Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager

About this opportunity :

This position based in Milford, MA reports to the Director of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS), and executes both strategic and hands-on EHS functions, providing education and tools to employees and managers as required. This position also assists with collecting key performance indicators, maintaining EHS compliance documentation and making recommendations for continual improvement of EHS systems.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide strategic leadership to continually improve the EHS management system at all assigned Nitto Avecia sites. Lead or participate in risk reduction programs and continual improvement activities.
• Develop and implement EHS programs to identify and manage risks.
• Initiate improvement projects and provide periodic updates regarding the EHS management system by establishing and analyzing key performance metrics.
• Facilitate hazard assessments, especially pertaining to the use of chemical, biological, and physical agents, including coordination or performance of industrial hygiene monitoring.
• Develop and present interactive EHS training sessions that effectively educate and inspire action to recognize and control hazards.
• Provide guidance to managers and employees to educate them on independent hazard recognition and control.
• Facilitate follow-up of EHS events and coordinate implementation of corrective actions.
• Be on call to coordinate response to emergencies as they arise. Coordinate and participate in site emergency response teams (chemical spills, medical emergencies, and building evacuation) as applicable.
• Facilitate or coordinate EHS audits of facilities and site operations.
• Represent Nitto Avecia in external EHS interactions with client representatives, regulatory officials, local officials, and community programs.
• Maintain required documentation and perform or facilitate required actions to ensure compliance with applicable EHS regulations.
• Manage EHS staff through direct or indirect lines of reporting (as assigned) including setting expectations and providing performance feedback.
• Travel required approximately 5-25%.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health & safety, environmental science or closely related field with 10+ years of hands-on EHS experience in a pharmaceutical, biotechnology or chemical processing related field, or Master’s degree in occupational health & safety, environmental science or closely related field with 5+ years of hands-on EHS experience, including experience with requirements from local, state and federal agencies including OSHA, EPA, DOT, and NFPA.
• Superb leadership skills, including effective communication and the skill to influence across all hierarchical levels of the organization, required.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience managing people in EHS teams.
• Desire to learn through on-the-job experience, formal and informal research, required.
• Capability to effectively collaborate with other EHS team members, e.g. mentoring, advising, supporting, etc., to maintain a strong EHS management system, required.
• Experience with hazard assessment and control of chemical, biological, and physical agents in both manufacturing and laboratory settings required.
• Certified Safety Professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist or other EHS professional certification preferred.
• Hands-on experience in incident command, emergency response, and HAZMAT preferred.
• Experience in a CGMP (FDA-regulated) environment or an OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) facility preferred.