Senior Specialist, Safety & Environment

Job Description

Basic Functions and Responsibility

As a member of the Site Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team the Sr. Specialist Industrial Hygiene & Biosafety will provide technical leadership and project ownership to operating departments at the Rahway site with a focus on identifying and anticipating industrial hygiene hazards supporting biosafety activities assessing risks and partnering with operating departments to implement compliant technical solutions. This role provides expert technical support to EHS program owners leads assigned IH and biosafety projects and studies and delivers general EHS and laboratory safety support across the site.

Integrate EHS programs into daily operations to assure regulatory compliance achieve continuous performance improvement and meet EHS performance objectives. Partners with key stakeholders in manufacturing laboratory and facility support to develop priorities to achieve these goals in alignment with site business priorities. Performs responsibilities and addresses challenges.

Primary Activities

• Provide technical guidance to EHS program owners to implement and maintain IH and biosafety programs and create/deliver policies proceduresand training curricula for operations and laboratory personnel.

• Lead assigned industrial hygiene and biosafety project studies technical assessments and risk evaluations.

• Deliver general EHS support for site operations including safety inspections hazard assessments corrective-action implementation contractor oversight and participation in safety committees and support implementation of EHS compliance initiatives by providing technical coaching to operations laboratory staff and contractors.

• Provide hands-on laboratory support: laboratory safety assessments SOP and containment reviews biosafety cabinet oversight biological waste handling guidance and lab-specific training and coaching.

• Support capital projects R&D operations and incident investigations with IH biosafety and general EHS expertise and recommended controls.

• Complete industrial hygiene monitoring (airborne agents chemical exposures noise heat stress etc.) conduct related data analysis and prepare technical reports that prioritize IH-related risks and recommend corrective and preventive actions.

• Conduct biosafety technical assessments and contribute to development of biosafety SOPs containment recommendations and biological waste handling controls as assigned. Support Institutional Biosafety Committee or equivalent as needed under program owner direction.

• Manage EHS information and compliance activities using the site EHS management systems including data collection modeling trending tracking and communication of relevant EHS metrics.

• Review processes facilities and procedure documents to assure conformance to recognized EHS regulations standards and guidelines; provide technical recommendations to program owners and stakeholders.

• Support management of change (MOC) reviews incident investigations inspections and audits from a technical IH/biosafety/general EHS perspective.

• Perform hazard assessments process hazard analyses and participate in life safety and containment reviews as assigned.

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• BS with preference for Occupational Safety Industrial Hygiene Engineering Environmental Science or Science relevant MS degree a plus.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 8 years applied professional experience in industrial safety environmental industrial hygiene biosafety laboratory safety and/or general EHS roles with demonstrated experience leading technical projects.

• Proven ability to lead technical assessments and project work while collaborating with EHS program owners and operations stakeholders.

• Strong written and verbal communication interpersonal and organizational skills; able to prepare clear technical reports and present findings to varied audiences.

• Critical thinking analytical and logical problem-solving abilities.

• Self-motivated and able to work independently on projects while escalating program-level decisions to program owners.

• Ability to prioritize tasks drive to completion and focus on delivering business-aligned results.

• Flexibility to perform varied technical tasks to support the business and respond to operational needs.

• Service- and results-oriented mindset and ability to handle potentially stressful situations with a positive attitude.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated performance in a highly regulated industry with strict standards adherence and compliance initiatives.

• Direct experience performing exposure monitoring (airborne particulates gases/vapors noise heat stress) and respiratory protection program support (fit testing selection guidance).

• Hands-on experience with biosafety technical work in laboratory and pilot-scale settings (biosafety risk assessments containment recommendations biosafety cabinet oversight biological waste handling).

• Practical experience providing general EHS support in manufacturing and laboratory environments including safety inspections contractor oversight emergency response support and corrective action tracking.

• Experience with regulatory inspections and responding to technical inquiries from regulators.

• Strong systems and IT knowledge including Microsoft applications and EHS data systems.

• Demonstrated performance in a highly regulated industry with strict standards adherence.

• Relevant professional certifications preferred: CIH ASP/CSP CBSP/RBP or equivalent. Note: certification requirements can be adjusted based on hiring needs.

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