Specialist, Safety & Environment (Air Compliance)
About The Position
The Safety & Environment Specialist (Air Compliance) provides technical and regulatory guidance to Global Safety & Environment business partners and site operations, and supports integration of environmental compliance programs and company standards into daily activities. Reporting to the Associate Director / environmental compliance lead for the West Point Site, this specialist is a key member of the site’s GSE team, helping shape the site’s EHS culture, drive compliance, and embed EHS excellence across site operations. The role requires technical expertise in federal, state, and local air-program environmental regulations relevant to the pharmaceutical industry, including air-pollution-source permitting and compliance management and refrigerant management. The specialist supports EHS planning and execution, works with operations and other stakeholders to implement compliance programs, and uses effective influencing skills to improve EHS performance within a complex organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 3 years of professional EHS or environmental consulting experience in chemical, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical manufacturing environments.
- Working knowledge of applicable air-emissions and refrigerant-management regulatory requirements, including Title V operating permits, plan approvals, RFDs, and the AIM Act.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and their relationship to environmental regulations.
- Experience implementing EHS programs, including change management for operational or site initiatives.
- Ability to support multiple projects and effectively partner with internal business units.
- Experience implementing management systems and ensuring compliance.
- EHS compliance, EHS program management, environmental regulatory compliance, incident investigations, interpersonal relationships, self-motivation, and training and development skills.
- Adaptability, air quality management, biosafety, budgeting, continuous improvement, EHS auditing, ergonomics program management, industrial hygiene, process safety, radiation safety, sustainability management, and waste management skills.
- Valid driving license.
Nice To Haves
- At least 3 years of experience in air-emissions management compliance programs.
- Experience leading regulatory agency interactions, inspections, permit applications and renewals, emissions inventories, and corrective-action implementation.
- Environmental management-system implementation skills and demonstrated ability to train and influence cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Support monthly reporting and compliance reviews within the Air Emissions Data Management System (AEDMS).
- Maintain site emission-source equipment inventories and associated emission factors.
- Support Semiannual Title V Compliance Certifications.
- Manage EHS management-system task definitions, compliance-task updates, permits and compliance registers, and action plans.
- Participate in and provide hands-on support for regulatory agency inspections and corporate EHS audits, including records preparation and follow-up with operations.
- Support routine, non-complex air reports, such as RATA testing, stack testing, and CEMS reports.
- Help prepare site bulletin articles and operational guidance documents under the direction of the Air SME.
- Work with operations, managers, and technicians to ensure refrigerant equipment service records are completed accurately and on time in accordance with U.S. EPA and company requirements.
- Conduct field walkdowns to verify equipment and leak repair or prevention actions, and advise on compliant leak-management actions.
- Assist with internal and external refrigerant-management compliance activities, including reporting, preparing and reviewing required documents and records, and maintaining official compliance records.
- Compile, calculate, and prepare refrigerant data for quarterly environmental sustainability data collection.
- Assist with developing standard work instructions documenting refrigerant-program activities.
- Assist with updating the refrigerant-management site procedure and related documentation to support program improvements.
- Assist with developing and updating the refrigerant-management program manual to sustain the existing program.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision healthcare
- Other insurance benefits for employees and family
- Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Compassionate days
- Sick days
- Annual bonus eligibility
- Long-term incentive eligibility, if applicable
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
