Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Curia • Town of East Greenbush, NY

3d • $91,700 - $111,200

About The Position

The Environmental Health and Safety Specialist plans, coordinates, and leads the application of site health and safety programs. The role covers health and safety program design and implementation, training, inspections, industrial hygiene, job hazard and job safety analyses, and management reporting. The Specialist establishes and promotes a safe and healthy work environment and ensures compliance with government safety regulations. Some travel is required, and the role may involve working different shifts as needed to deliver training, attend meetings, or cover start-ups.

The position also provides some cross-functional support for Environmental EHS work and manages site security contractors and systems, including monitoring-system functionality, security incident requests, repairs, and campus badge access. Curia describes itself as a global contract development and manufacturing organization serving pharmaceutical and biotech companies, with a mission to advance therapies and improve patients’ lives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience administering industrial health and safety programs.
• Must pass a background check.
• Must pass a drug screen.
• May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening.
• Some travel is required, and the role may require working shifts when necessary for training, meetings, or start-up coverage.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a plant or facility with an extensive HAZCOM Program.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and/or implement site health and safety programs covering industrial hygiene, hazard communication, confined space entry, hot work, emergency response, electrical safety, lockout/tagout, bloodborne pathogen exposure control, asbestos, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, industrial toxicology, contractor safety, ergonomics, personal protective equipment, and laboratory hygiene.
• Plan, organize, and schedule safety training; develop and deliver relevant training materials to Curia employees, contractors, and applicable business partners.
• Work with emergency response team incident commanders to develop, maintain, and conduct emergency response training and exercises.
• Lead and/or facilitate employee teams, including safety committees and incident investigations.
• Oversee potent compound handling safety and industrial hygiene; develop, coordinate, or continuously improve required components of the potent compound control banding system.
• Guide the potent compound team in understanding and implementing industry best practices.
• Oversee and conduct medical program case management and coordinate modified work for employees with restricted work activities.
• Coordinate annual medical surveillance and qualification programs for respirator wearers, emergency response teams, and potent compound monitoring.
• Coordinate development of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for Curia products.
• Perform responsibilities in compliance with applicable safety and environmental laws and regulations, company policies and procedures, and Curia’s commitment to continuous improvement in safety and environmental performance.
• Evaluate and recommend improvements to safety equipment, such as eyewashes and safety showers.
• Provide some cross-functional support for the Environmental side of EHS.
• Manage the resident security contractor to ensure the vendor follows its Master Services Agreement with Curia.
• Maintain the site security monitoring system and ensure its hardware and software are functional.
• Respond to security incident, investigation, concern, and equipment repair requests.
• Manage the security badging system by issuing and maintaining campus badge access and instituting upgrades when needed.

Benefits

• Generous benefit options, eligible on the first day of employment.
• Paid training, vacation, and holidays; vacation accrual begins on the first day of employment.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Education reimbursement.
• 401(k) program with matching contributions.
• Learning platform.

What This Job Offers

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