Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist

teknova•Hollister, CA

About The Position

Join the Teknova Team and Help Shape the Future of Health. When you join the Teknova team, you’re helping to create the future of health. Our customers are working to discover novel therapies that will help people everywhere live longer, healthier lives. We make sure they have a reliable supply of the essential ingredients they need to succeed, and every member of our team plays an important role. Our Culture: At Teknova, our culture is all about creative problem solving, and our default answer is “Yes.” We’re customer-obsessed and go all in for them and each other. We aren’t interested in the status quo—we want to discover what’s possible. We’re bold and built to change. We go above and beyond to develop novel products that help our customers get reliable results, engineer formats that fit their systems, and find ways to ship out their orders one day sooner. Every time we help our customers work more efficiently; we bring them a step closer to that big breakthrough. Our Values: We value the unique personality and background of everyone on our team—we want you to be you. By working together and sharing our skills, we find new and better solutions for our customers. The people on our team are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re here to support them. JOB OVERVIEW The Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist is responsible for a wide range of work across EH&S disciplines, primarily focused on ensuring safety compliance through inspections, documentation, and training to reduce risk within the organization, promote contractor safety and foster safe laboratory operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or engineering discipline. Or 7 to 10 years of working experience in a hazardous material manufacturing environment
Certified in OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Standards for General Industry or be willing to take steps to gain required certification
Possess a strong understanding of safety principals, Cal OSHA / EPA standards, laboratory safety programs, and key processes such as risk assessment, inspections, audits and root cause investigations
Ability to independently assess safety risks and programs and communicate/collaborate with EH&S leadership and senior management on appropriate risk control measures
Demonstrate working knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements and guidelines associated with health and safety
Good interpersonal and oral/written communication skills
Ability to handle multiple projects concurrently
Ability to stand, walk, bend, carry, push and use both hands when performing assigned duties

Responsibilities

Proactively audits safety equipment and documentation to ensure that facilities are current and to code with Cal OSHA/ EPA and other regulatory guidelines and have implemented the recommendations resulting from inspections by the County or other authorities; Supports site internal/external/regulatory audits.
Implements and oversees inspection policies and procedures put in place by EH&S leadership.
Organizes and maintains material Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for all buildings across the campus.
Supports EH&S leadership in evaluating EH&S risks associated with new or changing laboratory equipment and/or processes to ensure sufficient controls are identified and implemented.
Procures personal protective equipment and other safety equipment to support new processes and equipment.
Executes tasks in support of EH&S programs with general direction and guidance from the EH&S Leader, program managers and stakeholders. The work may include inspections, assessments, program audits, incident investigations, data reporting, monitoring, and report submissions.
Engages site functional teams and leadership to prioritize initiatives and resources to achieve EH&S objectives; Coordinate with outside vendors for site services as required.
Provides fundamental overview of safety expectations for all third-party vendors and contractors to ensure that they perform their work in a safe manner consistent with Teknova safety programs.
Drives development, advancement, and implementation of EHS programs and procedures; Serves as a subject matter expert and administrator for assigned programs.
Responds to departmental inquiries and concerns in a timely manner while providing quality resolution.
Organizes, documents, monitors, and reports status on all projects on a weekly or other basis as requested.