Director, Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S)

Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked. Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, periodontitis and Shigella is just the beginning. Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance. 
WHAT we do is every bit as important as HOW we do it! Our work together is guided by four enduring core values:
*RETHINK CONVENTION: We bring creative and intellectual diversity to every facet of the work we do in order to innovate and re-innovate the way vaccines are delivered.
*AIM HIGH: We embody our collectively audacious goal to courageously make the most complex biologics ever attempted to protect humankind.
*LEAD WITH HEART: Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.
*MODEL EXCELLENCE:  The magnitude of our challenge requires our shared commitment to demonstrating integrity, accountability, equality and clarity across communications and decision making. Summary: Vaxcyte is seeking a talented, pro-active, and self-motivated individual to join our growing Facilities and Lab Operations Team. The Director, EH&S is a very hands-on role and is responsible for developing, implementing and oversight of Vaxcyte’s headquarter and global EH&S compliance programs for Vaxcyte laboratories, offices, co-share spaces, GMP facilities, manufacturing/clinical manufacturing sites including, general lab safety, global regulatory compliance, training, and ergonomics. The Director, EH&S is a critical point of contact for lab and office personnel, addressing safety questions and concerns, and helping to drive and maintain a culture of safety and compliance.  This role will be instrumental in ensuring our global facilities, lab operations, laboratories, and manufacturing sites are ready for growth with Vaxcyte’s current and projected product pipelines.  The Director will also be responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of EH&S programs for existing and additional US and international offices.  This department enables the labs to run efficiently and the scientists to focus on delivering their respective pipelines. This role will support this department’s transformational journey including centralizing lab operations, standardizing common services, consolidating supplies, implementation of GMP policies and procedures, and contracts and application of lean techniques (e.g., 5S, Kanban, visual management).  A successful candidate is well organized, flexible, creative and enjoys the challenges of managing a diverse and energetic office space. This is a full-time, on-site role that reports to the Senior Director of Facilities.
Note: 24x7 support is required of this role.  

Essential Functions:

• Develops and implements corporate EH&S programs, policies, procedures, training and reporting. This includes Vaxcyte’s Headquarters (HQ), North and South America, UK, APAC/APJ and EMEA. 
• Champions organizational compliance, evaluating workplace environments, equipment and practices of all safety standards and applicable regulations.
• Guides management of hazards associated with process safety management, ensuring a comprehensive program is maintained to integrate technologies, procedures and management practices.
• Responsible for chemical inventory management and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) documentation at all designated Vaxcyte sites.
• Develops and implements procedures to conduct chemical and SDS risk assessment as well as operations risk assessment to specific controls and other regulatory requirements are applicable.
• Develops and implements environmental strategies in the workplace, auditing and analyzing environmental practices fur sustainability (including workplace pollution control, waste management and recycling).
• Undertakes regular statutory compliance audits, job safety analysis, process safety management of safety programs and systems.
• Directs accident investigation programs, reports or reviews findings, note trends and develop programs (Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)) for improving performance.
• Responsible for providing and communicating employee and lab safety training, Emergency Response (Emergency Action Plan (EAP)), and health and safety plans.
• Responsible for all Environmental, Health and Safety programs including, but not limited to: Emergency Response, Emergency Action Plans (EAP)