Consulting Specialist - Pharmaceutical & Lab
BSI Group•Boston, MA
•Onsite
About The Position
BSI America Professional Services Inc. (BSI) is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Boston, MA area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in EHS or consulting, with a focus on lab safety, biosafety, and hazardous materials/waste management preferred
- Familiarity with risk assessment and accident investigations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong computer skills
- Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits
Nice To Haves
- Professional certifications (such as GSP) desired, but not required
Responsibilities
- Assist with laboratory inspections; observe, document, and investigate unsafe work conditions.
- Work with laboratory personnel to develop JHAs and determine project-specific hazards and risks.
- Identify and manage occupational hazards and environmental risks, lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and create/document corrective and preventative actions to ensure a safe workplace.
- Initiate and lead regularly scheduled safety meetings with senior management to move beyond safety compliance to proactive identification of hazards and risks.
- Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.
- Conduct periodic review of hazardous chemical inventories for permit compliance.
- Occasionally conduct lab safety training for newly hired employees and scientists needing yearly recertification (new employee orientation, bloodborne pathogen, Safe Start, etc.).
- Assist with Large Quantity Generator requirements.
- Assistance / consulting on spill response and clean up, and local reporting to outside agencies (if necessary).
- Implementing biosafety/hazard communication/chemical safety programs.
- Developing or maintaining management systems.
- Expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance.
- Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.
Benefits
- group-sponsored health and dental
- short-term and long-term disability
- company-matched 401k plan
- company paid life insurance
- 11 paid holidays
- 4 weeks paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
