety programs or RSO responsibilities

Familiarity with alkali-metals high-temperature testing or rigging and handling

Strong communication and training delivery skills across technical and nontechnical teams

Ability to operate in a dynamic startup environment with high ownership and hands-on execution

Additional Requirements :

Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones

Location

The Antares HQ is located in Torrance CA in a 145000 square foot brand new facility featuring large open spaces for team collaboration R&D and production as well as easy access to the 405 105 and 110 freeways. Our HQ is in the heart of Los Angeles vibrant emerging tech ecosystem alongside many other high growth startups and enterprises.

Culture

At Antares we like to specifically tie each role to our founding documents set of valueshere are the top five cultural values we think you should believe at your core to be successful :

Think in Systems - Energy and Defense are complex ecosystems with numerous stakeholders with competing priorities conflicting policies perverse incentives and emergent and path-dependent properties. First principles thinking alone is insufficient. Think probabilistically and then take action. If you want to be certain then you are apt to be obsolete. Over-optimizing the components often degrades the system

Obsess over the End User - The customer and end user are often not the same. We will never build globally competitive commercial products if we lose sight of our end users and their entire interaction with the product life cycle

Be Unconstrained by Convention - Our only limits are the laws of physics. Many even experts will say what we are working on is impossible. They said the same about SpaceX reusing rockets. Generationally impactful companies by definition must accomplish the seemingly impossible. If it were easy it would have already been done. Never shy away from a solution because it has never been tried before and never choose to do something because thats how its always been done

Go Where the Work I s - Never miss a chance to meet a customer user or stakeholder face to face even if that means hopping on a plane. If you cant make it find a teammate who can channel your intentions and go in your place. Deep work can be done from anywhere but we believe teams are built in person and aim to maximize our time together

Operate in the Grey - Embrace nuance in pursuit of truth. Question every fundamental assumption

Equal Opportunity

Antares is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based solely on merit competence and qualifications without regard to race color religion gender national origin / ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1