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Job Description

Job Title: Lead EHS Business Partner

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the role:

The primary role of the Lead EHS Business Partner is to support all EHS compliance and continuous improvement activities across the Cambridge R&D and Vaccines site. This includes supporting EHS functions within laboratories, mechanical spaces, manufacturing areas and offices. Maintaining EHS permits and licenses, performing required inspections and investigations, gathering and analyzing data for reports and EHS software management, providing and developing training, assembling metrics and supporting sustainability initiatives will be core responsibilities. The role requires significant EHS project and program ownership.

How you will contribute:

• Lead and continuously improve EHS programs to ensure compliance with the latest regulations, best practices or corporate standards.

• Interface with corporate EHS and Site Leadership Team, provide direction to other Takeda departments and continuously improve data integrity, and compile metrics for internal or corporate reporting.

• Facilitate the Management of Change (MOC) process with Facilities, Lab Operations and other stakeholders to capture changes within the business, provide direction regarding environmental program and compliance requirements. Capture changes and impacts to current management systems and provide updates or changes as necessary.

• Oversee EHS related third-party consultants and contractors, monitor key performance metrics with service providers.

• Ensure that all EHS related incidents are reported and investigated to determine causes. Help establish and implement corrective actions and make recommendations for areas needing improvement. Track corrective actions to closure. Ability to lead complex investigations across the site.   

• Develop, deliver and manage EHS training to all personnel as required by regulations and by Takeda standards and procedures.

• Lead internal and coordinate external audits/inspections related to the EHS program requirements for Takeda.

• Gather and manage data related to the EHS programs working with other Takeda departments, consultants, and contractors; assemble and analyze data for reports to State or Federal Agencies, follow up on inquiries from Agency representatives.

• Mentor and develop junior staff.

Complexity and Problem Solving

Ability to solve complex problems across different functions and work without appreciable direction. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives of assignments. May determine procedures and methods on new assignments. Ability to analyze data and forecast trends to determine state of future compliance.

Internal and External Contacts

• Takeda employees at all levels.

• Government bodies who regulate EH&S for the site (Mass DEP, OSHA, USEPA, DOT, DPH, Cambridge Fire Department, etc.).

• Takeda suppliers and service providers to the site.

• EHS professionals from other companies and industries for benchmarking and networking.

What you bring to Takeda:

Essential: 4-8 years experience in the EHS field, significant experience in the pharmaceutical industry, academic research laboratory operations, or other highly regulated industry; BS/BA in technical discipline such as engineering, safety, industrial hygiene, environmental studies, life science or similar field.

Preferred:  Professional certification (CIH, CSP, CHMM, CBSP, RBP, individual ISO certific