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About the role:
BSI America Professional Services Inc. (BSI) is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Technician/Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Boston, MA area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.
Associate Consultant Responsibilities:
- Assist with laboratory inspections; observe, document, and investigate unsafe work conditions. Work with laboratory personnel to develop JHAs and determine project-specific hazards and risks.
- Identify and manage occupational hazards and environmental risks, lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and create/document corrective and preventative actions to ensure a safe workplace. This includes initiating and leading regularly scheduled safety meetings with senior management to move beyond safety compliance to proactive identification of hazards and risks.
- Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc. In addition, conduct periodic review of hazardous chemical inventories for permit compliance
- Occasionally conduct lab safety training for newly hired employees and scientists needing yearly recertification (new employee orientation, bloodborne pathogen, Safe Start, etc.).
- Assist with Large Quantity Generator requirements and contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed SQG threshold
- Assistance / consulting on spill response and clean up, and local reporting to outside agencies (if necessary).
- Implementing biosafety/hazard communication/chemical safety programs
- Developing or maintaining management systems
- Assist with site compliance and monitor ongoing mitigation strategies for worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (monitor population density, social distancing, face mask use, cleaning, and sanitizing practices, etc.)
- Expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance. Local experience with City of Cambridge a plus.
- Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.
Education/Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field
- Prior consulting or EHS experience. Preferred 3-5 years’ experience with lab safety, biosafety, hazardous materials/waste management
- Prior experience with risk assessment and accident investigations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong computer skills
- Professional certifications (such as CIH, ASP, CSP, or CHMM) desired, but not required
- Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits
What we offer:
BSI offers a competitive salary, group-sponsored health and dental, short-term and long-term disability, a company-matched 401k plan, company paid life insurance, 11 paid holidays and 4 weeks paid time off.
The salary for this position can range from $70,000 to $81,000 annually; actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s competencies, level of experience, education, location, divisional budget and internal peer compensation comparisons.
Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.
BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to diversity.
BSI is conducting face-to-face interviews where appropriate and possible. If you are invited to a face-to-face interview but feel more comfortable with conducting the interview virtually, please speak to a member of our recruitment team.
