The EHS Advisor will be responsible for establishing, implementing, managing and continuously improving the environment, health and safety programs for the facility. The EHS Advisor will have broad knowledge of EHS compliance programs and, where required, EHS specialty areas including Industrial Safety, Occupational Hygiene, Environmental Engineering, Safety Engineering, Risk Management, and Process Safety. The EHS Advisor will provide guidance in managing budgets to support outside services and operating expenses. The role includes strategic EHS planning as well as a tactical role for site-wide EHS systems, EHS regulations, and best practices. Work collaboratively with colleagues at other GSK sites in North America and around the world to ensure that EHS best practices and lessons from incidents are shared effectively. Ensure proportionate focus is maintained on EHS priorities through proactive communication and support.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Ensure that necessary EHS information is reported to local regulators and to stakeholders within GSK

• Prepare and submit local, State and other as required regulatory reports, ensuring site EHS Regulatory compliance

• Review and track investigations of injuries, illnesses, environmental releases, non-injury accidents and near-misses to ensure that they are effective, and that they identify and resolve root causes. Lead investigations into serious incidents. Monitor and analyze EHS performance and initiate action to support or correct trends

• Provide timely, high quality EH&S technical support/training. Design, conduct and oversee EH&S training

• Carry out regular workplace inspections to monitor compliance with site rules, procedures, etc. Develop and manage an internal audit program to assess compliance with legal and company requirements and identify opportunities for improvement

• Coordinate the completion of job safety analyses and risk assessments. Conduct environmental impact assessments to identify the site’s key environmental priorities

• Establishment of site EHS policies, objectives, key performance indicators and targets that reflect local needs and alignment with GSK’s long term EHS strategy. Establish program to manage the site’s different EHS risks and impacts, coordinated within an overall EHS management system

• Ability to manage and actively carry out activities involving industrial hygiene analysis including chemical hazard analysis, air/noise monitoring, ergonomic reviews, and determination of effective control measures for the identified hazards.

• Review change proposals (including capital projects and new product introductions) to identify potential EHS issues and participate in their resolution

• Maintain local EHS SOPs that effectively describe the site’s EHS management system.

• Champion a strong safety culture across the site and maximize personnel involvement in EHS-related activities.

• Coordinate local business continuity, emergency response, and crisis management plans. Develop and test the plans with realistic scenarios.

• Coordinate and/or support as needed the environmental compliance requirements including waste, water, and air regulations.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s of Science degree
• 4 years of experience in EHS program development and implementation

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Ability to demonstrate leadership skills
• Ability to work independently
• Experience in the Pharmaceutical industry
• Strong customer focus
• Strong written, verbal communication skills and influencing abilities.
• Proven ability to think and act strategically and engage in long term planning

Why Consumer Healthcare?

Right now, we’re on an incredible journey as we prepare to become the first independent, 100% focused consumer healthcare company. We’re doing this at a time when the work we do has never mattered more. Better everyday health is about improving the health and wellness of the consumers that we touch every year – over a billion and a half of them – and it goes beyond products. It’s about truly helping people manage their health proactively in different ways as consumer needs evolve.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

In Consumer Healthcare we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

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