Environmental, Health and Safety Lead

Why Patients Need You 

Pfizer believes in holding the highest standards of safety for its patients and its employees. Your role, as a member of the Global Workplace Experience team, and as the Cambridge site Environmental, Health and Safety Lead, is important for maintaining these standards and preparing the organization for the necessary compliance activities. Your dedication and hard work will ensure that we provide the best care to our patients and a safe working environment for our colleagues. 

What You Will Achieve 

The GWE EHS Site Lead plays an influential role as member of the Site Leadership/ Extended Leadership Team in driving a proactive safety & environmental culture enabling Pfizer’s Purpose; “Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives”.   The role is pivotal in shaping the long-term site safety & environmental strategy working closely with site leaders to grow programs that deliver proactive improvements.

The role is accountable for building and maintaining programs that assure compliance with applicable jurisdictional EHS regulations and company safety & environmental policies and procedures.  The role purposely networks within its GWE region to drive implementation of CI and best practice opportunities to achieve strategic and operational goals. 

The EHS Site Lead provides leadership and oversight of the EHS department subject matter experts and thoughtfully grows and develops next generation talent.  The role is also responsible for providing direct technical support for one or more subject areas such as, but not limited to, lab safety, industrial hygiene, radiation safety, or biological safety. 

How You Will Achieve It 

• Set the strategic direction of the safety & environmental programs at the site, though long-term objectives and integration with site over-arching priorities.

• Collaborate with site leadership on colleague & contractor safety risk reduction and environmental impact reduction priorities, equipping peers with performance status; and data trends to drive CI.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of the site legal register, impact assessment and regulatory / commitment tracking processes; utilizing self-assessment tools to assure effectiveness.

• Lead a reasonable inquiry process for safety and environmental permit applications, registrations, certifications and renewals to assure the accuracy and completeness of all routine and special regulatory and internal reports / submissions. 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for EHS external / regulatory bodies.

• Ensure implementation, maintenance and effectiveness of safety & environmental management systems that meet contemporary external and Pfizer internal EHS standards and enhance and continuously improve the EHS programs at the site.

• Establish and maintain site inspection / audit systems that periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the site EHS management system; and utilizes the trends to drive actions.

• Integrate safety and environmental risk assessment within business operations thereby ensuring operations are conducted in a safe manner and in full compliance with applicable regulating bodies or Pfizer EHS standards.

• Manage and execute the site EHS budget and ensure delivery of in-sourced and outsourced EHS services at the site.

• Collaborate with safety & environmental peers within the network to embrace good practices and drive adoption, where appropriate.

• Grow and develop safety & environmental talent.

• Ensure preparedness for potential threats and lead / participate site Emergency / Crisis Management Team when events arise.

• Participate in or lead key committees such as the Site EHS Committee, Institutional Biosafety Committee, and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

• Serve as a member of the Site Spill Response Team.

Qualifications 

Must-Have 

• Undergraduate Degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, EHS discipline, Risk Management or related field

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in a relevant industry e.g., pharma, biotech, chemical, with a sustained track record in improving EHS performance.

• Thorough knowledge of jurisdictional EHS regulations, and their applicability to site EHS management.

• EHS technical and leadership experiences and capabilities, aligned with site risk profile to drive business outcomes with stakeholders.

• Organized and detail-oriented self-start