Manager, EHS

Emergent Biosolutions • Canton, MA

34d • $129,000 - $151,500 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) serves as the site leader and primary subject matter expert for all EH&S programs at Emergent’s Canton, Massachusetts GMP vaccine drug substance manufacturing site. Operating as an individual contributor, this role owns the establishment, implementation, and ongoing improvement of EH&S systems to support safe site start-up, regulatory readiness, and commercial operations. The Manager ensures compliance with applicable OSHA, EPA, MassDEP, CDC/NIH, and other federal, state, and local requirements, permits, and registrations. The position works across Site Leadership, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, corporate EH&S, regulatory authorities, and external partners to support safe, compliant, and efficient manufacturing while fostering a proactive, risk-based safety culture aligned with cGMP expectations.

The role provides strategic and hands-on EH&S support throughout start-up, ramp-up, and steady-state operations. It owns site permits and reporting, leads inspections and audits, oversees environmental compliance, occupational health, industrial hygiene, contractor safety, and biosafety programs, and ensures EH&S risks are addressed in operational and capital decisions. It also drives incident investigation, corrective and preventive actions, performance measurement, training, and employee engagement. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Employees must meet applicable health and safety requirements, including adherence to job-related vaccination policies where consistent with law; accommodation requests will be evaluated in accordance with applicable laws.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline.
• At least eight years of progressive EH&S experience, including ownership of site-level EH&S programs in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience in cGMP pharmaceutical, vaccine, biologics, or biotechnology manufacturing operations, including start-up or facility commissioning experience.
• Deep knowledge of OSHA, EPA, and state and local environmental regulations, including permitting, inspections, and regulatory reporting.
• Demonstrated track record leading EH&S inspections and audits and managing responses and corrective actions.
• Experience managing EH&S risks in biologics or vaccine drug substance environments, including biosafety, chemical hazards, and high-containment considerations.
• Strong working knowledge of EH&S management systems and frameworks, such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, and their integration into GMP operations.
• Ability to operate independently as a site EH&S lead, prioritize competing demands, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, including effective engagement with senior leadership, regulators, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to meet applicable health and safety requirements, including adherence to company vaccination policies where job-related and consistent with law.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• MassDEP experience.
• Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, or equivalent, or ability to obtain one within a defined timeframe.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the site EH&S leader and single point of accountability for EH&S programs during start-up, ramp-up, and steady-state GMP operations.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve EH&S programs, policies, and procedures for a GMP-compliant vaccine drug substance manufacturing environment.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and readiness for OSHA, EPA, MassDEP, local fire department, and other inspections; manage site EH&S permits, licenses, and regulatory reporting.
• Act as primary liaison with regulatory authorities, auditors, and external partners; lead inspections, responses, and closure of commitments.
• Provide EH&S support for site start-up, facility readiness, commissioning, qualification, and operational risk assessments.
• Lead EH&S risk assessments, including job safety analyses, process hazard analyses, and biosafety assessments, for manufacturing, laboratory, utility, and support activities.
• Manage incident investigations, root cause analyses, corrective and preventive actions, reporting, and timely closure.
• Establish and monitor EH&S performance metrics, analyze trends, and provide recommendations to site leadership.
• Develop and maintain environmental compliance programs for hazardous waste, wastewater discharge, air emissions, stormwater, and chemical inventory/SDS systems.
• Oversee occupational health and industrial hygiene programs, including medical surveillance, respiratory protection, ergonomics, exposure monitoring, and hearing conservation.
• Lead contractor safety and permit-to-work programs, including hot work, confined space, and line break permits.
• Review and approve SOPs, change controls, deviations, and capital projects to identify and control EH&S risks in alignment with GMP requirements.
• Drive EH&S engagement, training, and leadership visibility across the organization.
• Collaborate with corporate EH&S and functional partners to align site practices with enterprise standards, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
• Serve as responsible or alternate official for biosafety, biosecurity, and select agent programs, as applicable.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Certain roles may be eligible for merit increases, annual bonus, and/or long-term incentives in the form of stock options.

What This Job Offers

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