COMPLETE Health, Safety & Environment Manager - Waltham

I. JOB SUMMARY

This position will be responsible for the Health, Safety and Environmental programs at the Waltham R&D Campus. This position is accountable and responsible for ensuring the site HSE Management System is in place with appropriate HSE support and for advancing the HSE Culture of a growing and dynamic site. This position is highly visible and requires proven ability to interact with and influence senior management and all levels of the organization in order to identify, assess and reduce risks associated with changing technologies involved in the drug discovery and development process as well as those associated with major construction projects.

This position may also lead or participate in programs and networks across all of the NA Sanofi sites to share specific expertise from the candidate.

The position reports into the Waltham Campus HSE Manager.

II. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This position provides strong safety leadership and is accountable and responsible for HSE programs, ensuring the HSE Management System is established and implemented through interaction and influence of site management to assure compliance with company and legal requirements and to support the site in achieving continuous improvement in health, safety and environmental performance and culture. 

• Leads the implementation and maintenance of comprehensive risk identification and management processes to address risks associated with chemical compound handling, use of biological materials and large-scale operations.  Ensures processes are in place for communicating risks to the business unit management and stakeholders (risk map). 

• Works with site management to develop and track HSE performance improvement plans based on risks, compliance and audit histories and corporate initiatives.

• Chairs/Co-Chair the HSE Committee and oversees the site emergency response efforts to ensure a good quality emergency and crisis management system for the site.

• Manages compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements which include Global HSE reporting and HSE related permitting and regulatory submissions.

• Responsible for working directly with site Occupational Health, Facilities Management and other appropriate personnel to maintain HSE program documentation, evaluate the impact of new regulations and company standards on the site, ensure implementation of the programs as applicable to the site, track specific regulations that affect the site, perform periodic regulatory and company standard compliance assessments of the programs at the site, submit timely documentation and input as required and be part of sub-teams as requested to assist in providing best practices across the sites.

• Ensures HSE exposure and risk assessments are performed for all relevant research, development and operations activities. Ensures report results are communicated to all affected personnel and implements corrective action plans as applicable to reduce exposures. 

• Follow up on all corrective action plans to ensure completion and provide document control.

Manages the site environmental programs by actively coordinating and interacting with the NA HSE Workplace Experience Environmental and Sustainability lead. The major environmental management responsibilities of this position include:

• Hazardous Chemical Waste and Biological Waste Management

• Recycling

• Water and Air Permitting

• SARA Right to Know

• Ozone Depleting Substances

• Global environment reporting (SHERPA)

• Environmental Risk Assessment

III. WORK LEADERSHIP OR SUPERVISION

This role is an individual contributor role.

IV. REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE

Educational Background

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university

• Area of specialization: Industrial Hygiene, Safety, Environmental Science or similar

• Preferred: Post-bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (e.g., Masters, MBA or equivalent) Area of specialization: Safety, Environmental and/or Industrial Hygiene

• Preferred CIH and/or CSP Certifications

Job Related Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience developing and implementing HSE programs with increasing responsibility.

• Must be capable of providing technical HSE consultation and senior management influence for a diverse mix of technical and administrative functions. 

• Demonstrated experience dealing in public forums is required.  

V. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE

• Advanced degree in Industrial Hygiene, Public Health, Safety or related field desirable. Prior experience in pharmaceutical research/development is preferred. 

• This position is highly visible and requires the incumbent to have proven leadership abilities, be self-motivated and work seamlessly in interacting and influencing effectively senior management and other HSE professionals. 

• Must be able to work with all levels of employee populations and build relationships with others to improve overall efficiencies and effectiveness. Proactively shares relevant information and key learning with others so that they can benefit.

• The incumbent must be able to handle multiple major and diverse issues and priorities.  This person must be able to successfully manage workload under deadlines.

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills are required.

• Recognized for high level of knowledge and creativity: acknowledged as an expert in two or more technical and/or functional areas.

• Must be able to understand and assess new information and issues, effectively design, communicate and implement programs in a timely fashion.

• The incumbent must have proven ability to identify, define and solve problems of major scope and complexity.

• Must be thoroughly reliable on all assignments to meet business deadlines.

• Strong leadership skills are essential including ability to influence others in a matrix organization as well as a line organization.

• Must be flexible and willing to learn new or continually expand knowledge of HSE disciplines.

VI. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB

This job has specific physical requirements (e.g., lifting, driving, ability to travel, etc.): Travel up to 40%, Driving/walking between sites.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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