EHS Senior Associate - Safety

Pfizer • McPherson, KS

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Why Patients Need You The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team of experts who form Pfizer’s Environment, Health, & Safety (EHS) division. Due to the importance of this team for Pfizer’s employees and patients, the organization relies heavily on its team members’ timely actions and efficiency. You will contribute to delivering excellence, ensuring that Pfizer's medicines reach those who need them most with greater efficiency and safety than ever before. This dedicated team is committed to maintaining superior safety protocols, enabling the swift and secure distribution of our products. By joining us, you become part of a forward-thinking group focused on excellence and innovation, driving the mission to provide safe and effective medicines to patients worldwide. As an EHS Senior Associate, your ability to meet team targets will help in completing important deliverables on time. Your innovative use of communication tools and techniques will make it easy to manage difficult issues and help in establishing consensus between teams. It is your hard work and focus that will make Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe. How You Will Achieve It Support and co-lead moderately complex EHS projects independently, or with a team identifying hazardous situations and implementing risk reduction solutions. Primary focus on safety programs (LOTO, management of change, electrical, warehouse, training, etc.), task risk assessments, incident investigations, internal EHS audits, safety inspections, and EHS management systems. Effectively manage time to meet objectives, forecast, and plan resource requirements for divisional projects. Monitor compliance and Environment, Health & Safety performance, maintain and report on key metrics, and recommend corrective actions. Maintain EHS systems (e.g., Cority, Enablon, etc.) and develop metrics and trending reports for site leadership. Assess risks, including their probability, magnitude, and financial impact, and develop cost-effective control alternatives. Interact with Pfizer Legal Groups, including Global Environment, Health & Safety legal, and liaise with regulatory compliance organizations. Offer recommendations on implementing Pfizer Environmental, Health & Safety standards, site EHS policies, regulations, regulations and industry standards, and business continuity. Conduct workplace condition assessments to ensure compliance with federal and state occupational safety and health standards. Evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken to prevent personal injuries and property loss, protect the environment, and provide updates to site Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Response Plans, and Business Continuity Plans, etc. Partner with site business functions and external sources to implement improvements, apply skills and discipline knowledge, and make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems. Maintain a thorough knowledge of EHS (Local applications) computer databases and utilize a wide variety of other internal and external databases and systems. Develop and administer interactive training in support of EHS programs. Be willing to learn new skills/subjects and grow within the Senior Associate position. All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a master's degree with more than 0+ years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 6 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements and guidelines associated with EHS compliance.
• A good understanding of safety programs is required.
• Leadership, analysis, judgment, commensurate with position responsibilities, and levels of Pfizer and agency interaction.
• Experience performing internal audits of EHS programs, policies, and procedures
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Power BI.
• Experience with safety program development and cross-functional implementation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) required.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, creativity in problem solving, and flexibility.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must be comfortable making presentations to groups and representing the department/facility externally.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing facility and/or contractor safety programs in a pharmaceutical or related industry
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations
• Experience with regulatory compliance and liaising with regulatory organizations
• Strong technical support skills for site safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental programs
• Professional related certifications from accredited organizations such as the Board of Certified Safety Professionals or the National Safety Council, Institute of Hazardous Material Management (ASP, CSP, CHMM, CIH, IH, EIT, PE, etc.) and /or environmental health and safety management systems (ISO 14001/45001).
• Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience
• Experience in the application of regulations and industrial codes (IBC, NFPA, NEC, etc.) in operations.
• Experience with in-plant Emergency Response Teams

Responsibilities

• Support and co-lead moderately complex EHS projects independently, or with a team identifying hazardous situations and implementing risk reduction solutions.
• Primary focus on safety programs (LOTO, management of change, electrical, warehouse, training, etc.), task risk assessments, incident investigations, internal EHS audits, safety inspections, and EHS management systems.
• Effectively manage time to meet objectives, forecast, and plan resource requirements for divisional projects.
• Monitor compliance and Environment, Health & Safety performance, maintain and report on key metrics, and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain EHS systems (e.g., Cority, Enablon, etc.) and develop metrics and trending reports for site leadership.
• Assess risks, including their probability, magnitude, and financial impact, and develop cost-effective control alternatives.
• Interact with Pfizer Legal Groups, including Global Environment, Health & Safety legal, and liaise with regulatory compliance organizations.
• Offer recommendations on implementing Pfizer Environmental, Health & Safety standards, site EHS policies, regulations, regulations and industry standards, and business continuity.
• Conduct workplace condition assessments to ensure compliance with federal and state occupational safety and health standards.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken to prevent personal injuries and property loss, protect the environment, and provide updates to site Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Response Plans, and Business Continuity Plans, etc.
• Partner with site business functions and external sources to implement improvements, apply skills and discipline knowledge, and make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of EHS (Local applications) computer databases and utilize a wide variety of other internal and external databases and systems.
• Develop and administer interactive training in support of EHS programs.
• Be willing to learn new skills/subjects and grow within the Senior Associate position.
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments.
• Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level