Senior Construction Program Manager, EHS

About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

Position Summary:

The Senior EHS Program Manager – Construction works directly with Construction Managers and Superintendents within the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) group, reporting to the EHS Director. This role partners with customers at utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) construction projects to ensure client EHS requirements are fully met and to help prevent onsite incidents. The position is responsible for EHS program implementation, hazard and risk assessment, incident investigation, training and toolbox talks, and ensuring regulatory compliance (OSHA/EPA/DOT/state) while driving a zero-injury program across multiple construction sites. The Senior EHS Program Manager also manages project site EHS Specialists in the execution of their duties.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of on-site Construction Safety Specialists across multiple energy storage projects in the U.S.

• Coordinate site-specific safety plan requirements with customers, project GCs, and self-perform teams and ensure plan is executed at the site level

• Develop EHS improvement strategies, including injury reduction, fatality prevention, and safety culture

• Ensure site audits, inspections, and engagement activities align with the project EHS program

• Identify project safety equipment needs and ensure availability before kickoff

• Assist site teams with incident investigations and ensure corrective actions are implemented

• Ensure all project personnel have the requisite safety training pertinent to their scope of work, and notify management of any non-compliant safety procedures, participating in corrective action discussions to resolve issues in a timely manner

• Evaluate subcontractors and subcontractor safety programs, recommend improvements based on trend analysis, act as an advocate for Redwood by promoting company culture and policies, and present the progress of the project safety program to leadership as directed

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• 3–5 years of construction EHS experience required.

• Associate’s degree in construction safety management or a related field and two years of construction safety management experience, or CHST certification (or equivalent) and four years of construction safety management experience

• Experience in utility-scale solar or battery energy storage construction EHS is strongly preferred

• Strong knowledge of construction site equipment, methods, and processes

• Ability to understand, interpret, and apply applicable regulatory requirements (Federal and State OSHA, EPA, etc.) to the project scope of work

• Excellent communication skills, with the