About Astellas Gene Therapies

Astellas Gene Therapies is an Astellas Center of Excellence developing genetic medicines for patients with rare, life-threatening diseases.

Based on our innovative approach to developing genetic medicines, as well as our industry-leading internal manufacturing capability and expertise, we have become the Astellas Center of Excellence for their newly-created Genetic Regulation Focus Area.

We are currently exploring three gene therapy modalities : gene replacement, exon skipping gene therapy, and vectorized RNA knockdown, with plans to expand our focus and geographic reach under Astellas.

We are based in San Francisco, with manufacturing and laboratory facilities in South San Francisco and Sanford, North Carolina.

For more information, please visit our website : www.astellasgenetherapies.com

Our Values :

• Be BOLD (Find a Way)
• Care Deeply for our patients, each other and our work

GSD (Get Stuff Done)

What is the catalyst for you in your professional career? Are you ready to be a part of a bold, innovative company, to make a change and to make a difference?

Listed below is a current opening for a smart, driven, experienced, and just plain nice individual who wants to join us and be a part of our journey.

The Role

The Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) will support the development and implementation of EHS improvement programs focused on preventing occupational injuries and illnesses, environmental impact, and operational hazards and risks.

This role represents EHS matters to regulatory agencies, inspectors, partners, and project teams, working closely with other line unit functions, consultants, and contractors as required.

The EHS Specialist will deliver training; identify, evaluate, and eliminate hazards; and ensure compliance with government regulations and standards for EHS within the biotechnology industry.

This position will provide support to the Facilities and Engineering team including but not limited to reports, inspections, and waste management.

The role is primarily located in Sanford, NC.

Responsibilities

Support adherence to the compliance calendar including assuring permit renewals, reporting on hazardous materials, hazardous and medical waste management, wastewater and exhaust air treatment, storm water pollution prevention program, and waste minimization;

maintain records in accordance with acceptable standards and assure appropriate confidentiality.

• Support regulated waste management program including third party contracts and recordkeeping.
• Maintain the chemical inventory management program including chemical procurement monitoring, and monitoring inventory, storage, and handling.
• Develop and conduct EHS training for employees and contractors, including orientation for new hires and service providers.
• Support the EHS compliance inspection and safety suggestion programs, including capturing, tracking, communicating, and resolving compliance issues and employee concerns respectively.
• Oversee the safety forum including membership and agenda development; create EHS performance metrics for communication and facilitation of continuous improvement and sustainability initiatives.
• Enforce the contractor management program, ensuring compliance during maintenance and project activities; connect with project teams to influence EHS compliance during design phases particularly through effective process hazards analyses and mitigations.
• Author procedures for adhering to local, state, and federal EHS regulations and implementation of injury / illness prevention strategies;

perform new product, process, equipment reviews to ensure they meet EHS requirements and perform risk assessments as needed in manufacturing and laboratory environments to address employee exposure, ergonomics, and other compliance concerns.

• Engage with EHS vendors / contractors as needed to initiate, develop, and / or renew contracts and service obligations.

Last updated : 2024-06-25