EHS Advisor

Job Purpose:

DELIVERY OF EHSS service to the R&D Tres Cantos site to ensure that delivery of an efficient and effective EHSS service with consistent standards and processes are adopted and a strong and robust partnership exists with the other services within EHSS.

Main Responsibilities:

• Act as the EH&S advisor for R&D/Commercial in Tres Cantos Site
• Work effectively with other EHS professionals to ensure comprehensive support is provided to the business and that synergies are maximized between team members and good practice is shared between departments.
• Working effectively with other key EHS professionals to deliver an efficient EHS service to business partners facilities and project management staff
• Provide day to day support as part of the EHSS R&D EU team to deliver first line advice training coaching independent business monitoring emergency response risk assessment incident investigation input to local projects and processes as needed.
• Provide specialist technical services (Chemical Safety Machine Safety Process Safety Biological Safety Driver Safety Risk Assessment etc) to the R&D and BUs. This role provides for direction and advice to enable R&D scientific and Commercial staff to successfully conduct work and remain compliant with local and National EHS regulations and guidelines.
• Provide Independent Business Monitoring Program leadership and support to R&D/Commercial in Tres Cantos

Why you

Basic Requirements:

• Relevant scientific discipline (e.g. chemistry biology engineering). Environment Health or Safety expertise
• A post-graduate EHS qualification in a relevant discipline. Member of an appropriate EHS professional body. Credentialed in a specific topic area (e.g. CIH)
• Previous experience in EHS-related roles

Technical knowledge & core skills

• Hazard recognition and quantitative risk assessment basics:
• Able to perform COSHH/chemical risk assessments job safety analyses (JSA/JHA) and use a risk matrix to define controls.
• Familiarity with hierarchy of controls and selection/fit-for-purpose PPE.
• Laboratory and chemical safety:
• Understand SDS interpretation chemical incompatibilities storage segregation flammables management and basic toxicology principles.
• Working knowledge of fume hood/ventilation principles and basic containment controls.

Process and occupational safety:

• Awareness of permit-to-work systems lockout-tagout (LOTO) basics confined-space entry controls and hot-work controls.
• Basic process safety concepts (e.g. reactive hazards exotherms) and participation in HAZID/HAZOP inputs under supervision.

Environmental controls:

• Understand waste classification/segregation hazardous waste handling spill containment and reporting; basic emissions and discharge considerations.
• Awareness of relevant environmental permits and reporting obligations.

Incident investigation & data analysis:

• Carry out structured incident/near-miss investigations using root-cause tools (5 Whys basic RCA) document findings and track corrective actions.
• Basic data handling: incident trend analysis KPI calculation (LTIFR near-miss rates) and clear technical reporting using Excel/Power BI or EHS systems.

Audits compliance & management systems:

• Participate in internal/external EHS audits (ISO 14001/45001 frameworks); prepare evidence and follow up CAPAs to closure.
• Draft and update SOPs safe systems of work and local safety procedures.

Training & coaching:

• Design and deliver technical safety briefings lab inductions and toolbox talks; produce concise technical guidance and checklists.

Systems & tools:

• Proficient with MS Excel (pivot tables basic formulas) and comfortable learning EHS platforms (e.g. EHSOne examples only).
• Use of incident/event management action-tracking and permit systems.

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Why GSK

Uniting science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade as a successful growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make so were committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how together we deliver for patients shareholders and our people.

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