periodic-labs
Head of Environmental Health & Safety (EHS)
$250K–$325K
Menlo Park, CA · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or similar experience
- Visa sponsorship
- Yes, we sponsor visas.
About the job
Leads environmental health and safety for a high-throughput materials science lab, developing safety systems for hazardous and increasingly autonomous experiments.
What you'll do
- Lead EHS operations, regulatory compliance, permitting, and the digital safety platform.
- Design and review life-safety systems; conduct hazard analyses and establish readiness protocols for lab processes and equipment.
- Partner with automation and AI teams to build safeguards and train an LLM to reason about process risks and safety constraints.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in EHS, process safety, or chemical operations in labs, pilot plants, or manufacturing environments.
- Strong knowledge of EHS regulations, standards, and best practices.
- Hands-on experience conducting HAZOPs or FMEAs and designing or reviewing functional safety systems.
- Bachelor’s degree or similar experience.
Nice to have
- EHS certification, such as Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist.
- Experience with autonomous labs, new laboratory build-outs, AI/ML applications, or technical standards committees.
Pay
$250,000–$325,000 USD base salary
Tools
Accela, CERS, AQMD/BAAQMD, HAZOP, PHA/FMEA, SDS, safety PLCs, LLM
AI focus
Collaborate with ML/AI engineers to train an LLM to reason about process hazards, risk assessments, and safety constraints during experimental planning and autonomous execution.
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