Health, Safety, & Environmental (HSE) Specialist

Description

Position Summary:

This role will support the St. Louis 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. 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support of all team members and processes at the bioMerieux, Inc. STL site.
• Support of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects and initiatives.
• Support accident investigation process including looking across process.
• Actively participate on regional and global initiatives related to HSE.
• Interaction with other USA sites to maintain a regional Teamwork approach.
• 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 with 2+ years of experience in the Health, Safety, Sustainability, and/or Environmental fields required
  • Minimum 2 years of experience within an ISO 14001 / 45001 certified organization preferred.
  • Minimum 1 years of experience with continuous improvement preferred.
  • Minimum 1 years of experience with CSR initiatives preferred.
  • Knowledge and understanding of US compliance regulations including DOT/OSHA/EPA/NFPA preferred.

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