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Occupational Health and Safety Ordnance Specialist
Boeing Company · 🇺🇸 USA - Hazelwood, MO
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 72 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Boeing Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Strategy Development Specialist (Strategic Planning)” (Financial and Investment Analysts) in MO: $116k–$116k, median $116k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Boeing Company
The US Department of Labor certified 72 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Occupational Health and Safety Ordnance Specialist Company: The Boeing Company Boeing’s Enterprise Environment Health and Safety (EHS) organization’s Workplace Safety team is currently looking for an Occupational Health and Safety Ordnance Specialist in Hazelwood, MO. This role plays a critical role in representing Boeing in ordnance-related regulatory revisions, ensuring compliance across more than 50 explosives sites, and providing expert guidance to 40+ Ordnance Safety Focals across the company. The specialist’s expertise is essential to evaluating and approving new explosives sites, enabling the safe and compliant expansion of Boeing’s defense capabilities and supporting potential opportunities for multi-billion-dollar defense contracts. The position also plays a key role in supporting the timely resolution and closure of DCMA Corrective Action Requests (CARs). Position Responsibilities: • Serve as the company’s technical authority on Arms, Ammunition and Explosive (AA&E) Safety • Establish the enterprise technical strategy and governance for AA&E safety across all business units and programs • Develop, approve, and maintain enterprise standards governing the manufacture, processing, handling, transportation, storage, integration, shipment, and disposal of energetic materials and devices • Serve as the enterprise technical authority for the design, expansion, modernization, and commissioning of facilities supporting AA&E manufacturing and operations • Establish AA&E Safety design criteria for new facilities, production lines, magazines, storage areas, and integration facilities • Ensure facility and manufacturing process designs incorporate inherently safer design principles, risk reduction methodologies, and operational resilience • Lead or provide technical oversight for Process Hazard Analyses (PHA), Process Hazard Reviews (PHR), Explosive Safety Site Plans (ESSP), Hazard Classification, Quantity-Distance (Q-D) analyses, and other explosive and process safety assessments • Review explosive operating procedures, safety documentation, and risk acceptance packages • Lead investigations of explosives incidents, near misses, and process anomalies, identifying root causes and ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions • Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Global Real Estate & Facilities, to integrate AA&E Safety into products, processes, and facilities • Monitor emerging technologies, evolving regulations, and industry best practices, incorporating them into company standards • Represent the company during customer reviews, government audits, regulatory inspections, subcontractor inspections, Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) reviews, and industry technical working groups • Domestic travel up to 25% Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in an engineering or science related field • 10+ years of experience in weapons and missile systems • 10+ years of experience with missile/aircraft production and maintenance and/or DoD explosives • 5+ years of experience technical leadership • Up to 25% domestic travel Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): • Active or obtainable DoD Secret Clearance • Experience with solid rocket motors, CADs/PADs and commercial aircraft explosive parts, energetic material manufacturing, missile production or all-up-round (AUR) integration • Experience with explosive safety analysis and risk management • Experience with facility design for energetic manufacturing and storage operations • Experience leading the AA&E Safety and process safety aspects of new facility design, facility expansion