Sr. EHS Specialist

Nemera is a world leader in the design, development and manufacturing of drug delivery devices for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and generic industries. We leverage a long-standing experience to provide our clients with leading-edge drug delivery devices for different application areas, from services, design to large scale manufacturing.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES /

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conducting 6S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Safety, Sustain) walkthroughs of production and non-production areas.
• Identifying and escalating EHS issues to the appropriate internal department managers or external company contacts.
• Assisting with department and area EHS inspections during the audit preparation process and audit events, related to Customer audits, ISO audits, and other third-party audits and assessments.
• Ensuring compliance with site EHS procedures and policies.
• Participating in daily production meetings and shift startup meetings when requested to communicate EHS information.
• Participating in monthly meetings with site management and global EHS team members.
• Maintaining knowledge of the current facility layout, locations of EHS equipment, EHS policies, and EHS procedures.
• Delivering EHS training as indicated on the training matrix and delivering EHS orientation training when scheduled by Human Resources.
• Partnering with internal or third-party training resources when needed.
• Completing assigned training in online LMS (Learning Management System).
• Partnering with external consultants, engineering firms, insurance firms, and insurance brokers when needed.
• Assisting with the onboarding of new EHS team members.
• Assisting the Procurement team in the evaluation of contractors, vendors, and suppliers with EHS criteria.
• Partnering with the Procurement team to order safety-related supplies in alignment with the Finance budget.
• Partnering with the Procurement team to identify cost savings and sustainability opportunities.
• Using SAP to enter in purchase requisitions and process work cycles.
• Completing EHS questionnaires, surveys, and qualification forms for customer requests.
• Participating in quarterly Risk Hunts, identifying and documenting hazards, and communicating issues to the appropriate personnel.
• Completing and distributing site monthly EHS reports, including metrics, highlights, and lowlights.
• Completing annual site OSHA regulatory reports.
• On an annual basis, gathering and entering in site environmental data for applicable Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
• Completing annual chemical inventory surveys for chemical storage areas.
• Reviewing EHS-related mail, processing correspondence, and delivering or filing where needed.
• Maintaining hard copy files and electronic (shared drive and Teams group) files.
• Supporting EHS needs for digital transformation and automation initiatives.
• Maintaining site EHS information, including EHS action items and risk assessments, in Quentic (EHS Database).
• Conducting EHS equipment reviews of new, modified, or moved equipment in the facility.
• Assisting in the development and review of applicable policies, procedures, and systems to achieve and maintain the site’s ISO certifications.
• Assisting in the review of EHS procedures and policies and providing recommendations for changes and additions.
• Ensuring that updated controlled documents are passed through the controlled document approval process properly.
• Submitting the “First Report of Injury” to the worker’s compensation insurance provider.
• Partnering with the Human Resources team to gather employee information for reporting purposes.
• Providing requested EHS information to the worker’s compensation claims professionals and providing company contacts for non-EHS information.
• Reporting and monitoring of current workers’ compensation claims with the Human Resources team.
• Assisting Supervisors with completion of incident reports and incident investigations when requested.
• Logging EHS metrics in the Power
  
  BI database for daily management review.
• Coordinating EHS meetings, preparing meeting agendas and summaries, and communicating summaries to attendees.
• Preparing and distributing Safety Minutes and Toolbox Talk briefings based on seasonal or…