Manager, Industrial Hygiene & Safety

Pfizer • McPherson, KS

1d • $99,200 - $165,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Pfizer’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team is essential in upholding the highest safety standards for both patients and colleagues. As a member of this innovative community, 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.

Requirements

• BA/BS with at least 4 years of experience or MS/MEng/MBA with at least 2 years of experience or PhD/JD with any years of experience or associate's degree with at least 8 years of experience or high School Diploma (or Equivalent) with at least 10 years of relevant experience
• Strong technical experience implementing industrial hygiene, safety and environmental programs and key processes is required
• Demonstrated working knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements and guidelines associated with EHS compliance
• Excellent leadership, analysis, judgment, commensurate with position responsibilities
• Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office

Nice To Haves

• A master's degree in science, engineering, technical or related areas combined with substantial project management experience
• Professional related certifications from accredited organizations such as the American Board of Industrial Hygiene, Board of Certified Safety Professionals or the National Safety Council, Institute of Hazardous Material Management (ASP, CSP, CHMM, CIH, IH, EIT, PE, PMP, etc.)
• 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 and industrial hygiene programs
• Experience using common AI tools, including generative technologies such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, to support problem solving and enhance productivity

Responsibilities

• Lead Industrial Hygiene and Safety programs and co-lead high-level projects, conduct risk assessments, incident investigations, and implement best practices
• Monitor compliance and Environment, Health & Safety performance, report key metrics, and recommend corrective actions
• Provide technical support and training for site safety and industrial hygiene programs
• Assist in performing risk assessments to include occupation risk, process hazard Analysis (PHA, HazOp, FMEA, What-if, etc.)
• Assist in implementing effective EHS cultural improvement and engagement activities
• Interact with Pfizer Legal Groups, including Global Environment, Health & Safety legal, and liaise with regulatory compliance organizations
• Implement risk reduction strategies and offer advice on implementing Pfizer Health & Safety standards, site safety policies, and regulations governing safety
• Conduct workplace condition assessments and audits to ensure compliance with federal and state occupational safety and health standards
• Evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken to prevent personal injuries
• Partner with site business functions (engineering, operations, etc.) and external sources to implement improvements, apply skills and discipline knowledge, and make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems
• Effectively time manage to meet objectives, forecast, and plan resource requirements for divisional projects
• Utilize EHS systems (e.g., Cority, Enablon, AI agents, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• 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
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
• Relocation support available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree