Senior Safety Specialist

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•San Lorenzo, PR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com Job Function: Environmental Health, Safety (EH&S) and Facilities Services (FS) Job Sub Function: Environmental Health & Safety Job Category: Professional All Job Posting Locations: San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, United States of America Job Description: About MedTech Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech We are searching for the best talent for Senior Safety Specialist to be located at San Lorenzo, PR. The Senior Safety Specialist provides technical expertise on safety and occupational health matters. Will assist with the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of robust processes to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and control risk at workplace and environment. Evaluate, plan, and implement appropriate occupational safety and occupational health program components, including development and delivery of training materials. Leads all safety health matters at the plant. Support managing of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 Certification processes as requested. Drives progress of management action plans completion, providing technical support to ensure corporate, business franchise, and site goals are delivered. Ensures all EHS related records and equipment is properly maintained, prepared, and submitted in a timely manner. Facilitate EHS audits and inspections, recommendations, and process improvements. You will be responsible for: Support projects identifying potential risk and leading implementation of appropriate control measures. Lead a comprehensive fire and explosion hazard identification/risk assessment – open flame processes and classified areas including inspection, testing and maintenance programs for critical fire safety equipment including container integrity, air-monitoring instruments, bonding and grounding devices, alarms and sprinkler systems, and portable fire extinguishers. Maintain a process for conducting a risk assessment for machine guarding to ensure that the performance of safety controls for newly acquired machinery is proportional to the risks as determined by use of the risk graph provided in ISO’s Safety of Machinery standard. Establish, implement, and maintain a written Hazardous Energy Control Program to protect personnel from unexpected startup, dangerous movement of machinery or equipment during service, maintenance, cleaning, or repair. Establish, implement, and maintain appropriate electrical safe work practices in accordance with local requirements to utilize insulated tools and require electrical personal protective equipment based on the electrical hazards and risks at the facility. Lead a Fall Prevention Site Assessment to identify the potential slip, trip and fall hazards of the facility, and to evaluate the risks associated with the identified hazards and create Establish, implement, and maintain a written Permit-to-Work system - formally authorized, proficient, and suitably trained to issue work permits such as hot work, electrical, work at heights, confined spaces. Establish, implement, and maintain a written Confined Space Entry Program (CSEP) and a facility-wide survey to identify and inventory all confined spaces including establishing, implementing, and maintaining a formal rescue plan for each Permit Required Confined Space (PRCS) entry. Establish, implement, and maintain a formal rescue plan to deal with non-routine working at heights situations. Act as an Alternate Incident Commander on the ERT; Develop, implement, and maintain an upto-date emergency response plan based on the outcomes of the risk assessments to minimize the potential effects of an accident or emergency on human health, the environment, and the business, both on and off site. Lead simulations to evaluate the proficiency of on–site emergency responders and training for capacitation. Active participation with Human Resources and Occupational Health for Medical Case Management Process to ensure accurate response and recordkeeping requirements are met. Assists with the development of an approach to safety, occupational health, and ergonomic issues with regulatory requirements and J&J Standards. Coordinates and performs internal audits periodically to assess systems/process efficiency As requested, lead EHS Integrated Owners of Safety Systems (IOSS) team. Coordinates meetings and assures team’s efficiency. Attend annual HAZWOPER, RCRA and DOT/IATA as required. Follow all environmental, safety and occupational health policies (i.e., ISO14001 & ISO 45001)

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required.
A minimum of six (6) years related experience in Medical Devices & Diagnostics Pharmaceutical and/or Consumer industry is required.
Availability to work various schedules, which may include 1st, 2nd, 3rd shifts and/or 12-hour daily shifts, including weekends and holidays.
Fully bilingual, speaks and write in English and Spanish
Good oral and written communication skills
Able to walk constantly around the facilities
Capable of lifting objects during inspections

Nice To Haves

A Master’s Degree is preferred.
Administrative (supervision) experience is preferred
Six Sigma Green Certification preferred
This position may require a 10% of domestic and/or international travel

Responsibilities

Support projects identifying potential risk and leading implementation of appropriate control measures.
Lead a comprehensive fire and explosion hazard identification/risk assessment – open flame processes and classified areas including inspection, testing and maintenance programs for critical fire safety equipment including container integrity, air-monitoring instruments, bonding and grounding devices, alarms and sprinkler systems, and portable fire extinguishers.
Maintain a process for conducting a risk assessment for machine guarding to ensure that the performance of safety controls for newly acquired machinery is proportional to the risks as determined by use of the risk graph provided in ISO’s Safety of Machinery standard.
Establish, implement, and maintain a written Hazardous Energy Control Program to protect personnel from unexpected startup, dangerous movement of machinery or equipment during service, maintenance, cleaning, or repair.
Establish, implement, and maintain appropriate electrical safe work practices in accordance with local requirements to utilize insulated tools and require electrical personal protective equipment based on the electrical hazards and risks at the facility.
Lead a Fall Prevention Site Assessment to identify the potential slip, trip and fall hazards of the facility, and to evaluate the risks associated with the identified hazards and create Establish, implement, and maintain a written Permit-to-Work system - formally authorized, proficient, and suitably trained to issue work permits such as hot work, electrical, work at heights, confined spaces.
Establish, implement, and maintain a written Confined Space Entry Program (CSEP) and a facility-wide survey to identify and inventory all confined spaces including establishing, implementing, and maintaining a formal rescue plan for each Permit Required Confined Space (PRCS) entry.
Establish, implement, and maintain a formal rescue plan to deal with non-routine working at heights situations.
Act as an Alternate Incident Commander on the ERT; Develop, implement, and maintain an upto-date emergency response plan based on the outcomes of the risk assessments to minimize the potential effects of an accident or emergency on human health, the environment, and the business, both on and off site.
Lead simulations to evaluate the proficiency of on–site emergency responders and training for capacitation.
Active participation with Human Resources and Occupational Health for Medical Case Management Process to ensure accurate response and recordkeeping requirements are met.
Assists with the development of an approach to safety, occupational health, and ergonomic issues with regulatory requirements and J&J Standards.
Coordinates and performs internal audits periodically to assess systems/process efficiency
As requested, lead EHS Integrated Owners of Safety Systems (IOSS) team. Coordinates meetings and assures team’s efficiency.
Attend annual HAZWOPER, RCRA and DOT/IATA as required.
Follow all environmental, safety and occupational health policies (i.e., ISO14001 & ISO 45001)