Sr. Environmental Safety & Health Specialist

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer’s Environmental, Health and Safety team is critical to ensuring the highest safety standards are met patients and our colleagues. You will be part of an innovative community dedicated to delivering excellence which enables Pfizer to get our medicines in the hands of the people who need them most more efficiently, and safer, than ever before.

What You Will Achieve

The Senior EHS Specialist will be part of a dynamic team of experts in Environment, Health & Safety. Due to the importance of this team for Pfizer's colleagues and patients, the organization relies heavily on its team members' timely actions and efficiency. 

You will be expected to use safety methodologies to ensure safe work practices throughout your assigned manufacturing area of responsibility.  You should have the ability to coach and mentor colleagues of all organization levels on EHS. You will focus on injury prevention techniques, participate in field auditing/ coaching, enhance digital capabilities in various safety engagement programs, support safe execution of high hazard programs, and provide technical expert and procedure direction to assigned business areas and contractors.  

As a Senior EHS Specialist, your focus on the job will contribute to achieving project tasks, goals, help foster a continuous improvement mindset, and lead by example while creating a collaborative team environment for colleagues and contractors.  This position reports directly to the Senior Manager, Environmental, Health, & Safety.

How You Will Achieve It

• Provides technical Safety guidance to Rocky Mount business units to ensure a safe workplace and compliance with site EHS standards and Pfizer Recommend Practices.
• Works to identify safety improvements and propose solutions within the Rocky Mount Site. 
• Responsible for EHS sign-off on Management of Change, EHS Evaluations, and signature back-up to Senior Manager, EHS.
• When incidents occur, support the team with the incident investigation to determine root causes and help define / implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Champion the sharing of lessons learned across the site when appropriate.
• Engaged in the development and implementation of improved EHS standards to continuously raise the bar for Safety engagement and program maturity.
• Engaged in capital projects to help ensure design meets our EHS standards and project safety plans are developed and executed.
• Partner and influence peers to drive a standardized and harmonized approach across the site to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Works closely with Colleague Wellness, Maintenance, Engineering, Project Engineering, Operations, and Technicians to address occupational safety related matters.
• Successfully uses analysis tools to perform risk assessments, investigations, and program auditing that results in implementing improvements.
• Regularly conduct inspections/audits/peer reviews.  Discuss positive observations and areas for improvement.
• Engaged in the development of training programs that align with Pfizer Global EH&S Recommended Practices and Site EHS Programs.
• Responsible for performing EHS self-audits and annual program reviews.  Versatile in High Hazard Programs i.e., Control of Hazardous Energy, Hot Work, Confined Space, Asphyxiants, Working at Height, Working On or Near Exposed Energized Electrical Parts, Excavation and Floor Openings, and Ground, Floor, & Wall Penetrations.
• Participate on Global EHS initiatives and provide subject matter feedback during Global EHS standard reviews, as needed.
• Engage in EHS benchmarking opportunities with Global EHS network to help foster continuous improvement and sharing of best practices.
• Utilize Pfizer’s 3rd party contractor safety management system to ensure contractor selection methodology aligns with Pfizer's Contractor Safety Recommended Practice and site SOP. 
• Active Emergency Response Team (ERT) member
• Perform other EH&S and general duties as identified

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Applicant must have high school diploma with eight years of relevant experience; OR an Associate's degree with six years of experience; OR a Bachelor’s degree with at least two years of experience.
• Experience in assessing risks, developing, and implementing proactive strategies to minimize EHS risks and process deviations.
• Successfully uses recognized analysis tools to perform risk assessments, investigations, program auditing that result in identifying value-added technically feasible improvements.
• Ability to manage projects, is process minded, and demonstrates the ability to build and execute action plans to ensure alignm