Work Schedule
Standard (MonFri)
Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Cleanroom: no hair products jewelry makeup nail polish perfume exposed piercings facial hair etc... allowed
Job Description
Join Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in Mebane as our Manager Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)! This is an outstanding opportunity to craft and develop a startup facility into a worldclass operation with a strong safetyfirst culture.
Responsibilities
Compliance Management:
- Establish and maintain flawless policies practices and procedures to ensure compliance with federal state local and corporate EHS regulations.
- Ensure routine environmental reports and inspections are completed and submitted on time (Tier 2).
- Conduct periodic compliance audits and management system assessments to identify potential hazards program deficiencies and liabilities.
Certification and Management Systems:
- Establish acquire and maintain the sites ISO 14001 Certification.
- Further develop and support the sites EHS Management System.
Incident and Risk Management:
- Assist in investigating serious accidents and nearmiss incidents.
- Manage the Intelex database system for injury reporting OSHA logs and the workers compensation program.
- Review and analyze accident data to identify trends requiring additional focus.
- Present control and corrective action recommendations to management through a management review process.
Training and Technical Support:
- Analyze design develop and conduct appropriate training programs to assist management with EHS responsibilities.
- Serve as a technical resource in complex areas of EHS compliance risk management machine safety hazardous materials/waste workers compensation and ergonomics.
Reporting and Continuous Improvement:
- Report to Group Division and Corporate Risk Management on the status of site metrics environmental performance and legal and regulatory inspections/audits.
- Use LEAN manufacturing methodology and tools (Kaizen events process mapping benchmarking and root cause analysis) to drive workplace safety improvement. Promote the connection between LEAN initiatives and safety programs.
Professional Development:
- Stay ahead of industry developments through professional associations (e.g. ASSP) trade publications and attendance at trade conventions corporate seminars workshops and meetings.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Occupational Safety and Health Environmental Science Risk Management or related field.
- 58 years of experience in EHS or risk management.
- Ability to develop and meet deadlines and budgets.
- Effective leadership and personnel management skills.
- Ability to develop and implement procedures and programs.
- Proficiency in IT skills including word processing spreadsheets database management and electronic communication.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience and/or professional certifications (CHMM CEP CSP CIH) are encouraged but not required.
- LEAN Manufacturing experience.
- ISO 14001 experience.
Required Experience:
Manager