SpaceX posted another job for its planned Pecan Island launch site on Friday afternoon, and this one would put someone in charge of how the site works with the parish’s emergency responders.

The listing, for a Manager, Environmental Health & Safety in Pecan Island, La., brings the number of SpaceX openings at the site to 11, according to the company’s job board.

What the job does

The manager would lead “all environmental, health, and safety programs at the Starbase, LA launch site,” the listing says, and build a team of technicians, specialists and engineers.

Among the duties:

  • Running the site’s workplace safety program under federal OSHA standards
  • Site environmental policies on hazardous and non-hazardous waste, air permitting, spill prevention and response, and stormwater
  • Serving as “the main point of contact for local response agencies”
  • Representing the safety department in site leadership meetings

The posting asks for a bachelor’s degree, at least five years of safety and environmental experience and three years in management, and says “Louisiana experience” is preferred. Like other SpaceX jobs, it requires drug testing and the ability to pass an Air Force background check. No salary is listed.

Parts of the listing appear to have been carried over from a SpaceX posting in Florida. It says the job requires relocation “if not already local to the Cape Canaveral, FL area” and lists experience with requirements of the FDEP, Florida’s environmental agency, as a plus.

Why the first-responder line matters

How a launch site would work with local fire and emergency services is an open question in Vermilion Parish. Last month the citizens’ group Vermilion United said SpaceX had verbally promised firefighting equipment if the project hurts the parish’s fire rating, and asked for that promise in writing. [Read that story.](/news/vermilion-united-questions-spacex-deal/)

SpaceX already has a Sr. Manager, Environmental Health & Safety listing at Pecan Island, first posted Oct. 15, which describes the site as a “Starship high-rate launch site.” The new job is a separate opening one level below it.

Every opening so far

SpaceX’s 11 Pecan Island listings now cover construction, engineering, environmental permits, safety, communications, materials and data center power. [See the full list](/news/spacex-louisiana-jobs-pecan-island/), which the Times updates as jobs are added or come down. Job seekers can search SpaceX’s careers page by location for Pecan Island.

The Times has asked SpaceX when hourly jobs at the site will open and how parish residents can prepare to apply. We will publish the company’s answer when it arrives.