Environmental Health and Safety Engineer - SLC East

Teva Pharmaceuticals • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

The Environmental Health and Safety Engineer at Teva Pharmaceuticals is responsible for leading industrial safety risk management and manufacturing evaluations. This role focuses on continuous improvement of safety risk identification, process safety programs, and work processes at the site. The engineer will provide expertise in risk assessments, compliance, and employee education to foster a strong safety culture within the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering or other safety related field from an accredited college or university.
• A minimum of 2 years of industrial safety experience in a highly regulated environment.
• Knowledge of pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations relating to Environmental, Health and Safety.
• Familiarity with ANSI, NFPA and other consensus standards.
• Understanding of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations.
• Knowledge of principles of industrial safety and related practices.
• Proficiency in English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Understanding of machine guarding standards and practices.
• Familiarity with ergonomics standards and evaluation tools.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts.
• Understanding of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) requirements and guidelines.
• Training and presentation skills, techniques, applications and practices.
• Proficiency in business and personal computer hardware and software applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Experience with EHS management systems including basis of safety.
• Experience with high risk work activities and risk mitigation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with building and sustaining EHS culture initiatives that drive positive leading indicator performance.
• Technical writing experience.
• Experience delivering various EHSS training topics.

Responsibilities

• Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures, and state, federal and local laws.
• Interprets and evaluates Safety Data Sheets for the site's materials and products.
• Provide expertise on industrial safety risk assessments and risk management processes, methods, and standards.
• Identify and oversee production process improvements with Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs).
• Provide education to employees on risk identification and drive engagement to reduce risks across the site.
• Performs complex Risk Assessments, Job Safety Analysis, and safe work planning/permitting.
• Performs comprehensive machine guarding assessments aligned with Teva and OSHA requirements.
• Assist in design reviews for proposed new and modified facilities, processes, equipment, and tooling for compliance with company, local, and federal requirements.
• Develop and maintain systems to monitor EHS program performance and drive performance improvements based on leading and lagging indicators.
• Respond to incidents and assist in performing incident investigations.
• Understands and executes comprehensive Root Cause Analysis with corrective/preventive action reports.
• Ensures compliance with all Company policies and procedures, including safety rules and regulations.
• Leads the work of or participates in EHS project teams.
• Works independently with little direction from manager, self-driven and can manage multiple projects.
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal SOPs, Teva Standards, and industry best practices to help ensure a safe and healthy workplace.
• Review and evaluate drafts of site production records and SOPs, and laboratory test methods for EHS impacts as needed.
• Experience with building and sustaining EHS culture initiatives that drive positive leading indicator performance.
• Experience working with outside contractors for various facility and equipment projects to ensure adherence to site and applicable regulatory standards.
• Technical writing experience.
• Experienced with delivering myriad EHSS training topics.
• Ergonomic assessments following RULA, NIOSH, MSD Risk assessment tools.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription coverage starting on the first day of employment, providing the employee enrolls.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) with employer match, up to 6% and an annual 3.75% Defined Contribution to the 401k plan.
• Paid Time Off including vacation, sick/safe time, caretaker time, 13 paid Holidays and 3 paid floating holidays.
• Company paid Life and Disability insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Tuition Assistance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Health Savings Account.
• Life Style Spending Account.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Paid Parental Leave, if eligible.
• Family Building Benefits.
• Virtual Physical Therapy.
• Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurances.
• Identity Theft Protection.
• Legal Plan.
• Voluntary Life Insurance and Long Term Disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree