Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

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United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

In this role you will work closely with the Manager, Environmental Health & Safety to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations and Corporate standards for all operations at the Billerica Campus. This includes research laboratory operations (~75%) with hazardous chemicals, radioactive materials,and biohazardous materials and facilities operations (25%).

• Audit & Safety Committees:
  Manage the laboratory audit program to drive corrective actions, while leading the Chemical, Biological, and Institutional Biological Safety Committees.
• Training & Onboarding:
  Develop, update, and conduct annual laboratory safety refresher trainings, new employee and contractor health and safety orientations, and specialized program trainings.
• Radiation & Vivarium Compliance:
  Assist with the Radiation Safety program—including wipe surveys, audits, and recordkeeping—and review/approve vivarium protocols to ensure compliant operations.
• Incident Investigation & Records:
  Conduct thorough, documented investigations of near misses, injuries, and incidents, while maintaining complete occupational health, permitting, and training records.
• Environmental Operations & Sustainability:
  Oversee environmental compliance programs, including hazardous waste management, wastewater operations, sustainability initiatives, and SPCC/ISO 14001 alignment.
• EHS Program Oversight:
  Support broad EHS program compliance across Facilities Safety (LOTO, Fall Protection, Confined Space, Fire Safety), Construction/Contractor Safety, and OSHA 300 reporting.
• Cross-Site & Staff Support:
  Serve as the liaison between R&D staff and the EHS Team, assist in supervising contracted EHS staff, and provide periodic EHS compliance support at the Boston Seaport office.
• Metrics & Stakeholder Communication:
  Support metrics reporting, operational program needs, and regular EHS communications back to internal teams, Corporate EHS, and key stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Safety, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or other Science or Engineering discipline.
• 4+ years’ of experience in an Environmental Health & Safety role.
• 1+ years of experience navigating and applying federal, state, and local laboratory safety regulations (e.g., OSHA Laboratory Standard, EPA, local EH&S codes) within a laboratory or research environment.

• 5+ years of direct EHS experience, including…