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At Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long-term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there’s no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.

The Senior Manager, Environmental Health and Safety will support our company's efforts in environmental, safety, and sustainability at the Summit, NJ site. Efforts will include supporting the development, planning, organization, and execution of strategies to maintain a safe, healthy, and environmental compliant facility. This person will play a key role in fostering a proactive and integrated EHS culture throughout the site & team. This candidate will coordinate, implement, assess, and ultimately improve environmental, health, safety, and sustainability outcomes in line with business objectives. The EHS Manager will be expected to act according to the BMS values of integrity, inclusion, passion, innovation, urgency, and accountability.

Shifts Available:

Monday – Friday, Standard Working Hours

Responsibilities:

• Assess and mitigate risk of non-routine work
• Coach team members & operation leaders to enable them to successfully deploy and empower ownership of our standards
• Embed best practices that manage business risk throughout stakeholders all levels across the site
• Develop, implement, & improve EHS programs to meet federal, state, local, and internal EHS laws, regulations, codes, rules, and standards.
• Conduct business in a collaborative, inclusive, and energetic way while supporting the site, the team, and extended functions as we strive to build upon the existing EHS management system.
• Provide technical support and oversight in relation to EHS programs and activities on-site.
• Ability to apply EHS regulatory program requirements in a manufacturing setting.
• Participate and support EHS operational and tier discussions, various EHS committees; and EHS self-assessments and audits.
• Accountable for EHS regulatory preparedness and establishing relationships to drive business objectives as one team
• Gather data and utilize to steer team members on appropriate courses of action
• Ensure personnel are aware of their responsibilities with respect to environmental and safety controls and reporting, providing training as needed
• Responsible for utilizing EHS platforms for investigations, inspections, and compliance activities
• Execute recordkeeping/reporting at national, state, local level as well as within BMS expectations
• This role will lead a team.
• This role may supervise contracted EHS support, co-ops, or interns.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Management experience preferred.
• Experience interfacing with EHS-related agencies & auditors.
• Working knowledge of applicable EHS governing bodies and their expectations (i.e. OSHA, NJDEP, EPA, NFPA, etc.).
• Knowledge, experience and proven track record with the design and execution of EHS programs in a manufacturing setting.
• Knowledge and experience with the design and execution of objective risk assessments.
• Strong Incident Investigation and Corrective Action and Preventative Action skill set.
• Proficiency in computer based systems (e.g. Microsoft office, EHS web based systems).
• Exercise sound judgment in making compliant decisions and recommendations.
• Works on abstract problems across functional areas of the business.
• Identifies, evaluates, and solutions systemically in a compliant manner.
• Works independently against established objectives and goals.
• Establishes operational objectives and assignments that align with EHS Department and global EOHSS objectives.

Basic Requirements:

• Minimum education of a Bachelors degree in relevant field (e.g. engineering, health and safety, environmental)
• Minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years of direct EHS experience in manufacturing or pharmaceutical industry settings.

Working Conditions:

• Typical daily activities are within the office environment.
• The incumbent may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as, but not limited to clean room gowning, lab coats, safety glasses, hearing protection, and face shields.
• The incumbent will be required to walk for extended periods of time, up to 2 hours per day.
• The incumbent must be able to travel for business up to 5% of the time.
• This position reports to the Associate Director, EHS.
• This position requires a solid working relationship with all functional departments.
• This position also requires a solid working relationship with external agencies and regulators.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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