Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) Associate Director

Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) Associate Director

Lantheus (NASDAQ: LNTH) is the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company, delivering life-changing science to enable clinicians to Find, Fight and Follow disease to deliver better patient outcomes. Headquartered in Massachusetts with offices in New Jersey, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom, Lantheus has been providing radiopharmaceutical solutions for nearly 70 years.

Today, we're expanding our portfolio and pipeline across oncology, neurology and cardiology. Through recent acquisitions, along with strategic partnerships across the life sciences ecosystem, we are accelerating our efforts to advance precision medicine and improve patient outcomes around the world.

At Lantheus we are purpose-driven, and every employee plays a vital role in our success. We're dedicated to cultivating a high-growth, forward-thinking culture where innovation thrives and diverse perspectives drive meaningful progress.

Join us and be part of a company where your contributions make a real impact, because we know someone's health is in our hands.

Summary of role

As a key member of the Lantheus Springfield manufacturing site senior leadership team, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) Associate Director provides Environmental, Health, and Safety and Radiation Safety leadership across radiopharmaceutical manufacturing (e.g., RLT, PET and isotope products). The RSO Associate Director provides visible leadership to foster a proactive safety culture, ensures compliance with applicable EHS (e.g., EPA, OSHA, DOT, and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)) and radiation (e.g., Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and New Jersey Radiation Protection Code) regulations and Lantheus' standards.

The RSO Associate Director drives the prevention of injuries/illnesses and environmental releases and oversees the radiation safety program and licensed radioactive material activities in accordance with the site RAM License.

This role also has the responsibility to oversee the licensing of Lantheus products for distribution in every state throughout the United States of America. This includes the applicable pharmaceutical manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution licensing required by each individual state regulatory body.

This position is based in Springfield, New Jersey and requires a presence on-site 5 days per week, and open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day EHS and Radiation Safety technical leadership for the Evergreen site ensuring environmental, health, safety, and radiation compliance with the applicable federal and state regulations. Measure, analyze, and improve performance to meet business objectives. Establish and govern key metrics (e.g., OSHA injury rate, near misses, safety observations, and EM performance) and use leading indicators to anticipate and mitigate risks to employee health and safety.
• Develop and maintain deep technical expertise in radiopharmaceutical manufacturing (RLT, PET and isotope products), including radioactive material handling and controls, radiochemistry/radio synthesis, automated synthesis platforms, in-process controls, and analytical/quality procedures. Ensure technical knowledge is translated into robust procedures, training, and standardized ways of working to prevent health and safety risks and radiation exposure.
• Create and continuously improve the site EHS management system and compliance programs, including written programs, procedures, inspections, and governance routines that drive consistent execution.
• Develop, implement, and maintain site safety and environmental procedures and training (e.g., hazard communication, chemical hygiene, LOTO, confined space, hot work, PPE, waste handling, spill response) and verify effectiveness through audits and field observations.
• Own EHS recordkeeping and reporting, including OSHA 300/300A, incident/near-miss documentation, environmental monitoring records, waste manifests, and other required logs; analyze trends and communicate performance to site leadership.
• Lead incident management for safety and environmental events, including immediate response/notification, investigation, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and effectiveness checks.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, and Facilities to implement safe work controls for routine and non-routine work, including contractor EHS oversight, pre-job risk reviews, permits (hot work/confined space), lockout/tagout, and job hazard analyses.
• Own site environmental compliance programs as applicable (e.g., air, wastewater/stormwater, hazardous waste, SPCC), including permit conditions, routine inspections, sampling/monitoring, submissions, and coordination with EPA, NJDEP, and other agencies.
• Manage chemical and waste stewardship, including hazardous waste accumulation areas, vendor oversight, manifesting, storage compatibility, spill…