Safety Consulting Specialist - Pharmaceutical & Lab

$73,950 - $95,700/Yr

Environmental & Occupational - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

About the position

BSI America Professional Services Inc. (BSI) is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Technician/Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Boston, MA area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.

Responsibilities

• Assist with laboratory inspections; observe, document, and investigate unsafe work conditions.
• Work with laboratory personnel to develop JHAs and determine project-specific hazards and risks.
• Identify and manage occupational hazards and environmental risks, lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and create/document corrective and preventative actions to ensure a safe workplace.
• Initiate and lead regularly scheduled safety meetings with senior management to move beyond safety compliance to proactive identification of hazards and risks.
• Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.
• Conduct periodic review of hazardous chemical inventories for permit compliance.
• Occasionally conduct lab safety training for newly hired employees and scientists needing yearly recertification.
• Assist with Large Quantity Generator requirements and contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed SQG threshold.
• Consult on spill response and clean up, and local reporting to outside agencies if necessary.
• Implement biosafety/hazard communication/chemical safety programs.
• Develop or maintain management systems.
• Assist with site compliance and monitor ongoing mitigation strategies for worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field
• Prior consulting or EHS experience, preferred 3-5 years' experience with lab safety, biosafety, hazardous materials/waste management
• Prior experience with risk assessment and accident investigations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills
• Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits

Nice-to-haves

• Professional certifications (such as CIH, ASP, CSP, or CHMM) desired, but not required
• Local experience with City of Cambridge a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Group-sponsored health and dental
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Company-matched 401k plan
• Company paid life insurance
• 11 paid holidays
• 4 weeks paid time off