The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking an Environmental, Health and Safety Senior Specialist in New Jersey.

Role Description

Environmental, Health, and Safety Senior Specialist (EHS Senior Specialist) Onsite role--Local candidates only please Work Schedule: please refer to the attached work schedule as this position will support the First Shift/12 hours. Position Summary This position is responsible for supporting the administration of various EHS programs and initiatives. This includes overseeing Contractor Safety programs, managing Safe Work Permits, and supporting the training of programs such as confined space entry, lockout tagout, and work at height. This supplemental role ensures compliance with environmental, safety, medical surveillance, and sustainability laws and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels. The position will also involve participation in self-assessments, inspections, GEMBAs, hazard assessments, and audits. Overall, this position plays a crucial role in supporting the site EHS team and promoting a safe and compliant work environment.

Key Responsibilities

Ensures compliance with Federal, State, and Local environmental, safety, medical surveillance and sustainability laws, regulations, codes, rules, and consensus guides.
Develop and implement new EHS programs, policies, and procedures and update and improve existing ones.
Develop, create, maintain, and distribute EHS reports, and records as assigned.
Create and maintain a systemic process to ensure workflow timelines for EHS events and action plans are adhered to including mechanisms for EHS performance and trend reports.
Using a client representation model, support day-to-day activities in one or more operational functions across the Devens campus. This may include Commercial and/or Clinical drug substance manufacturing, support of Site Engineering (Maintenance and Metrology activities), Supply Chain/Warehouse, Laboratories (Quality Control and Process Development), or Cell Therapy Manufacturing.
Key contact for internal customers, researchers, facilities, management, and other cross functional groups, building strong relationships by handling EHS inquiries.
Participate in and show leadership in an EHS culture at the site that partners with operational teams to ensure all are accountable for EHS culture and performance, modeling what good looks like.
Proactively collaborates at site and above-site levels.
Support the training program by assisting in the development and delivery of EHS committees and teams; and EHS self-assessments, inspections, GEMBAs, and audits.
Perform risk and hazard assessments throughout the campus. This includes involvement in PHAs for Process Safety.
Challenges the status quo and brings new approaches to continually improve the effectiveness of workflows and processes (Learn and apply new concepts).
Review and ensure accurate and complete resolution of issues as they arise and escalate concerns, resource constraints, needs, with urgency to appropriate leaders in the organization.

Skills & Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

Required B.S. Degree in environmental studies, health & safety, science or engineering
Minimum 4 - 6 years of prior EHS Experience
Proficient with MS Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)
Minimum 4 years experience with incidents and/or learning systems databases (e.g., Enablon, Success Factors, etc.)
Minimum 4 years experience related to the EHS federal and state regulations (EPA, MassDEP, OSHA, etc.)

Ability to take initiative and adapt to frequently changing priorities simultaneously and think creatively, critically, and strategically to solve problems in a complex environment with urgency, agility, and calm.
Prioritizes work and thinks independently, analyzes, and solves complex problems with excellent judgement, quality, and detail in an urgent manner.
Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset that take a proactive, solution oriented approach to identifying issues and developing innovative and effective solutions to improve operations.
Strong decision-making capability to guide assigned projects to successful conclusions
Experience handling confidential information and sensitive issues in a diplomatic manner to ensure integrity and confidentiality.
Excellent transparent verbal and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills with a proclivity for partnership and collaboration with peers, all levels of management, cross-functional teams at site and EHS above site teams..

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays’ guiding principles is ‘do the right thing’.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.

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