EHS Consultant - BioPharma - Rockville, MD

About the Role

BSI Consulting Services is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Rockville, MD area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.

Responsibilities

• Assist with laboratory inspections; observe, document, and investigate unsafe work conditions.
• Work with laboratory personnel to develop JHAs and determine project-specific hazards and risks.
• Identify and manage occupational hazards and environmental risks, lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and create/document corrective and preventative actions to ensure a safe workplace.
• Initiate and lead regularly scheduled safety meetings with senior management to move beyond safety compliance to proactive identification of hazards and risks.
• Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.
• Conduct periodic review of hazardous chemical inventories for permit compliance.
• Occasionally conduct lab safety training for newly hired employees and scientists needing yearly recertification (new employee orientation, bloodborne pathogen, Safe Start, etc.).
• Assist with Large Quantity Generator requirements and contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed SQG threshold.
• Assistance / consulting on spill response and clean up, and local reporting to outside agencies (if necessary).
• Implement biosafety/hazard communication/chemical safety programs.
• Develop or maintain management systems.
• Assist with site compliance and monitor ongoing mitigation strategies for worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (monitor population density, social distancing, face mask use, cleaning, and sanitizing practices, etc.).
• Provide expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field.
• Prior consulting or EHS experience.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience with lab safety, biosafety, hazardous materials/waste management.
• Prior experience with risk assessment and accident investigations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• Professional certifications (such as CIH, ASP, CSP, or CHMM) desired, but not required.
• Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits.

Benefits

• Group-sponsored health and dental insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Company-matched 401k plan.
• Company paid life insurance.
• 11 paid holidays and 4 weeks paid time off.

Pay

The salary for the EHS Associate Consultant position can range from $86,400 to $108,000 annually; actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s competencies, level of experience, education, location, divisional budget and internal peer compensation comparisons.