Lead EHSS Engineer

This role will establish and maintain EHSS policies, programs, and operational procedures that ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards under the direction of Corporate EHSS Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned EHSS continuous process improvement and sustained practices
• Establish and maintain EHSS focused corporate social responsibility management systems that align with United Therapeutics mission and values
• Actively support business growth by engineering design and assessing new projects and processes for EHSS impact with participation in owner, architect and contractor meetings
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in environmental compliance and stewardship including air, water, hazardous waste, materials management, and chemical reporting; support program implementation corporate-wide and drive continuous improvement and sustainability practices
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in product stewardship, qualitative occupational exposure assessments, high potent compound safety
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in health and safety compliance including injury and illness prevention, materials handling, energy control, biosafety, radiation safety, laboratory safety, personal protective equipment assessments, occupational health, fall protection, emergency preparedness
• Oversee assigned projects and programs requiring advanced knowledge of EHSS engineering principles, practices and regulatory requirements and coordination of multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Oversee assigned programs such as product stewardship, environmental compliance, sustainability, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, employee protection and emergency preparedness
• Oversee site water use and discharge control programs including permit writing, agency notifications, monitoring requirements, periodic sampling, user reports and records retention
• Oversee site waste management including pollution prevention, chemical and biological waste removal, waste profiles, maintain manifests, conduct inspections, and environmental reporting and records retention
• Complete chemical reporting and community right-to-know submittals; maintain electronic inventory records and SDSs of chemicals and identify materials on EPA or OSHA lists
• Develop engineering controls for hazards such as biological, high potent compounds, chemical, energy, flammable liquids, and fall protection
• Develop and implement temporary worker and contractor safety protocols
• Lead management of change such as program audits and inspections, make recommendations through written technical reports, effectively communicate findings and close out audit reports
• Develop, plan and implement EHS training and awareness programs hands on, online, and hybrid
• Maintain EHSS management system documents, records, and metrics tracking and reporting
• Conduct hazard evaluations of jobs and processes, and perform routine inspections of facilities and operations to continuously improve EHSS related methods, designs, and processes
• Lead UT management in incident investigation with effective root cause analysis and corrective actions identified and track to completion
• Provide input to crisis management planning and implement EHSS aspects such as emergency planning and drills for UT locations
• Respond to emergency situations such as injuries, illnesses, life safety, and environmental releases during business hours, after-hours and/or on weekends if necessary
• Complete other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in chemical engineering, sciences, environmental, health and safety or related technical discipline with 8+ years of relevant work experience in chemical, life sciences, pharmaceutical or other related field
• 6+ years of EHSS experience in high level expansion projects
• Working knowledge of federal, state and local regulations with ability to interpret regulatory issues and provide a recommended action plan
• Proven track record with successful interface with multi-level regulatory agency personnel
• EHSS management systems auditing experience
• Implementation of EHS management system
• Project management skills with an attention to detail, timelines, and results
• EHS Training delivery and effective communication
• Decisive action orientation with ownership and a strong drive for results and goal attainment
• Ability to develop and sustain a strong EHS culture
• Integrity and alignment with EHS mission and values
• Demonstrated high performing team leader and internal client collaborative work relationship building
• Ability to attend to multiple goals and assess situations to adjust priority work based on business needs
• Proficiency in MS Office software programs and other job specific software

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in chemical engineering, sciences, environmental, health and safety or related technical discipline with 6+ years of relevant work experience in chemical, life sciences, pharmaceutical or other related field
• Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist
• Experience in an FDA regulated environment