Biosafety and Industrial Hygiene Consultant - Pharmaceutical & Lab

Overview

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Job Title: Consultant
Location: Frederick, MD

BSI is the UK’s National Standards Body, but we are much more than that. We are an international organization that tackles the problems businesses have by leading the development and embedding of best practices. We help companies access new markets, accelerate innovation, become more resilient and sustainable, and build trusted customer relationships.

BSI America Professional Services Inc. (BSI) is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Consultant to support the EHS department at a client site in the Frederick, MD area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

• 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, blood borne pathogen, Safe Start, etc.).
• 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
• Expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance.
• Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.

• Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field
• Preferred 5 - 7 years’ experience with lab safety, biosafety and industrial hygiene
• Prior experience with risk assessment and accident investigations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills
• Professional certifications (CIH) desired, but not required
• Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits
• Strong background in laboratory safety and familiarity with biopharma lab environments
• Strong background in biosafety with solid experience with BSL2 facilities and Institutional Biosafety Committees
• Strong background in OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard
• Ability to develop and manage a Chemical Hygiene Plan as a Chemical Hygiene Officer
• Working knowledge of OSHA and EPA to assess existing programs and foster regulatory compliance
• Experience with chemical inventory management preferably with 3E software
• Industrial hygiene experience with ability to perform personnel and area monitoring in accordance with established sampling protocols
• Conduct incident investigations to identify root causes and implement corrective and preventative actions
• Well-practiced in risk assessments, inspections, layered audits, and training development and delivery
• Self-starter with a curious nature and ability to collaborate with staff at all levels
• Radiation safety and laser safety experience a plus

BSI offers a competitive salary, group-sponsored health and dental, short-term and long-term disability, a…