Position Summary:
This role will support the Durham sites for manufacturing, R&D, support operations, and commercial operations, including day to day Health, Safety, and Environmental activities. Additionally, this role will develop and deploy a subset of the HSE Management System at the site level under the direction of the Sr. HSE Manager. This role will be a key stakeholder in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects and initiatives.
Primary Responsibilities:
- The HSE Specialist is responsible for providing HSE support to ensure the site maintains a safe and healthy workplace, protects the environment adhering to applicable legal requirements
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Support of all team members and processes at the bioMerieux, Inc. Durham sites
- Includes Rodolphe Manufacturing with R&D and Hamlin Commercial Operations
- Support of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects and initiatives
- FDA/ISO regulated environment in the Medical Devices/Diagnostics Industry.
- Engages with the Site HSE Manager to define and accept a distinct role developing and deploying a subset of the HSE process.
- Document, deploy and train key HSE system users as defined by the HSE manager.
- Communicate progress milestones toward the HSE system development at the site level.
- Deploy specific HSE procedures following a subset of HSE processes reporting progress toward HSE goals (Job Safety Analyses, Risk assessments, Environmental Assessments, Incident Reporting System, HSE inspections).
- Helps drive process improvement initiatives for HSE.
- Support the implementation of HSE site policies.
- Compiles and reports HSE Metrics.
- Support new equipment procurement user requirement specifications and commissioning activities.
- Support ISO 14001 / 45001 Certification Audits and associated activities.
- Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards.
- Take an active role in the continuous improvement.
Education, Skills, & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Health & Safety, Environmental Science or Policy and/or an Engineering-related field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the Health, Safety, Sustainability, and/or Environmental fields required
- Experience within an ISO 14001 / 45001 certified organization preferred.
- Experience with continuous improvement preferred.
- Experience with CSR initiatives preferred.
- Knowledge and understanding of US compliance regulations including DOT/OSHA/EPA/NFPA preferred.
- Knowledge and understanding of US compliance regulations including DOT/OSHA/EPA/NFPA
- Excellent communication skills- ability to influence, educate and train on HSE Procedures
- Ability to read and interpret technical literature and stay abreast of changing regulatory landscape;
- Ability to develop a strategy to determine action plans for risk reduction
- Ability to review the regulatory landscape to identify and mitigate non-compliant conditions
- Project Management and Continuous Improvement experience preferred.
- Demonstrated computer skills: Microsoft Suite Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
- Excellent documentation and communication skills (written & verbal).
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