EHS Senior Associate - Safety

About the role

The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team of experts who form Pfizer’s Environment, Health, & Safety (EHS) division. Due to the importance of this team for Pfizer’s employees and patients, the organization relies heavily on its team members’ timely actions and efficiency. You will contribute to delivering excellence, ensuring that Pfizer's medicines reach those who need them most with greater efficiency and safety than ever before.

Responsibilities

• Support and co-lead moderately complex EHS projects independently, or with a team identifying hazardous situations and implementing risk reduction solutions.
• Primary focus on safety programs (LOTO, management of change, electrical, warehouse, training, etc.), task risk assessments, incident investigations, internal EHS audits, safety inspections, and EHS management systems.
• Effectively manage time to meet objectives, forecast, and plan resource requirements for divisional projects.
• Maintain EHS systems (e.g., Cority, Enablon, etc.) and develop metrics and trending reports for site leadership.
• Assess risks, including their probability, magnitude, and financial impact, and develop cost-effective control alternatives.
• Interact with Pfizer Legal Groups, including Global Environment, Health & Safety legal, and liaise with regulatory compliance organizations.
• Offer recommendations on implementing Pfizer Environmental, Health & Safety standards, site EHS policies, regulations, regulations and industry standards, and business continuity.
• Conduct workplace condition assessments to ensure compliance with federal and state occupational safety and health standards.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken to prevent personal injuries and property loss, protect the environment, and provide updates to site Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Response Plans, and Business Continuity Plans, etc.
• Partner with site business functions and external sources to implement improvements, apply skills and discipline knowledge, and make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of EHS (Local applications) computer databases and utilize a wide variety of other internal and external databases and systems.
• Develop and administer interactive training in support of EHS programs.

Qualifications

• Must-Have: Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR Master's degree with more than 0+ years of experience; OR Associate's degree with 6 years of experience; OR High school diploma (or equivalent) and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements and guidelines associated with EHS compliance.
• A good understanding of safety programs is required.
• Leadership, analysis, judgment, commensurate with position responsibilities, and levels of Pfizer and agency interaction.
• Experience performing internal audits of EHS programs, policies, and procedures.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Power BI.
• Experience with safety program development and cross-functional implementation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) required.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, creativity in problem solving, and flexibility.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must be comfortable making presentations to groups and representing the department/facility externally.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience managing facility and/or contractor safety programs in a pharmaceutical or related industry.
• Experience in the application of regulations and industrial codes (IBC, NFPA, NEC, etc.) in operations.
• Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Experience with in-plant Emergency Response Teams.