EHS Specialist

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The Environment Health & Safety Specialist is a regular employee in a full-time exempt position at Kashiv BioSciences, LLC. This employee:

• Employs EHS technical theories to solve practical problems.
• Executes multiple, well defined EHS projects/assignments efficiently and documents the results expeditiously.
• Becomes familiar with site processes, equipment, and EHS programs and works cross-functionally to complete EHS project work.
• Support and maintain environmental and safety programs.
• Supports and maintains other engineering related activities for the Chicago site
• Oversees third party vendors while on site.
• Applies established EHS standards and methods to identify, evaluate and control safety, health and environmental hazards present in the work operations and environment.
• Evaluates operations to determine compliance with Kashiv BioSciences and governmental EHS standards and regulations.
• Performs research and provides information on EHS matters.
• Assists with developing and delivering EHS training and communications to persons internal to Kashiv BioSciences.
• Assists with EHS program tasks and activities, including industrial hygiene, biosafety, ergonomics, process safety, environmental compliance, EHS inspections, fire protection, loss control, hazardous waste management and assistance with EHS committees.
• Identifying latest innovations in EHS risk assessment and reduction, engineering design, operations, and pollution prevention or compliance strategies and making others aware of their potential application to assigned projects. Develop EHS strategies that identify and resolve potential EHS compliance problems before occurrence. Assist in resolving operational failures and inefficiencies that may manifest themselves as EHS deficiencies. Troubleshooting and solving problems relating to site operations systems and equipment.
• Organizes daily activities, including technical components, to ensure timely completion of projects/assignments. Documents all work. Performs/supports planning of small EHS projects and interim goals for project completion and assists operational areas in plans to reach EHS compliance objectives. Participates in shutdown planning and scheduling, decontamination and decommissioning.
• Works closely with engineering management and internal customers to assure compliance of ESH issues, equipment and documentation.
• Performs other engineering department related functions as required or assigned by engineering management.
• Complies with all company policies and standards.

Position Requirements and Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree

Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience in Pharma/BioPharma

• OSHA industry training
• Hazardous shipping guidelines
• Knowledge of MSDS
• Direct experience with regulated environments (e.g., cGMP, OSHA, EPA) preferred.
• Experience of working in a highly regulated environment would be a significant advantage.

Ideal characteristics:

• Remains calm under pressure, displaying a positive, solution driven approach.
• Displays key leadership skills, being visible, approachable, and accountable.
• Understands Kashiv’s commitments and delivers with passion and urgency.
• Act with honesty, integrity and respect for people and goals.
• Can prioritize activities and own workload, ensuring vital tasks are recognized and acted upon.

Special Skills:

• Has Subject Matter Expertise in relevant EHS regulations, principles, pollution control technology, industrial hygiene and safety-related equipment & safeguards. Has basic technical knowledge and works on practical, worker health, safety and environmental problems.
• Can effectively interact with team members. Can articulate the issues and solutions to teams upon which participates.
• Can identify EHS technical problems, analyze effectively and solve in consultation with supervisor. Learns to develop investigation and problem-solving skills using standard safety engineering and technology techniques.
• Can develop, analyze and interpret data.
• Can collaborate with others to determine areas of potential risk to business success and generate gap analysis.
• Skill to document technical assignments expeditiously.
• Capable to work on multiple small projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Self-starter to manage workload and meet deadlines set by upper management. Gathers experience in planning work product deliverables to team projects to assure projects stays on track.
• Learns application of basic safety engineering and science skills in product or process evaluation under supervisor.
• Ability to work with contractors and provide support to others who review/approve and manage external EHS services in meeting business initiatives.
• Maintains gowning certification for clean room activities.

Work Environment & Physical Demands: General work environment and physical demands as required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Ability to work flexible hours as needed. Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Some travel may be involved. Supervisory Responsibility, if any: No This position description is not a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of the organization.