Health and Safety Specialist

Founded with the vision to electrify everything, Group14 is the leading commercial manufacturer of advanced silicon battery materials. Our breakthrough technology, SCC55??, is unlocking transformational performance for rechargeable batteries that power the world's most critical innovations, from electric vehicles and AI-enabled electronics to eVTOLs and grid-scale energy storage. By enabling higher-density, faster-charging batteries, we are helping accelerate the global transition to an electrified future.

Over the past year, Group14 reached major milestones that underscore our momentum. We closed a $463 million Series D round, bringing our total equity raised to more than $1 billion, and acquired full ownership of a battery materials factory in South Korea, strengthening global supply chains and scaling production to meet surging demand. Headquartered in Washington state with manufacturing operations worldwide, Group14 is backed by world-class investors and customers, including Porsche, ATL, Microsoft, and SK Inc. As we continue to grow, we are building a team united by passion for shaping the future of energy.

The Health and Safety Specialist is responsible for leading and maintaining a robust occupational health and safety management system and ensuring the overall health and safety of all personnel. This role involves developing, implementing, and continuously improving health and safety protocols, conducting risk assessments, managing compliance with regulatory requirements, and fostering a strong safety culture across the organization. This role requires exceptional communication and influencing skills to engage personnel at all levels and drive a prevention-focused safety mindset. The ideal candidate will be a proactive, collaborative safety leader with a strong technical understanding of health and safety standards applicable to both construction and general industry.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide technical and regulatory expertise to ensure compliance with legal requirements, safe workplaces, and continuous improvement of site health and safety programs.
• Work with other health and safety experts in the organization on development of best practices and initiatives to ensure continuous improvement.
• Participate in and facilitate project reviews, incident investigations, process hazard analyses, and change management processes.
• Support the interface with regulatory agencies and third parties, as needed, on compliance and enforcement issues while ensuring that all internal and external reporting requirements are met.
• Act as a subject matter expert on health and safety topics, develop training content, and deliver training and/or coaching to employees, contractors, and visitors.
• Work with the manufacturing team to develop solutions to problems and improve the integration of health and safety programs and process safety.
• Participate/perform contractor safety orientation, safety evaluations, safe work permitting, and incident investigations.
• Conduct routine safety inspections and audits to identify potential hazards and non-compliance issues.
• Coordinate completion of ongoing training and skills development for the site emergency response team, which also functions as the site fire brigade.

What We're Looking For

• 3 to 5 years of experience in occupational health and safety, emergency planning/response, or process safety management.
• Must have well-rounded knowledge of both construction and general industry health and safety standards, regulations, and best practices.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to successfully solve problems and influence others.
• Proven leadership skills to champion and promote a strong safety culture in support of the organization's core values and maintaining permanent, consistent compliance with legal and other requirements.
• Competent in the use of computer applications used for health and safety monitoring and administration, including Microsoft Office, distributed control systems, data historians, document control software, and management information systems.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documents, policies, standard operating procedures, forms, and related content.

Other Qualities We'd Love for You to Have

• Safety professional certification (ASP, CSP, CIH, CHST, etc.)
• Experience working in an ISO 45001-certified occupational health and safety management system.
• Ability and willingness to work a flexible work schedule, as needed, to support the needs of the business.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with a strong ability to work in close coordination with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Leadership skills that contribute to the overall success of the health and safety team and broader organization.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively and professionally with multiple levels of the organization, both individually and in a team environment.
• Excellent influencing skills and the ability to drive the behaviors toward desired cultural norms.
• Proven ability to educate and influence, improving knowledge and capability of the entire organization related to health and safety principles, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Group14 Offers Compelling Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision: 100% paid for by the company for employees (80% for dependents) with an HSA-eligible plan option for Medical
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long-Term and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance and AD and D Insurance (100% Employer Paid)
• Option to purchase additional Life and AD and D Insurance (with guaranteed issue) and Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Insurance coverages for you and dependents at affordable rates
• Discounted rates on Pet Insurance
• 401(k) with Pre-Tax and Roth options and Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Floating Holidays
• Stock Options

Group14 is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We love creating opportunities for others by connecting people from widely diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. Being a diverse and inclusive company isn't just something we strive for, it's who we are and part of what we do each and every single day. We want to ensure that as an employee, you belong and that Group14 is the kind of workplace where you feel safe, included, and that you have the opportunity to thrive in your career.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

If you need any assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email: [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the application and/or interview process.

Group14 is committed to a safe and productive work environment. As part of our hiring process, we conduct pre-employment drug screenings for substances in accordance with state and federal regulations. Please note that our pre-employment drug screening process does not include testing for THC.

Please note: We are not able to accommodate candidates in need of work sponsorship at this time.

Notice to Staffing Agencies and Search Firms

Group14 does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submittals from staffing agencies and search firms. Any resumes or candidate submittals sent to our careers site (directly or via job boards) or directly to Group14 employees will not be eligible for any placement fee, and the resume/candidate will be added to our database for direct recruitment.

Group14 only assigns positions to staffing agencies and search firms who are pre-approved by HR and that we have a current agreement with. Not all positions are eligible for a placement fee.