Senior Specialist, Environmental, Occupational Health, Safety and Sustainability

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Title: Senior Specialist, EOHSS

Location: New Brunswick, NJ

Position Summary:

The primary focus of this role is to support Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) as the Senior Specialist of EOHSS for the New Brunswick Facility within the Department of Environmental, Occupational Health, Safety and Sustainability (EOHSS).  As the Senior Specialist you will play an active role in supporting the company’s environmental, occupational health, safety, and sustainability (EOHSS) efforts to drive long-term company and stakeholder value.  The individual in this role will be responsible for providing administrative support and developing, planning, organization, and executing EOHSS programs, policies, procedures, and training to ensure that the site maintains a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant facility in accordance with company and regulatory requirements.  This position plays a key role in aligning corporate and local policies and procedures and will enable and foster a proactive and integrated EOHSS culture that promotes a positive, proactive approach throughout all operations. 

In this role, The Senior Specialist will report to the site Director within the department of Environment, Occupational Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EOHS) at the New Brunswick facility.

The Senior Specialist will coordinate, implement, assess, and improve environmental, safety, occupational health, sustainability outcomes at the direction of the Associate Director using global and local regulations and consensus guides, BMS management systems, policies, and procedures.  The Senior Specialist will promote compliant, forward-leaning culture and preserve BMS’ reputation while driving shared Company objectives at the direction of the site Associate Director.  The specialist will be expected to approach the execution of these tasks in alignment with the BMS values of integrity, inclusion, passion, innovation, urgency, and accountability. 

Role & Responsibilities:

• Ensures compliance with federal, and local environmental, safety, medical surveillance and sustainability laws, regulations, codes, rules, and consensus guides. 
• Develop and implement new EOHSS programs, policies, and procedures and update and improve existing ones.
• Manage a wide range of communications and preparation / distribution of EOHSS communications.
• Develop, create, and manage site platforms, databases, and SharePoint for documentation of procedures, forms, SOPs, investigations, reporting, inspections, action items, communications, and other management system platforms and their outcomes in line with quality and EOHSS requirements.
• Act as the backup incident commander for on site emergencies, when required
• Provide rescue services for confined space entries
• Manage the hazardous work permit program, safe work permits, and fire penetration/core drill permits
• Provide guidance and subject matter expertise to assist Operations in managing various fire and life safety programs, initiatives, and requirements, including fire permits, fire suppression, fire alarm systems with fire department and approved vendors
• Support capital projects and/or facilities and engineering with project reviews to ensure compliance and with the filing of variances and modifications to the fire and building code
• Conduct regular risk assessments and inspections to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards
• Develop, create, maintain, and distribute EOHSS reports, and records as assigned.
• Create and maintain a systemic process to ensure workflow timelines for EOHSS events and