Safety Representative at Electric Boat – North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Safety Representative

US-RI-North Kingstown

Job ID: 2026-18162
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Environmental, Health & Safety
EB Quonset Point Facility

Overview

Electric Boat is seeking a Safety Representative to report to the Manager of Safety and Industrial Hygiene. A Safety Representative’s career path is as follows: Safety Representative, Safety Representative Senior, Safety Specialist, Safety Specialist Senior, and the highest, Safety Representative Staff Specialist. An employee’s initial title and compensation will be determined based upon the selected candidate’s experience and education. Employees assigned to work on second shift are entitled to a 7% shift differential to be added to base pay.

Responsibilities include:

• Interfacing with all levels of management, production workers, and regulatory personnel
• Conducting periodic surveillances of manufacturing, construction and facilities areas for Safety deficiencies (including tracking and trending)
• Review and assess various objective quality evidence (e.g. industrial hygiene sample data, training records, Material Safety Data Sheets for materials in use)
• Observation of work to ensure hazards are addressed and proper procedure, tools, and PPE are being utilized
• Providing oversight of contractor work both shipyard and non-shipyard, and identify and report deficiencies to the contracting organization
• Participating in accident investigations, analyze safety and health data and develop recommended actions
• Issuing written reports to management summarizing findings, recommendations, and corrective actions
• Developing and revising safety and health training lesson plans
• Providing safety and health training as necessary
• Interfacing with off shift safety and health personnel
• Maintaining the EB Safety Manual and support the Contractors Health and Safety Manual to ensure compliance with OSHA and OHSAS 18001
• Developing and issuing Hazard Communication and Safety Bulletins to provide timely and necessary information to the workforce

This position requires one to work overtime as necessary, provide off-shift and weekend coverage, and travel on company business as necessary.

Furthermore, the selected candidate will be required to be an active member of the deck plate safety and industrial hygiene programs to address issues and concerns at an industrial defense plant and work as a proactive safety professional by joining the Safety Team here at Electric Boat.

Qualifications

Required:

• High School diploma or GED
• Bachelor Degree or higher in Safety, Industrial Hygiene or related field OR 3 or more years of directly related industrial OSHA Safety experience
• Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Position may require business travel to other Electric Boat sites
• Must currently hold or apply for and maintain a secret clearance through the department of defense

Preferred:

• A Masters degree in a related Occupational Safety and Health field or 5 years of documented relative safety experience including hazard identification and mitigation in an industrial, heavy construction, manufacturing, or maritime environment.
• BCSP Safety Certification (OHST, ASP, CSP)
• Experience in a shipyard trade or construction environment