Environment Health & Safety Engineer

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Leidos’ Environmental Health & Safety is seeking a EH&S Engineer to join our Corporate EH&S team.

Occasional travel will be required to locations with in California and to Washington for in-person engagements with internal customers and suppliers across multiple Leidos sites. This role will report directly to the Corporate EH&S Director and will be an integrated member of the Leidos EH&S Organization. The EH&S Engineer will directly support our research and development, manufacturing, production, and testing organizations and locations in the region.

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Description

Leidos currently has an opening for an Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Engineer to work in our San Diego, CA office, and support California and Washington operations. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, intel, IT, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos provides responsive, innovative, and cost-effective engineering and scientific solutions

Primary Responsibilities:

The EH&S Engineer will assist leadership to assess and resolve safety issues by identifying risks, and by implementing controls, policies, and programs. Candidate will identify training opportunities and help develop presentations to ensure employee awareness of EH&S programs, initiate corrective actions, and stop unsafe operations where necessary. The EH&S Engineer is expected to perform with minimal supervision and successfully interact with all levels of Leidos personnel to facilitate EH&S program and policy implementation.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform EH&S surveys, inspections, and worksite audits to ensure Safety and Environmental compliance.
• Perform risk assessments to ensure regulatory compliance and proactively monitor and document EH&S program implementation.
• Work with leadership to identify, track, and resolve EH&S issues, needs, and corrective actions.
• Perform incident investigations including identifying corrective actions and lessons learned.
• Assignment and distribution of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and Safety equipment.
• Hazardous Waste Management.
• Maintaining California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) for each covered Leidos location.
• Maintain environmental permitting, such as air quality permits, industrial discharge permit, stormwater permits, hazardous material business plans, etc.
• Safety Data Sheet (SDS) database management.
• Development and delivery of training to personnel related to safety and environmental requirements and controls.
• Perform Job Safety Analysis (JSAs) for activities that pose non-office EH&S hazards.
• Perform research in relation to various safety and environmental regulatory requirements and EH&S subject matter.
• Maintain current knowledge of safety legislation and regulations.

Basic Qualifications:

Position requires a BA/BS degree from an accredited university in a biological, physical, or environmental science related field and a minimum of 8-years of experience in a EH&S related field is required.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks.
• Candidate must be able to effectively communicate within a team environment.
• Candidate must have computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Candidate must be able to lift up to 35 lbs.
• Candidate must be a resident of the San Diego area or be willing to relocate to the area.
• Must be a US citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications/Requirements:

• CIH, CSP, CHMM certifications.
• Travel between facilities primarily located in San Diego County and to WA locations will be required.

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Original Posting:

May 29, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.