Environmental Health Safety Specialist

Job Description

Role: Environmental Health Safety Specialist Specialist

Location: San Francisco, CA 94080 | On-site

Pay Rate: $53 Hourly W2

Type & Duration: Contract | 6 Months

Responsibilities:

• Program support includes some or all the following: chemical handling, biosafety, hazardous waste, medical waste, ergonomics, emergency response, respiratory protection, industrial hygiene, occupational health, laser safety, facilities-related EHS, and other EHS programs.
• Conduct internal EHS Inspections for laboratories including biosafety, fire prevention, hazardous material and waste compliance; record in the EHS database, analyze and address findings.
• Oversee and assist on-site waste technicians in the collection and disposal of hazardous, medical, and universal waste; process associated paperwork; oversee life-safety equipment inspections assuring timely completion and safety equipment readiness.
• Request EHS-related supplies and order approved ergonomic equipment per EHS instructions.
• Respond to incidents. Conduct incident and accident investigations assuring corrective actions are taken to minimize or prevent similar future incidents.
• Give site EHS orientation training to contractors.
• Coordinate trainings for personnel (i.e. CPR, First Aid, AED)
• Conduct hazard identification and risk assessments that apply to tasks, departments, and the overall site.
• Prepare job hazard analyses.
• Assist in conducting emergency fire drills.
• Assist with laboratory decommissioning, ensuring proper decontamination scheduled, completed per agency’s and requirements and associated paperwork is assembled.
• Assist with laboratory moves, commissioning of labs, proper signage, setting up eye wash/shower, fire extinguisher, AED inspections, safety supplies, and completing final inspections to deploy lab spaces.
• Complete and document all regulatory compliance activities per the EHS Calendar according to regulatory deadlines.
• Assist in submitting required EHS reports and recordkeeping information.
• Perform other duties, as assigned, in support of the EHS department goals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college degree in a related field (e.g., environmental, safety, biology, chemistry, physics, engineering) with 0-5 years of EHS industry experience preferably in biopharma or R&D laboratories.
• Basic understanding of EHS regulations (federal and state), applicable consensus standards (e.g., ANSI; NFPA; NEC).
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to interface with internal and external stakeholders with professionalism, sensitivity, and diplomacy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills are required as the position interacts with all levels of personnel including facilities, laboratories, engineering, and our business partners.
• Experience maintaining and managing day-to-day health, safety, emergency response, environmental compliance activities
• Ability to work well in a rapidly changing environment
• Demonstrated computer proficiency and familiarity with Google docs, slides, sheets, as well as other common computer applications
• Experience with entering data into and navigating databases