EHS Consultant - BioPharma - Rockville, MD

BSI

12d•$86,400 - $108,000•Onsite

About The Position

BSI Consulting Services is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Rockville, MD area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility. BSI Consulting Services is a trusted and agenda-shaping partner providing ‘best practice’ technical, regulatory, and business expertise and intelligence for our clients’ most critical EHS risks and opportunities to achieve greater resilience, impact, and future-readiness.

Requirements

Expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance.
Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field.
Prior consulting or EHS experience.
Prior experience 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

Preferred 3-5 years’ experience with lab safety, biosafety, hazardous materials/waste management.
Professional certifications (such as CIH, ASP, CSP, or CHMM) 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 and contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed SQG threshold.
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.
Assist with site compliance and monitor ongoing mitigation strategies for worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (monitor population density, social distancing, face mask use, cleaning, and sanitizing practices, etc.).