EHS Specialist

The EHS Specialist will provide specialized consultative services for environmental, health, safety and industrial hygiene issues to the line organizations at the GSK Hamilton Site.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Provide technical expertise to line organizations in the completion of industrial hygiene (IH) monitoring, chemical risk assessments, and chemical exposure mitigation efforts.
• Development and/or enhancement of site EHS and IH Local Standard Operating Procedures. Research, draft and prepare local policies and procedures for compliance with GSK EHS Standards.
• Gather and collect data related to EHS objectives, metrics and targets that reflect local needs and are aligned with GSK and legal expectations. Proactively identify and support actions necessary to ensure these are achieved.
• Co-ordinate Management Monitoring and Independent Business Monitoring Audit programs to assess compliance with legal and GSK requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop / facilitate training to comply with GSK, OSHA and EPA requirements. Provide coaching on EHS and occupational exposure risks and supporting programs.
• Champion a strong safety culture across the site and maximize personnel involvement in EHS related activities.
• Conduct and document Work Place Risk assessments/ Job Safety Analysis, action plans and implementation of related corrective measures.
• Ensure that necessary EHS information is reported to local regulators and to stakeholders within GSK.
• Conduct investigations into serious adverse events.
• Perform other duties to support the site EHS department as required.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 2+ years of experience as a safety professional, environmental compliance specialist, or industrial hygienist

• Experience in OSHA and/or EPA regulations

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Ability to support site operations to ensure compliance with internal GSK programs and external regulatory requirements.

• Green Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma

• Experience in systems management or administrator, demonstrated leadership in change and transformation

• Post-graduate qualification in Engineering, Lean or Six Sigma

• Experience with Biopharmaceuticals or other cGMP environment

• Black Belt Lean/Six Sigma Certification; or industry equivalent

• Experience in coaching or directly leading a team

• Change Management experience including leadership of complex projects/programs and teams.

• Proven ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organization.

• Highly effective communication skills with proven ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organization.

• Diagnosis of complex performance issues an

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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