Senior Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist – Rensselaer, NY

The Senior Environmental, Health and Safety Specialist will plan, coordinate and lead the application of site health and safety programs. Areas of responsibility include health and safety program design and implementation, training, inspections, industrial hygiene, job hazard analysis, job safety analysis and management reporting. This role must establish and promote a safe and healthy work environment and assure compliance with government safety regulations.

Join our talented workforce, where a commitment to excellence and a customer focused attitude is everything. We pursue excellence because our work has the power to improve patients’ lives with the pharmaceuticals we develop and manufacture.

We proudly offer
•    Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment) 
•    Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
•    Career advancement opportunities 
•    Education reimbursement
•    401k program
•    Learning platform
•    And more!

Responsibilities
•    Oversee and/or implement site health and safety programs including industrial hygiene, hazard communication, confined space entry, hot work, emergency response, electrical safety, lock out/tag out procedures, bloodborne pathogen exposure control plan, asbestos, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, industrial toxicology, contractor safety, ergonomics, personal protective equipment, and laboratory hygiene plan
•    Plan, organize and schedule safety related training. Develop and deliver effective, applicable course materials for safety training to Curia employees, contractors and applicable business partners
•    Active member of the emergency response team developing, maintaining and conducting training and exercises for emergency response
•    Fulfilling role of Incident Commander for emergency responses
•    Lead and/or facilitate employee teams including safety committees and incident investigation
•    Maintain the site OSHA logs 
•    Understand and oversee potent compound handling safety and industrial hygiene. Develop and/or coordinate implementation and/or continuous improvement of the required components of the potent compound control banding system
•    Help guide the potent compound team in understanding and implementing best practices in the industry
•    Oversee and conduct medical program case management and be responsible for coordinating modified work for restricted work activities of employees
•    Coordinate annual medical surveillance and qualification program for respirator wearers, emergency response teams and potent compound monitoring
•    Coordinate development of SDS for Curia products
•    Conduct all job responsibilities in a manner consistent with all applicable safety and environmental laws and regulations, company policies and procedures and Curia commitment to continuously improve safety and environmental performance
•    Evaluate and recommend improvements to safety equipment (i.e. eyewashes, safety showers, etc.)
•    Provide cross functional support for all EHS programs

Required
•    Bachelor’s Degree in Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry or related field or a combination of experience and degree
•    Minimum 5 years’ experience administering industrial health and safety programs

Preferred
•    Experience in a plant or facility that has an extensive HAZCOM Program

Knowledge, skills and abilities
•    Must have a good understanding of OSHA Regulations
•    PSM Familiarity also desired
•    Industrial Hygiene training
•    Working knowledge of product safety and workers’ compensation program management
•    Understanding of potent compound handling and control banding
•    Demonstrated problem solving skills, strong verbal and written communication skills and effective training skills
•    Must have adequate computer/software skills – MS Office, etc.

Other Qualifications
•    Must pass a background check
•    Must pass a drug screen
•    May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening

Physical requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to work with hands, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this