Senior EHS Specialist

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About the role:

As a champion of environmental, health, and safety values at Boston Scientific, the EHS Specialist creates and maintains programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company standards and relevant regulations. This role involves providing guidance, training, and support, while fostering engagement and contributions from EHS colleagues, internal stakeholders, and external partners to drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Work model & sponsorship:

This position follows an onsite work model and requires employees to work from our Arden Hills, Minnesota, location. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA for this position at this time

Your responsibilities will include:

Providing EHS site support for internal customers including manufacturing, process development, and R&D laboratories

Identifying opportunities to minimize risks and prevent workplace injuries; collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive projects and support continuous improvement initiatives

Administering the ISO
45001 Health & Safety Management System including internal and external audit facilitation and risk management; identify opportunities for improvement, implement recommendations, and manage related documentation

Leading incident investigations, root cause analysis, and after-action reviews; collaborate with process owners to develop and implement corrective actions and engineering controls as needed

Conducting risk assessments on processes, equipment, and chemicals; identify compliance concerns, program non-conformities, and opportunities for improvement

Conducting EHS audits, self-assessments, and inspections to ensure workplace conditions comply with internal policies, program requirements, and applicable local, state, and national regulations

Partnering with regulatory agencies to conduct site inspections; providing regulatory guidance and safety recommendations for processes, equipment, and facility infrastructure design

Building and maintaining relationships with contracted safety services and consultants

Leading and supporting EHS-related committees, projects, and cross-functional teams; serve on the site’s emergency response team(s)
Facilitating regulatory compliance activities such as coordinating work efforts and recordkeeping related but not limited to chemical hygiene and exposure monitoring, hearing conservation, chemical and safety data sheet management, personal protective equipment and respiratory protection, and general employee safety.

Required qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, safety engineering, safety management, occupational health, or related discipline

Minimum 5 years of experience with regulations, safety-related programs, policies, procedure development, implementation, and management

Minimum 3 years of experience with industrial hygiene, exposure monitoring, chemical safety, and personal protective equipment program management in an industrial or manufactuing environment

Preferred qualifications:

Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) and/or Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
Experience working in pharmaceutical, medical device, electronics, or similarly regulated industry

Experience with ergonomic risk reduction, emergency response and incident

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams

Requisition  Salary: $ 85000

Maximum Salary: $ 161500

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional…