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Environmental Health and Safety
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The primary focus of this role is to support Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) as the Manager of EHS for the Bothell Facility. Reporting to the Associate Director of EHS, the Manager will play an active role in supporting the company’s environmental, health, safety, and sustainability efforts within the Bothell Facility to drive long-term company and stakeholder value. This position is responsible for developing, planning, organization, and executing EHS programs, policies, procedures, and training to ensure that the site maintains a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant facility in accordance with company and regulatory requirements. This position plays a key role in aligning corporate and local policies and procedures and will foster a proactive and integrated safety culture that promotes a positive, proactive approach throughout all operations.
Shift Available:
Monday - Friday, Onsite Day Shift
Responsibilities
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, safety, and health laws, regulations, codes, rules, and consensus guides.
Develop and implement new EHS programs, policies, and procedures and update and improve existing ones.
Support day-to-day activities in one or more operational functions across the Bothell campus. This may include Commercial and/or Clinical drug substance manufacturing, support of Site Engineering & Facilities, Warehouse, Quality Control laboratories, and Cell Therapy manufacturing.
Attend daily, weekly, and/or monthly governance meetings as needed to support operations. This includes Operation huddles, Tier meetings, GEMBA walks, and EHS Committees.
Provide technical support and oversight in relation to EHS programs and activities on-site.
Coach team members & operation leaders to enable them to successfully deploy and empower ownership of EHS best practices.
Accountable for EHS regulatory preparedness and participate in self-assessments and audits.
Responsible for utilizing EHS platforms for investigations, inspections, and compliance activities.
Perform hazard/risk/exposure/ergonomic assessments for current and future process introductions documented in appropriate change management or new material introduction process. Work with outside consultation as needed to determine risk mitigation.
Develop, create, and distribute EHS reports and records, including EHS performance and trend reports.
Active engagement in EHS training programs and development of curricula.
Key contact for internal customers, building strong relationships with facilities, management, and other cross functional groups and departments.
This position will coordinate and work very closely with all members of the EHS Team.
Knowledge & Skills:
Experience interfacing with EHS-related agencies & auditors.
Working knowledge of applicable EHS governing bodies and federal and state regulations (EPA, OSHA, WA L&I, Dept of Ecology, NFPA, etc.).
Knowledge, experience and proven track record with the design and execution of EHS programs in a manufacturing setting.
Experience and proven track record of effective project management skills.
Knowledge and experience with the design and execution of objective risk assessments.
Strong Incident Investigation and Corrective Action and Preventative Action skill set.
Proficiency in computer-based systems (e.g. Microsoft office, EHS web-based systems).
Ability to apply EHS regulatory program requirements in a manufacturing setting.
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.
Basic Requirements:
Minimum of a bachelor's degree required.
Minimum of five (5) plus years of experience working in the EHS field within a manufacturing or R&D environment in biotech or pharmaceutical industry.
A minimum of 3 years project management.
Investigation experience with strong root cause analysis skills.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Preferred Requirements:
B.S. degree in environmental science, health and safety, engineering, or higher degree preferred.
Strong ability to multi-task with changing priorities.
Personnel and budgeting skills.
Working conditions
Typical daily activities are within the office environment but also requires working within the cleanroom manufacturing facilities, laboratories and outdoors, as required.
The starting compensation for this job is a range from $92,000 to $121,000, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).
The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed.
Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit our BMS Careers Site.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benefits such as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection and survivor support. Work-life programs include paid national holidays and optional holidays, Global Shutdown days between Christmas and New Year’s holiday, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two (2) paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility. Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave. Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder and pet care resources. Other perks like tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.
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On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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