The Boring Company builds safe, fast-to-dig, low-cost transportation, utility and freight tunnels — solving traffic with Loop, powered by the Prufrock tunnel boring machine. Backed by Sequoia.
About the role
We’re looking for an EHS leader who can keep up with the pace of tunneling operations and proactively manage risk in a high-pressure, underground environment. This role supports multiple tunnel projects and requires a sharp, field-first safety mindset. You’ll be embedded with operations teams to ensure compliance, drive safe behaviors, and continuously improve health, safety, and environmental outcomes.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of experience in construction or heavy industrial EHS roles - tunneling, mining, or oil & gas preferred
- Strong working knowledge of OSHA, MSHA (preferred), confined space, LOTO, and respiratory protection standards
- Experience conducting field audits and writing JHAs, incident reports, and environmental compliance documentation
- Comfortable working in underground environments and around heavy equipment
- CSP, CHST, or equivalent certification is a plus
More about this role
The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
We’re looking for an EHS leader who can keep up with the pace of tunneling operations and proactively manage risk in a high-pressure, underground environment. This role supports multiple tunnel projects and requires a sharp, field-first safety mindset. You’ll be embedded with operations teams to ensure compliance, drive safe behaviors, and continuously improve health, safety, and environmental outcomes.
- Monitor daily field operations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local EHS regulations and company policies
- Perform regular tunnel and surface inspections, including pre-shift walkthroughs, equipment checks, air quality sampling, and confined space protocols
- Lead incident investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective/preventative action implementation
- Conduct job hazard analyses (JHAs), risk assessments,...
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