EHS Specialist - R&D

Candidate will be part of a team that provides Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) support to laboratory R&D operations.

• Monthly safety surveys (presenting monthly safety focus, enter safety surveys into database, track survey data, and make sure findings are closed out in a timely manner)
• Initiate, follow up, and complete incident documentation of all incidents/injuries within a timely manner; complete WIMS investigations, identify root cause(s), and document measures taken to prevent reoccurrence; provide updates to management regarding causal analysis and corrective actions
• Actively problem solve and troubleshoot waste logistics
• Verify Waste Stream Profiles & Waste Inventory are active and accurate
• Ensure waste labels are correct and accurate
• Understand and implement waste storage and handling procedures
• Assist in the disposal of hazardous waste and materials as part of laboratory clean outs
• Hazard Review documentation (including pre- and post- work) and identify processes within a division/area that will need a Hazard Review
• Participate in monthly Tech Forum Lab Safety meetings; communicate EHS updates to committees as needed
• Provide respirator fit tests
• Machine guarding assessments
• Lab commissioning support (to include lab EHS readiness, equipment start up, pre-start up safety reviews, technical support for lab moves, and lab exiting for vacated areas)
• Maintain active communication with various customer personnel

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, Biology, or related field
• EHS (Environmental health and safety) and/or Chemistry experience preferred
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities, develop plans to close gaps, garner management support for key initiatives, and track improvement initiatives to closure
• Risk analysis skills - capable of hazard and risk identification, assessment, and controls; communicate risks and methods to reduce risk
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and prioritize work effectively

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.

 

U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.

 

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Pace Analytical is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, age, religion, sex, veterans, individuals with disabilities, sexual orientation, or gender identity.