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At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We’re looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With 4,000+ team members worldwide, we lead with pride and purpose—prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn’t just our tagline, it’s the higher standard we live by every day.
Job Description Summary
An integral member of the site EHS Department whose primary responsibilities are to ensure a safe and quality working environment through training, awareness, and compliance to safety SOP’s, corporate standards and OSHA regulations, identify hazardous workplace conditions, remove hazards and/or protect employees by developing and implementing Job Safety Analyses (JSA’s) and risk assessments, and identify and implement activities and processes to continually improve the organization’s safety culture, The Sr. H&S Engineer will take a lead role in revising and improving the site’s safety procedures and management systems and will be a member of the site Emergency Response Team. The candidate must be an independent worker with a strong sense of customer service.
The position may serve as a technical EHS systems and operational excellence resource for the EHS Department at the St. Louis Site. This position may serve as the principle point of contact for EHS metric data gathering and reporting for the St. Louis Plant. The candidate must therefore exhibit a working knowledge of EHS systems and principles, working knowledge of the laws, ordinances and regulations governing EHS compliance efforts.
Job Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Ensure a safe and quality working environment through training, awareness, and compliance with safety SOP’s, corporate standards and OSHA regulations
- Lead efforts as a team member in analyzing and continually improving the site’s Safety Culture
- Develop and mentor others in developing Job Safety analyses (JSA’s) and risk assessments.
- Participate in OSHA PSM and EPA RMP auditing program, and assist in developing follow-up action plans
- Monitor and take effective steps to ensure that workplace conditions comply with applicable federal and state occupational safety and health standards.
- Ensure that all required records are prepared and maintained.
- Develop, communicate and monitor EHS related metrics for the St. Louis Plant.
- Investigate and prepare required reports on injuries and incidents.
- Participate in continuous improvement activities and champion change when faced with adversity while incorporating team input.
- Conduct safe work procedures and other safety training courses including HAZCOM, Life Safety Permitting, and emergency response.
- Provide input on equipment installation, start-up operation, and trouble shooting.
- Provide EHS support to engineering staff for project design and start-up safety reviews.
- Collaborate with project engineering staff to utilize Prevention through Design (PtD) techniques to eliminate, mitigate, and or reduce hazard exposures during conceptual, detailed design, and final design phases of capital projects.
- Monitor contractor EHS compliance through Contractor Management system. Provide input on projects and overrides where necessary.
- Ensure accountability, transparency, and effective communication cross-functionally and within the safety team and the EHS Department while guaranteeing information is timely, clear and accurate.
- Provide EHS support for all Management of Change activities in supported value streams.
- Utilize the EHS management system software, EHS Suites, to ensure all incidents, near misses, and EHS related activities are captured, processed, and evaluated according to site SOPs. Support includes the creation, completion, and tracking of corrective action items.
- Supply the highest level of internal and external customer service while having the ability to diplomatically challenge established procedures and systems.
- Lead and participate in Root Cause analysis teams.
- Lead/support EHS initiatives and EHS Capital and Maintenance projects.
- Participate in LEPC and RICERP industry groups for emergency response, as needed.
- Respond to plant emergencies as needed. Provide either field support or command center subject matter expertise during response to all emergencies.
- Assist in compliance with DHS CFATS standards.
- Manages and provides direction to subordinates to accomplish tasks.
- Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation
- Promote a proactive safety culture through engagement with front line workers to site leadership team.
- Assist in the management of environmental permits and policies to maintain compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Maintenance of monthly inspections/internal audits and disposition of open action items
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
Education: Bachelors’ Degree in Occupational, Safety and Health Engineering or related safety/technical field. Advanced degree and/or professional certification (CSP, CHMM, CIH) preferred
Experience:
- Minimum 3-8 years of experience as a Safety Professional required.
- Experience in a pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing environment working with hazardous materials preferred.
- Experience with internal and external audits and inspections for regulatory compliance.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Ability to prepare and communicate technical data for use by a variety of different audiences, such as the Site Leadership, supervisors, senior engineers/scientists, technical expert, and operators.
- Must be able to walk, climb, and wear personal protective equipment to include full body suit and respiratory equipment.
- Experience in continuous improvement such as Sig Sigma or Lean activities.
- Working knowledge of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations Part 1910 and Part 1926.
- Skill in evaluating, planning (including strategic planning), organizing, and reviewing regulations to determine compliance with OSHA and Corporate Safety and Health regulations, guidelines, and policies. Knowledge of statistical analysis to effectively evaluate trends.
- Ability to use safety management and engineering practices for the continuous improvement of Plants TRR and workers compensation rates.
- HAZWOPER trained
- Experience in aspects related to DHS/Regulations (6 CFR).
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and technical writing skills.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to work under tight deadlines.
- Excellent decision making, problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent conflict management skills.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft office applications required.
- Solid past performance as an EHS professional.
- Experience with unit operations and both batch and continuous processes. Working knowledge of the physical side of chemical process engineering including P&ID, General Arrangement and process piping reviews.
Other Skills:
- Knowledge of cGMP, PSM and environmental regulations.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Demonstrated ability to implement and achieve continuous improvement
- Demonstrated ability to drive change with influence.
Competencies: Action Orientated Drive for Results, Problem Solving, Timely Decision
Making, Written Communications, Process Management, Time
EEO Statement:
We comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment, and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
