EHS Staff Specialist, Environment

Illumina•Boulder, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Boulder Staff Specialist – Site Lead serves as the designated Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) leader for Illumina’s Boulder site(s), ensuring effective implementation of EHS programs and compliance with applicable regulations. This role partners closely with site and regional leadership to manage risk, drive continuous improvement, and support a strong safety culture across facilities and operations.

Requirements

EHS Leadership skills that inspire others to desire and achieve EHS excellence.
Solid understanding of applying EHS regulations/standards to a site.
Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
Experience building strong partnerships with employees and developing a safety culture that is integrated throughout all levels of the organization.
Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Ability to measure and communicate the business value of safety.
Experience in IVD/Med Device/Life Sciences industry is a plus.
Effective educator and strong ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
Effective leadership, presentation, and persuasion skills
Experience working in fast paced and dynamic environment with fast global business growth.
Ability to prioritize and execute work among competing priorities.
Knowledge of scientific principles and concepts and experience applying to EHS needs.
Environmental compliance experience
Experience in various lab safety programs including radiation safety and biological safety
Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others and independent thought.
Demonstrates and influences integrity among vendors, their peers, and leaders.
Demonstrates emotional intelligence and company core leadership values in all aspects of work.

Nice To Haves

Experience in IVD/Med Device/Life Sciences industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

Designated Site EHS Lead - Boulder site(s) to support implementation of EHS programs, processes, training, and systems for all Boulder locations and operations ensuring compliance with applicable laws and support the Illumina EHS mission and strategy.
Collaborate with Global EHS team to support the implementation of global EHS strategies, programs, guidelines, policies, processes, systems, tools, training, best practices, and actions.
Monitor, interpret and assess existing or emerging EHS laws, regulations, regulatory policy, and industry practices to determine operational and business impacts and develop action plans for further risk management.
Active participant on Boulder Leadership Teams, Boulder Emergency Management Team, and Americas (AMR) EHS Leadership Team.
Lead and document key EHS business processes such as EHS risk assessments, incident investigations and other occupational safety processes.
Responsible for EHSMS initiatives for 45001/14001 readiness
Partner and engage with Boulder and regional business partners to measure, analyze, and communicate EHS Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and metrics.
Manage the Boulder environmental programs such as hazardous waste management, industrial wastewater, storm water and air emission requirements.
Deliver EHS expertise for facilities changes, moves and enhancements in conformance with local building/fire codes.
Partner with Human Resources and Risk Management on the collaborative management of the workers compensation program
Liaison between Illumina and local regulatory agencies
Prepare and deliver training as needed in areas such as, but not limited to, chemical/lab safety, radiation safety, ergonomics, emergency response and life safety.
Frequently interact with regional team members and/or functional peer group managers, and customers to lead a cooperative effort among members of diverse project teams.
Active recipient of planning initiatives at the Boulder and AMR regional level, execution at site level.
Use business expertise to drive accountability and support of removing barriers during execution of initiatives.
Responsible for results, including costs, key performance indicator metrics and attainment of long-term regional strategy.
Advanced vendor management of routine and proactive processes through monthly performance reviews, quarterly business reviews and real time clear concise feedback to help vendors and consultants realize full potential.
Celebrate teams’ successes and provide personalized recognition for the right team behaviors and actions.
Ability to drive continuous improvement and lean methodologies with optimum effectiveness.