Senior Safety, Health, and Environmental Specialist

About the role

Join Roche's Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) Department as a Senior SHE Specialist and make a meaningful impact on workplace safety and environmental stewardship. In this pivotal role, you'll identify and evaluate risks to employee safety and the environment while establishing robust controls to mitigate those hazards.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate risks to employee safety and the environment
• Establish robust controls to mitigate identified hazards
• Work collaboratively across the R&D department and throughout the business
• Leverage detailed analysis, expert problem-solving skills, and extensive SHE expertise to protect our employees, our environment, and Roche's right to operate
• Execute and evaluate SHE risk assessments including job hazard assessments, equipment safety evaluations, PPE assessments, and ergonomic risk assessments
• Interpret regulatory and technical documents
• Drive compliance and protect our workforce
• Provide SHE business partner support for the R&D department
• Lead or facilitate investigation of SHE incidents to identify root causes and implement corrective and preventative actions to reduce risk of recurrence
• Develop, review, and revise SHE programs through technical writing to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations
• Manage action plans to ensure incident follow-up is complete, effective, and timely
• Prepare, coordinate, and conduct regular SHE-related meetings, inspections, and training sessions
• Maintain comprehensive SHE documentation, incident databases, injury and illness records, and required permits in accordance with compliance standards
• Develop metrics, summaries, and communications to provide accurate and timely reporting of SHE-related data and trend analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in occupational health and safety, engineering, or related technical field with minimum 8 years of dedicated professional SHE experience
• Extensive experience in highly regulated and science-driven industries (e.g., medical device, clinical diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, or R&D environments)
• Demonstrated expertise in executing SHE risk assessments and emergency response procedures
• Proven ability to autonomously manage complex SHE projects, lead incident response and management, interpret regulatory and technical documents, and develop business-wide SHE programs in matrixed organizations
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with expert ability to manage complex workloads, deliver high-quality work with meticulous attention to detail, and work effectively on cross-functional teams with positive energy and sense of urgency

Qualifications

• Background in chemistry, electrochemistry, or microbiology
• Expertise in biosafety, bloodborne pathogens, and chemical hygiene

Skills

• Technical depth needed to excel in our science-driven medical device R&D environment

Benefits

This position is not eligible for relocation. The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $73,000 - $135,600 USD Annual. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.

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