EHS Manager - PHL

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Summary of Objective:

This role is responsible for all aspects of EH&S at the Philadelphia site, this includes but is not limited to the development of and implementing, maintaining and continuously improving PCI’s EHS programs, policies, procedures and processes to maintain and exceed compliance with applicable EH&S regulations at the site. This involves actively engaging and involving both the site Management team and employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the site Management teams and EHS-related committees to implement and maintain site and Corporate EHS policies & programs and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Ensure site job tasks are appropriately analyzed and assessed for risk on a regular basis and that those risk assessments are utilized to identify, develop, and implement appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Effectively utilize PCI’s EHS data management system(s) to analyse for trends and implement strategies to address and effectively control identified trends.
• Be an active member of the Site Leadership Team to identify potential risks with activities planned at the site level and to ensure effective EH&S leadership and commitment to continual improvement of EH&S at the site.
• Partner with the Global Industrial Hygiene team to ensure compliance with PCI and regulatory Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology requirements including Health Hazard Assessments, Hazard Data Sheets, Air and Noise Sampling, and IH control implementation and utilization.
• Implement and oversee the sustainment of EHS employee engagement initiatives, including Behavior-Based Safety, Safety Suggestions, EH&S Committees, and similar.
• Develop and administer site specific EHS training to assist in incident reduction and implementation of Corporate EHS programs.
• Ensure incident investigations are being completed to identify causes and corrective actions and that the identified causes and corrective actions are appropriate.
• Assist site Management in ensuring corrective actions identified for incidents, hazards, or similar are: effective at risk reduction, sustainable, tracked to completion, and implemented across the site.
• Complete routine walk throughs of facilities to ensure compliance with both internal and external programs, policies, and regulations.
• Utilize identified opportunities and good practices found during the walks to assist in training and encouraging employees and the site management team.
• Participate and ensure all site level EHS staff participate in the site First Aid/Medical Response Team
• Ensure required site environmental inspections are effectively completed, environmental permit requirements/regulations are adhered to, and gather environmental data to meet compliance related deadlines.
• Ensure EHS design reviews are completed for: property acquisitions, new construction, new or changed process, and new or changes to equipment and identified risks are mitigated.
• Lead site level EHS related customer or regulatory inspections/audits and assist with other inspections/audits as requested.
• Ensure compliance with the recordkeeping regulations and ensure work related injuries/illnesses are managed in accordance with regulatory requirements, insurance requirements, and PCI’s Occupational Health requirements.
• Ensure Safety Data Sheets, Chemical Inventories, and Product Health Hazard Assessments are accurate and that employees have, know how to access, and abide by this information.
• Provide EHS technical expertise for the site; stay abreast of current and emerging technical and professional aspects of EHS Identify opportunities for and ensure site EHS staff allocates appropriate time to professional development. This position may require extra hours and/or weekend work.
• Knowledge of and adherence to all PCI, cGMP, and GCP policies, procedures, rules.
• Attendance to work is an essential function of this position.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Manager/Supervisor.

Qualification:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in EHS related field and 5 or more years related work experience.
• EH&S related certifications (CSP, SMP, CIH)
• College Level Mathematical Skills
• Advanced Computer Skills: Ability to perform the most complex computer tasks and operate various computer programs.
• Full Professional Proficiency: Ability to speak, read, and write fluently and accurately on all levels pertinent to professional needs.
• Very High Reasoning: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Be able to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in math or diagram form and deal with several abstract/concrete variables.
• High Standard of Report Writing
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Ability to effectively present information to various people as the job requires.
• Ability to work independently and/or as part of a team.

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree in EHS related field
• Experience managing other EHS staff
• Experience managing EHS over multiple facilities
• Experience in pharmaceuticals and/or bio-pharmaceuticals industry or similar
• Familiarization and experience with: business continuity plans, serious incident and fatality (SIF) prevention techniques, safety management systems, industrial hygiene, environmental regulations, prevention through design, and organizational/safety culture development.

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