Health & Safety Specialist

Purpose

Provides EHS leadership and technical guidance to develop and implement the Environmental, Safety and Health Management System to enable full compliance with: legal requirements related to Environmental, Safety and Health; policies, procedures and guidelines related to EHS and industry best practices bringing the site to mature sustaining operations.

Responsibilities

Be the EHS point of contact and the owner of numerous cross site local EHS standards and complete EHS gap assessments and audits of effective EHS standards. Special emphasis is paid to Industrial Hygiene, BioSafety, Chemical Management, and Process Safety Management.
Compile and submit required safety, health, and environmental reports to corporate and regulatory agencies.
Assist with managing contractor EHS compliance and related high-risk work HRW safety procedures to a high-performance level.
Ensure that Pre-Start Up, Safety, Environment Review (PSSER) for new product introductions within the facilities are compliant with regulations, corporate requirements and industry best practices.
Develop and target the EHS cross site training strategy and support the delivery and coaching for both management and employees.
Manage EHS documentation through numerous IT system platforms such as Power BI, Enablon, Workday, Share-point, MyLearning, and Meds.
Ensure that adequate records are maintained to demonstrate compliance with EHS procedures and the EHS management system. Work as one team with site Engineering.
Demonstrate collaboration with site colleagues to promote a safe by choice culture.
Help ensure that events are fully investigated, and that appropriate Corrective and Preventative actions are put in place to prevent recurrence.
Support lead investigators and coordinate performance review of events trending for CAPA’s and NM’s.
Review processes, facilities, procedures, and management of change documents to assure conformance to recognised EHS regulations, standards, and guidelines.
Develop successful permitting strategies based on regulatory requirements, site operations and site business operating plans.

Qualifications

Degree in Environmental, Safety Management or related fields, or
Technical primary Bachelor degree with a post-grad EHS qualification.
5+ years EHS experience in Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology / Chemical industries. Will consider other highly regulated industries.
Experience on supporting multiple activities/projects and on working with EHS regulatory agencies and corporate support functions.
Written and oral communication skills that support presentation of information clearly and concisely through all levels of an organization.
Proven leadership skills and an appetite to assume responsibility for appropriate decision-making pertaining to EHS matters both urgent/non urgent and important/not important.
A thorough understanding of all applicable EHS regulatory requirements
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders on EHS matters with the ability to quickly adjust to changing situations
Ability to manage complex programs and to balance the strategic needs of the program with tactical day-to-day activities
Risk Management, assessment and implementing controls appropriate to the risk
Experience in successfully implementing EHS programs enterprise wide
Experience in managing and implementing change