Auto req 13452BR
Job Posting Title Dir EH&S
Career Category Quality
Employee Subgroup Salaried FT
Country (State/Region) United States - Colorado
Location (City) Longmont
Amgen Job Description Job Summary:
An experienced Environment, Health & Safety Director (EHS) to provides vision and strategy for site and/or global EHS initiatives. Responsible for keeping site senior management informed on the status of environment, safety and health matters affecting the site. Assists Site Quality Executive Director in formulating and executing company practices as they related to environment, safety and health performance.
Delivers results through influence and communicating effectively with clients and practical integration of EHS with business practices. Independently take actions to drive improvement in EHS performance and practices. Manage complex problems and coordinate the implementation of innovative solutions.
Functions (Duties/Accountabilities):
EHS Management: Develop a management system which ensures that EHS is a key component of all site activities. Applies practical environment, safety, and health operating standards to ensure continuous improvement in EHS performance at the site. Influence line management to ensure that EHS is managed by line management as a core skill. Implement CAPA program to ensure actions are taken in a timely manner for effective close out of all findings from incidents, risk assessments, inspections and audits.
Incident management: Incident investigation and root cause analysis, reducing potentially serious incidents, injuries, environmental incidents, case management and injury prevention programs
Risk Management: Risk assessment for various aspects of EHS and capable of implementing a program at all levels of the facility. Knowledge and experience of process hazard evaluation techniques such as What If, HAZOP, FMEA.
Safety culture programs: Develop and implement Amgen safety culture program to integrate EHS as part of the day to day operations. Ensure early reporting by staff of unsafe conditions and behavior and near misses.
Project design review: Implement process for carrying out EHS review of projects, a management of change process, and handover and commissioning processes.
Contractor safety management: Ensure contractors comply with Amgen EHS requirements.
EHS Program Compliance: Provide technical guidance for the implementation of Amgen’s Environment, Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety programs to ensure compliance.
Engineering safety: Permit to work, Lock out tag out, confined space entry, cranes and hoist
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Managing hazardous substances including flammable and combustible materials, biologics, regulated carcinogens and controlled substances
- Employee exposure determinations
- Ergonomic design and assessment
- Fire and life safety
- Waste management
- Air and waste water permitting and compliance
Process safety management: Oversee management of chemical inventory and waste management programs (chemical, biohazard, radiation, universal, etc.).
Regulations: Implement systems to ensure compliance with applicable EHS regulations. Evaluate existing and new regulations’ impact upon Amgen operations. Develops new programs and implement changes as necessary.
Training: Implement EHS training strategy for Amgen staff & contractors and develop new training programs as required.
Environmental Sustainability: Implement programs to ensure accurate data is collected for the sites environmental impact and to reduce the ongoing environmental impact of the site’s operations.
Internal Auditing: Communicate audit results to site senior management. Review findings for trends and/or improvement opportunities that affect the site.
Supervision: Managing staff and/or technical personnel in multi-tiered organization.
Basic Qualifications Doctorate degree and 4 years of directly related experience
OR
Master’s degree and 8 years of directly related years
OR
Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of directly related experience
AND
4 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources
Preferred Qualifications MS Degree environmental, safety, industrial hygiene, technical, scientific or engineering
12 or more years of experience developing and implementing EHS programs in a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company
Experience in implementing an EHS management system (OHSAS 18000, ISO 14000).
7 years of supervisory experience
Knowledge with European regulations as they pertain to pharma/ biotech operations
Applied knowledge and understanding of EHS principles and practices, regulatory standards, and requirements in context of business activities.
Postgraduate professional qualification preferred (e.g. Certified safety practitioner (CSP))
Leadership, team building, strong communication skills, action oriented, self starting, program development and project management.
Proficient in Microsoft Office and other computer software systems.
Good technical & business writing skills and team skills.
