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Senior EHS Specialist

Merck Group
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Nov 2024

About the role

 

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma.

 

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

 

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. 

 

Your Role:
 

Sr. EHS Specialist provides Safety/Security & Environmental and Industrial (Occupational) Hygiene, assistance to site management in the prevention of occupational injuries.  This includes but is not limited to illnesses and emissions to the environment.  The Sr. EHS Specialist position possesses most technical skills of Safety Specialists/Engineers, Environmental Specialists/Engineers and Industrial (Occupational) Hygienists.  This position is dedicated to single site support.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

 

  • Ensure site personnel are competent in performing Risk Assessments and ensuring needed Risk Assessments are completed
  • Identify risk reduction methods and work with site management in implementing those methods
  • Conduct EHS related training
  • Conduct safety inspections and ensure site personnel are competent in performing safety inspections
  • Interact routinely with site management, supervision, and personnel on EHS related matters
  • Prepare EHS compliance related reports and correspondence, both internally and externally (regulatory bodies)
  • Prepare for and ready to respond in the event of emergency
  • Ensure site’s EHS Management System is in place and functioning effectively to include:
    • Policy, Planning, Objectives, Implementation and Operation
    • Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & Control
    • Legal and Other Requirements
    • Operational Control, Structure and Responsibility
    • Training, Awareness and Competence
    • Consultation and Communication
    • Documentation, Document and Data Control
    • Emergency Preparedness, Response, Checking and Corrective Action
    • Performance Management and Monitoring
    • Accidents, Incidents, Non-conformances, & Corrective & Preventive Action
    • Audit, Records, Record Management and Management Review

 

Who You Are:

 

Minimum Qualifications:
 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene or Environmental Engineering
  • 5+ years EHS experineces

 

Preferred Qualifications:
 

  • Certified Safety Professional (Board of Certified Safety Professionals) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (American Board of Certified Industrial Hygienist)
  • 10 + years EHS related experience in the chemical, specialty chemical and/or pharmaceutical industry



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The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender i

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