EHS Specialist II

About the role

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Group/Division Summary: The Drug Product Division - North America (DPD-NA) is one of the five divisions that make up the Pharma Services Group. We are made up of approximately 4400 colleagues across six sites who specialize in taking sterile injectable and oral solid dose drug products from development to commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Support the Industrial Hygiene (IH) Program by assisting with site industrial hygiene testing
• Conduct sound level testing and noise dosimetry studies
• Support the management of IH equipment and calibrations
• Conduct qualitative & quantitative respiratory fit testing
• Complete risk assessments, ergonomic analysis, manual handling assessment, DSE assessments that form improvement recommendations for management to implement changes
• Maintain the New Substance Notification Regulation (NSNR) tracking database, and Site Chemical Inventory
• Conducting various site health & safety audits such as guarding and lockout/tagout
• Develop and implement EHS Training Programs
• Participate in leading EHS Orientation for new hires
• Assist with the roll out of site programs related to environmental sustainability, industrial hygiene and site safety
• Evaluate new hazardous materials to ensure compliance in EHS requirements and facility constraints
• Participate in emergency response planning and evacuation planning
• Facilitate root cause analysis, complete accident investigations and implementation of corrective action activities
• Collaborate with Human Resources and health care professionals regarding reasonable adjustments for colleagues upon return to work
• Support the EHS Department with other related initiatives & activities

Requirements

• High School Diploma/ GED with 4+ years of EHS experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 1 to 2 years of Chemical, manufacturing, or pharmaceutical work experience is preferred but not required
• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant work experience may be considered
• Familiarity with US Environment, Health & Safety Legislation & standard methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion through interaction with employees at all levels within the organization
• High integrity for dealing with confidential information
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work alone and be a self starter
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated professionalism and excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Physical Requirements

• Position requires ordinary ambulatory skills and physical coordination sufficient to move about office locations
• Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch periodically for prolonged periods of time
• Manipulation (lift, carry, move) of light to medium weights of 10-35 pounds
• Arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp and type for prolonged periods of time
• Visual acuity to use a keyboard, computer monitor, operate equipment, and read materials for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear for prolonged periods of time
• Safety glasses, safety shoes, lab coat, nitrile or similar gloves, safety apron, organic respirator occasionally