Director, Environmental Health & Safety

How will your role help us transform hope into reality?

The Director of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) leads the vision, strategy, planning, operation and implementation success of company-wide EH&S programs and initiatives.  The Director of EH&S plays a critical role in ensuring the health and safety of Blueprint employees, contractors and site visitors.   The scope of the responsibilities will include all areas within the footprint of Blueprint facilities, including all office and meeting spaces, laboratories and a vivarium.  This position also ensures that Blueprint remains in compliance with all governmental safety and environmental regulations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the biopharma industry and demonstrated success building consensus with key partners to implement EH&S best practices to build and sustain an engaging culture for employee safety and compliance.  This position will report to the Head of Facilities and have a strong connection with key Executive Team members, including the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Scientific Officer.

 

What will you do?

• Drives and leads the strategic development, integration and management of corporate Environmental, Health & Safety programs, processes, and initiatives in support of the Blueprint Medicines vision and growth objectives.
• Champions the EH&S Excellence culture across the organization, including international locations.
• Develops a comprehensive EH&S strategy via collaboration with the site leadership team(s), various corporate functions, and business units to achieve EH&S objectives. 
• Develops and maintains strategies to prevent incidents, injuries, illnesses and environmental incidents by implementing systematic approaches, safety protocols, and robust training programs across employee populations.
• Designs effective control systems to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, including the development and implementation of safety and environmental policies, risk assessments, safety & environmental stewardship.
• Establishes EH&S goals and objectives. Develops and manages company specific benchmarks, and KPI’s to manage successful progress towards these strategic goals.
• Creates an environment of continuous improvement by incorporating lessons learned, detailed root cause analyses, and best practices proactively.
• Establishes and maintains key relationships and influence within all levels of the organization to integrate EH&S objectives into operational focuses, set strategies for EH&S improvement, and gain support for needed deployment resources.
• Recommends, implements, and manages effective organizational change.
• Anticipates future industry trends and proactively develops and implements strategic plans for EH&S capabilities that will scale as Blueprint Medicines grows and evolves.
• Fosters collaboration across sites and functions promoting the exchange of information, consistency, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Maintains an industry presence, fosters peer-to-peer relationships, and promotes Blueprint Medicines EH&S with recognized industry organizations and professionals.
• Lead the EH&S Committees at all sites and engage employee participation.
• Designs emergency preparedness strategies based on top EH&S risks within the business.
• Develop the Potent Compound Program and lead the Potent Compound Review Committee.
• Implement and maintain manufacturing/assembly operations safety plans and systems to ensure compliance and employee safety.
• Lead facilities efforts in crisis emergency situations, ensuring all efforts are handled effectively
• Liaise and collaborate with regulatory agencies, local law enforcement, fire department, and Community Emergency Response Teams.
• Act as a member on the Blueprint Medicines corporate ESG Team, supporting necessary efforts related to our EH&S disclosures in our sustainability report

 

What minimum qualifications do we require?

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in an EH&S related discipline, or another aligned field. Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of EH&S experience, with focus on building strong EH&S culture and leading teams to EH&S excellence.

 

What additional qualifications will make you a stronger candidate?

• Recognized EH&S related industry certification preferred: CHMM, CSP, CIH and/or CHP.
• Subject matter expertise in biopharma, life sciences EH&S management, occupational safety and industrial hygiene (biosafety, chemical hygiene