Senior Environmental Health & Safety Specialist - Chemical/Laboratory Safety

Thermo Fisher Scientific•Middleton, WI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development, and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future. Our PPD™ Laboratory services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought leaders and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, environmental health, life science or natural science or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification is required.
Previous related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 5+ years).
1+ year of leadership responsibility (direct or indirect) is required.
Subject matter expert in one or more areas: biosafety, waste management, chemical safety, radiation safety, etc.
Strong knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, WI DNR, and other applicable regulations
Comfortable working cross functionally, including with outside agencies
Able to communicate, receive, and understand information and ideas with diverse groups of people in a comprehensible, reasonable, and concise manner.
Able to work upright and stationary and/or standing for typical working hours.
Able to lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.
Able to work in non-traditional work environments.
Able to use and learn standard office equipment and technology with proficiency.
Able to perform successfully under pressure while prioritizing and handling multiple projects or activities.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in occupational safety, environmental health, life science or public health preferred.
In some cases, an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.
Multiple years of Chemical or BioSafety experience highly preferred.
Experience in laboratories or pharmaceutical environment, in particular GMP preferred.
Knowledge of laboratory and hazardous waste regulations to include hazardous chemical/biohazard storage and disposal regulations preferred
Knowledge of BioSafety regulations and good practices preferred
Knowledge of Industrial Hygiene and air monitoring strategies preferred
CIH, CSP, CHHM, or CBSP certification preferred
Strong presentation skills and the ability to provide effective training
Effective problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong judgement and business acumen
Strong computer skills

Responsibilities

Manage, create, modify, and lead EHS programs and activities, and provides innovative solutions including regulatory expertise, recommendations and guidance to ensure good safe practices and overall compliance.
Own a few major regulatory programs depending on area of expertise. Examples include biosafety, radiation safety, chemical safety, waste management, etc.
Provides support on visits and requests from regulatory agencies, contractors and clients on audits and projects.
Provide EHS support for several laboratory departments to meet regulations, PPD GMP Lab, and corporate requirements.
Provide directions to stakeholders (employees) and lead by example to ensure safe procedures, practices and regulatory compliance are in place.
Responds to inquiries and provides follow-up to health, safety, and environmental issues to site management.
Ensure that licensing, permitting, or other environmental, health or safety requirements are met and take appropriate actions to ensure that any non-compliance issues are resolved in a timely manner.
Develop/Conduct/Coordinate EHS training.
Develop and update assigned environmental, health and safety related mandated procedures for assigned departments and programs.
Assist supervisors in conducting work-related injury/illness investigation.
Manage incidents, risks, hazards, and escalations through to resolutions.
Work with a sense of urgency to motivate & drive stakeholders to complete actions within agreed timelines.
Updates management on new or changed regulations in a timely manner.
Makes recommendations on feasible solutions and alternatives for compliance.
Develop and drive improvement of processes of the EHS system.
Facilitate and coordinate cross functional projects.
Additional duties may include leading management of chemical and biological waste streams and processes, Safety committees, supports Radiation Safety Officer, industrial hygiene planning and sampling, coordinate emergency drills and/or work with assigned site staff on regulatory inspections or other internal and external audits.