Job Description Summary

Administer and implement Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) programs and procedures in collaboration with the Division EHS Manager. Follows established procedures to support BD Distribution Center personnel to maintain compliance with facility/corporate EHS policies, agency regulations, and best management practices. Works on problems of limited scope where analysis of procedures and policies is necessary to select appropriate methods and techniques for obtaining satisfactory solutions.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Responsibilities:

• Aid in the management, administration of all site health, safety and environmental programs, including but not limited to chemical hygiene, fire safety, HAZCOM, PPE, storm water, NFPA 70E, emergency evacuation, CPR/AED, and confined space for example. Coordinates with external contractors and agencies to assist with training, as needed. 

• Partner with management to conduct investigations of accidents and work-related injuries or illnesses.  Coordinate tracking of cases by maintaining OSHA 300 Logs and corporate incident reporting system and follow-up Workers’ Compensation case management activities.  Review and improve the site's Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), as needed. 

• Assist in the management of the site's Ergonomics Program.  Act as a liaison to associates and others receiving or requesting ergonomic evaluations. Provide ergonomic evaluations with the assistance of the divisional EHS Manager. Coordinate follow-up activities, track evaluations and equipment orders. 

• Assist in the management of the site's EHS Training Program.  Provide limited training on pre-established safety curriculum.  Maintain Health & Safety Training database.  Generate reports and coordinate scheduling.   

• Provide review and periodic updates of written safety and environmental programs, including SOPs and Work Instructions (WIs). 

• Conduct regulatory evaluations, write reports as required, and report activities to the divisional EHS manager.   

• Oversee and coordinate scheduling and documentation of monthly testing of all eye washes and emergency showers, monthly inspection of all fire extinguishers, and safety equipment needs at the site. 

• Responsible for maintaining site permits and regulatory obligations.

• Ensures compliance with all local, state, federal, and BD EHS related requirements.

• Keep abreast of the basic requirements for compliance in own area of work and complies with those requirements. Participate, as required, in training on regulatory issues affecting own area of work. Brings regulatory compliance questions/issues to the attention of management.  

• Ensures EHS training through the implementation of safety awareness programs. Participates in scheduled departmental safety inspections and assists in identifying corrective actions for identified hazards.

• Ensures EHS policies and procedures are followed through education and training. Discusses and documents pertinent EHS topics at staff meetings.

• Manages the local Safety Committee and first responders. 

• Performs other related duties and assignments as required. 

• Executes EHS projects and implements safety programs as required, assists with developing the safety budget.  <