Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety, Workplace (UCAN)

Netflix

Netflix

Los Angeles, CA, USA
USD 50k-240k / year + Equity
Posted on Nov 19, 2025

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

We are seeking an EHS Specialist who will support the UCAN EHS team. Our Department is new, growing, and designed to promote the health and safety of Netflix employees. This role will be based in our Los Angeles office. This person will report to the EHS Manager, UCAN.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an EHS Specialist who will champion and elevate Netflix’s commitment to a safe, healthy, and sustainable workplace. You will partner across functions and with our vendor community, ensuring that every Netflix location not only meets our high standards for excellence.

You will be a visible, proactive leader in our spaces, embedding a culture of safety and well-being that supports our colleagues’ emotional, functional, and physical experience. A successful candidate will be self-motivated, creative, quick-thinking, flexible, collaborative, and able to juggle multiple and diverse responsibilities with a strong emphasis on organization and an unwavering attention to detail at all times. This is a demanding and fast-moving position that requires someone who is able to exercise good judgment and who takes significant initiative.

Responsibilities

Unified Ownership & Partnership:

  • Serve as a visible EHS leader, collaborating across all workplace functions (operations, food and beverage, events, MAC, etc.) to ensure safety and well-being are shared responsibilities.

  • Partner with internal teams and vendors to embed EHS standards into daily operations, empowering all stakeholders as experience owners.

  • Foster a culture of accountability—if you see something, say something, and ensure follow-through.

Program Development & Continuous Improvement

  • Develop, maintain, and manage EHS programs, permits, procedures, and protocols that meet compliance and reflect Netflix’s high standards.

  • Regularly review and update written programs to ensure they remain current, relevant, and actionable.

  • Use data, audits, and feedback to drive continuous improvement, innovation, and proactive risk mitigation.

Incident Response & Root Cause Analysis

  • Investigate accidents, incidents, exposures, and complaints; respond to emergencies with urgency and empathy.

  • Identify trends and patterns in incident data, drive root-cause analysis, and support teams with identifying corrective actions that are implementable

  • Communicate findings and lessons learned clearly and constructively to all affected personnel.

Quality, Consistency & Maintenance

  • Conduct regular site inspections, audits, and risk assessments; partner with local site teams to help ensure all spaces are safe, healthy and maintained with a relentless focus on excellence.

  • Track and report on key EHS metrics using insights to inform decisions and prevent future issues.

  • Ensure proactive and timely completion of planned maintenance, reducing reactive fixes through healthy systems and routines.

Employee Experience & Engagement

  • Deliver engaging EHS communications, education, and training that are clear, effective, and actionable.

  • Actively solicit and act on feedback from employees to enhance the emotional, functional, and physical experience of our workplaces.

  • Support and lead sustainability and wellness initiatives in alignment with Netflix’s broader goals.

Qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of experience working in environmental and safety compliance including familiarity with interpreting regulatory/policy language and understanding nuisances with authorities having jurisdiction

  • BA/BS degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience preferred

  • Creative problem solving that fits the Netflix culture and how the business operates

  • Comfortable with working in a highly collaborative environment and partnering with stakeholders to move programs forward

  • Experience in sustainability workplace programs

  • Excellent organizational skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to multitask

  • Team-player and proactive and proficient problem-solver

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize workload

  • Proficiency in Google and MS Office, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Meet, Google Docs, Google Groups, Smartsheet, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint

  • Ability to work well under pressure, and perform daily duties with minimal supervision

  • Willingness to tackle matters outside area of expertise

  • Ability to work flexible hours depending on current priorities

  • Ability to travel to locations across United States and Canada (approximately 25% of the time)

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $50,000 - 240,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.