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# Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist at AMP: AI-Powered Sortation for Waste and Recycling

- **Company:** AMP: AI-Powered Sortation for Waste and Recycling
- **Location:** Commerce City, CO
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-24
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ampsortation/jobs/8038950003

## Job description

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling.

Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado, the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado have recognized AMP as one of the state's top workplaces. AMP has operations and career opportunities outside of Atlanta, Cleveland, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Europe. We’re fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. We seek unconventional thinkers to join our mission to enable a world without waste; at AMP, your contributions have meaning and can spur change. With backing from top-tier investors and national recognition including North American Cleantech Company of the Year, we’re always seeking ways to better our operations, raising the bar on innovation, and looking to collaborate and improve in what we do. Learn more at AMPSortation.com.

Are you an experienced Environmental, Health, Safety Specialist?  AMP Robotics is hiring a seasoned leader to provide hands-on Environmental, Health, Safety Specialist that will be actively involved and engaged in all operational aspects of our company.  The EHS Specialist will collaborate the development, scaling and execution of our EHS policies and procedures affecting all operations including production, processing plants, engineering labs, installation activities at customer sites and service roles.

The candidate should have strong communication skills and be a master in gaining buy-in and commitment from various stakeholders in a variety of settings.  This role will be a critical role to help ensure a safe and incident free culture is maintained, hazard awareness is on the forefront of all team members minds, and the wellbeing of our team members are top priority.

As our Environmental, Health, Safety Specialist, you will work to:

- Collaborate in the development and implementation of a comprehensive health, safety and environmental program.
- Analyzes and evaluates EHS performance across the company and all aspects of the operation and develop strategic improvement plans and goals to integrate improvement into business operations.
- Serves as EHS representative and partner with individual department and site leadership teams across the organization to improve EHS performance
- Serves as a subject matter expert in root cause analysis, incident investigations and is willing/able to teach/develop those skills across the company with respect to EHS
- Creation of local HSE playbooks  (safety policy, risk assessments, HSE plans, emergency response and preparedness plan) that can scale with AMP’s growth
- Develop and deliver a comprehensive safety training program to all new hires and existing team members in a broad range of topics to include hazard identification, risk awareness, behavior-based safety programs, incident investigation, electrical safety training, powered industrial vehicles, non-standard process JHAs, LOTO and emergency response to name a few
- Develop online and in person safety training materials to provide a continuous learning program for all employees, benchmarking for accuracy and providing mitigation when needed.
- Supports injury and illness case management process and maintains relevant logs and documentation in coordination with Human Resources.
- Conduct risk assessments and audit plans used to develop control measures to mitigate identified risks for all job sites
- Actively support the development and realization of a “Zero Incident Culture”
- Provide guidance and audit support when qualifying contractors and other 3rd party workers
- Manage the environmental programs ensuring full compliance to local, state and federal permits and licenses are maintained
- Design, plan and perform technical duties in the prevention, control and remediation of health hazards
- Provide ergonomic and risk assessment guidance in production
- Prepare and submit all regulatory reports including OSHA injury and illness reports, OSHA 300 injury log
- Conduct in-house HSE inspections on facility, materials and equipment in order to identity and execute actions needed to maintain compliance standards
- Maintain and update all posting procedures
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and internal policies and procedures
- Investigate incidents, near misses, and accidents, and prepare reports as required
- Monitor and audit health and safety performance, keeping accurate records
- Keep up to date with changes in legislation and industry best practice
- Liaise with external bodies such as regulatory authorities and insurance providers
- Develop and deliver presentations on health and safety topics
- Champion a positive health and safety culture within the organization

The successful candidate will have:

Required:

- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science or other related discipline
- Working knowledge of Federal and state environmental and safety regulations.
- 5+ years experience, with progressive responsibilities, supporting health, safety, industrial hygiene and environmental programs in a complex manufacturing, materials processing, field construction and engineering lab environment
- ASP or CSP Certification or ability/willingness to obtain
- Experience developing and deploying Emergency Response protocols and processes
- OSHA 10 General Industry Certificate
- Familiar with ISO 14001
- Possesses a strong professional network with external agencies and industry associations
- Ability to work effectively in an advisory capacity, to influence-manage stakeholders, internal and external peers
- Proficient use of PC based applications (MS Office, Google suite, on-line training software (LMS) OSHA packages)
- Willingness to support a flexible and demanding work schedule in various production and construction environments
- Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, organizational abilities, high level of motivation and initiative
- Possess a sense of urgency and demonstrates strong ownership
- Ability to collaborate effectively with operations, engineering, executive team, service, customers, human resources, plant operations and project management
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Experience developing processes and procedures from scratch based on experience and education
- Strong presentation and communication skills

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus, and ability to accurately see and label color.

Working Location(s):

- Commerce City, CO

Compensation: $95,000 - $110,000

Equity Grant: The candidate selected for this role will be recommended for a stock option grant commensurate with the position and the candidate’s qualifications.

Travel Requirements:

- Up to 40% travel may be required at times

AMP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group are encouraged to apply

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Other duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

This position is expected to stay open until Friday, November 20th. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than November 20th at 11:59pm.

Benefits Information:

- Medical - The company covers between 78% to 100% of the premium for Cigna medical healthcare plans depending on the selection.
- Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance: The company covers the cost of Basic Life / AD&D 1 x Salary, option to purchase additional through New York Life
- Benefits start the day you start
- HSA Eligible Health Plans, Company Monthly Contributions!
- 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching)
- FTO - Flexible Time Off
- 6 Accrued Sick Days
- Eight (8) paid holidays

## About AMP: AI-Powered Sortation for Waste and Recycling

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: AMP applies AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world’s recycling infrastructure, using computer vision, robotics, and automation to sort waste and recyclables for municipalities and waste companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D)
- **Headquarters**: Louisville, Colorado, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Matanya Horowitz

## Core Business
- **Primary Industries**: Climate Technology, Product Manufacturing, Waste & Recycling
- **Target Customers**: Municipalities, waste management companies, recycling facilities (B2B / Enterprise)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To enable a world without waste by modernizing and scaling the world’s recycling infrastructure.

## Products & Services
- **AMP ONE**: Fully automated, facility-scale sortation solution deploying AMP Smart Sortation™ at scales of 10K–1M+ tons/year, ready to commission in less than 12 months.
- **AMP Smart Sortation™**: AI-powered sortation service and automation platform for single-stream recycling and municipal solid waste.
- **Robotic Sortation Systems (Delta, Jet, MicroJet)**: Robotic arms and high-speed air-jet sortation systems for in-stream quality control and reliable material separation.
- **Real-Time Material Characterization**: Continuous, AI-driven identification and classification of waste materials to optimize recovery and purity.

## Market Standing
- **Total Funding**: $266.3 million (as of latest data)
- **Latest Funding Round**: Series D of $91.0 million (led by Congruent Ventures, December 2024)
- **Notable Investors**: Sequoia Capital, Wellington Management, Congruent Ventures, National Science Foundation (early grant)
- **Annual Revenue**: $6.7 million (estimated)
- **Headcount**: 113 employees (+5.3% YoY)
- **Geographic Reach**: Operations in the United States, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and the United Kingdom — with hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe.
- **Key Milestone**: AMP ONE facility processing 108,000 tons of material annually in partnership with Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA).
- **Recognition**: Named North American Cleantech Company of the Year.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary AI & Computer Vision**: AMP’s core differentiator is its deep-learning-based material recognition platform, which continuously improves accuracy and can identify thousands of material types (plastics, metals, paper, etc.) in real time.
- **End-to-End Facility Operations**: Unlike many competitors who only sell robotic arms, AMP designs, builds, and operates entire sortation facilities (AMP ONE) — capturing value across the full waste processing chain.
- **Proven Scalability**: Hundreds of systems deployed across three continents, with a demonstrated ability to handle high-volume (10K–1M+ tons/year) facilities.
- **Labor Solution**: Directly addresses chronic labor shortages in recycling by automating dangerous and repetitive sorting tasks, while creating new high-skilled jobs in manufacturing and operations.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding AMP ONE Facilities**: Scaling the deployment of fully automated, AI-driven waste processing facilities to capture more value and increase landfill diversion rates.
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuing to enter new markets in Europe and Asia, building on existing presence in 6+ countries.
- **Deepening AI Capabilities**: Advancing real-time material characterization to improve purity and recovery economics for customers.
- **Partnerships with Municipalities**: Growing long-term service agreements like the SPSA partnership to secure recurring revenue and demonstrate impact.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: The company is united by a clear mission to “enable a world without waste,” which gives daily work a strong sense of purpose and environmental impact.
- **Cutting-Edge Tech Environment**: Engineers and operators work with advanced AI, computer vision, and robotics systems at commercial scale — providing a rare opportunity to apply cutting-edge tech to a physical-world problem.
- **Growth Stage Company**: With $266M in funding and recent Series D, AMP is well-capitalized but still at a scale (113 employees) where individuals can make outsized contributions.
- **Location & Recognition**: Headquartered in Louisville, Colorado (near Denver) and recognized as a top workplace by the Denver Post and BuiltIn Colorado. Hybrid/office roles available across Colorado and facility operations in Virginia, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Europe.
- **Culture**: Described as fostering an environment where passionate individuals can grow and create impact. Leadership emphasizes continuous innovation and collaboration.

## Sources
1. [ampsortation.com — Company Website](https://ampsortation.com/)
2. [ampsortation.com — About Page](https://ampsortation.com/about)
3. [ampsortation.com — Careers Page](https://ampsortation.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com — AMP Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/amp-sortation)
5. [Greenhouse — AMP Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ampsortation)

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