EHS Manager-specializing: lab, chemistry, microfabrication & Biosafety

Job Description

Environmental, Health Safety (EHS) Position
Heill Safety Solutions is seeking a qualified candidate to fill an EHS role in the South Bay area of San Francisco for our client, X. This role will serve as a direct point of contact for various user group EHS needs and concerns within a wide variety of operations.

Partnering with the various project teams and at the direction and guidance
of the X EHS Manager, this position will provide direct support in the form of risk assessment, EHS process design, possible exposure monitoring, training, and program development and implementation. This position develops and implements relevant EHS programs, delivers training, advises various stakeholder groups regarding EHS issues and considerations, and recommends appropriate actions and programs. Primary responsibility is to implement EHS programs specific to the client’s scientific and administrative community.

Ideally this person will have:

* Lab background, or experience in chemistry / material based EHS. Teams are wanting to run experiments with HF, hydrogen, molten glass, iron dust, and things of that nature.

* We'd like someone on staff who can interface with those scientists, speak their language a bit better, and determine EHS controls and facility requirements.

* Experience with Microfabrication and materials science is a plus

* Biosafety experience

Responsibilities
This position will provide guidance in support of the EHS processes for user groups in our main and remote project locations. The SH&E Professional’s primary focus is to proactively create safety programs and processes, provide EHS project management, enhance the safety culture, and to provide accident and incident response.

Responsibilities include:

● Coordinate risk assessments to determine the level of risk exposure, confirm
controls in place, and develop solutions to reduce risk to acceptable levels expected of X environments.

● Assess, brainstorm, problem-solve, develop and provide safety solutions with appropriate personnel to address and resolve safety issues as discovered or requested.

● Review, evaluate, develop, write and deliver safety programs, procedures,
processes, accepted safe practices, activities, and complete documentation as
appropriate for the X environment.

● Implement programs and policies for monitoring and preventing chemical, physical, ergonomic and biological hazards.

● Discuss and trend performance, as needed and applicable with the X EHS Manager, to assist in the prioritization process to focus EHS efforts for maximum effectiveness and to transform data / insights into practical solutions for the management of the EHS process.

● Develop specific reports that assist in identifying and resolving exposures that contribute to the reduction of occupational injury and illness exposures, liability and environmental and property damage expenses. Complete research to craft solutions to resolving safety, health and environmental challenges.

● Conduct on-site safety evaluations, safety assessments, ergonomics assessments, and/or job safety analysis (JSA) of identified areas / projects to observe EHS process in practice, identify hazards and exposures, evaluate hazard controls and effectiveness, and best safe practice / EHS compliance issues.

● Develop, coordinate and facilitate safety training on issues related to environmental, health and safety to enhance safety, skills, and ability.

● Develop corrective action plans / matrices and work with appropriate personnel to resolve and track, as needed.

● Establish, attend and lead, as needed, progress meetings with the X EHS Manager and key management personnel to discuss EHS progress, measures, and service delivery focus with appropriate oversight…