Senior EHS Specialist

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Environmental Health, Safety (EH&S) and Facilities Services (FS)

Job Sub Function:

Environmental Health & Safety

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Senior EHS Specialist to join our Abiomed team at the Danvers, MA facility.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

The major responsibility of the Senior Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist I is to provide a safe and healthful workplace and to reduce and eliminate hazards for all employees. The Senior EHS Specialist will ensure compliance with local, state, and federal safety and environmental regulations, while continuously auditing headquarters safety programs by monitoring various metrics, inspections and internal training.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
 

• Ensure compliance with all federal, state and local regulations concerning all environmental rules, protocols, regulations and appropriate guidelines. Create ways to keep workers and the general public safe from harm and design safe work spaces. Ensure that proper personal protective equipment [PPE] is available to all employees for all operations
• Maintain recordkeeping and tracking of all safetymetrics and incidents
• Develop, implement and manage safety programs & corporate safety programs (not limited to):
  • Lockout/tagout, Fall Protection, Electrical Safety, Fire Prevention, Laser and Radiation Safety, Emergency Action Plan, Lab Safety and Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection Machine Shop Safety, etc
• Drive environmental reporting and permitting requirements: SPCC, Tier II reporting, Triennial Reporting, Oil Spill Prevention Plan, Flammable Storage Permit
• Manage Hazardous Waste Management Plan. Ensure regulatory agency compliance i.e. labeling, containment, proper disposal, employee training, and documentation, universal waste program
• Support occupational health programs
• Respond to emergency situations, coordinating with emergency responders
• Instill a proactive safety culture by implementing behavioral based safety initiatives including determining risks, potential hazards and development of mitigation controls
• Develop, prepare, and deliver classroom instructions and "hands on" trainings (online and virtual training development)
• Investigate all incidents, injuries to identify root-causes implement corrective actions
• Support contractor safety program and safe work permitting; establish prequalification process for vendors
• Support industrial hygiene program and conduct sampling as necessary for chemical and noise hazards
• Provide Field Team safety guidance such as radiation safety, respiratory protection program, training, etc, while being the point of contact for field inquires

Job Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering or Safety and Occupational Health Applied Sciences required
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) required, Certified Safety Professional (CSP) desired
• Minimum of 7-8 years experience in EHS role/discipline, experience in the manufacturing, research and development, pharmaceutical/biotechnology or laboratory setting is strongly preferred
• Well versed in safety, environmental and health regulations (OSHA, EPA, MA-DEP, DOT, RCRA, etc.)
• Experienced developing, implementing and managing safety programs. Auditing experience prefer