Associate Director, EHSS Occupational Health & Safety

Bristol Myers Squibb • Summit, NJ

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us. At Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long-term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there’s no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team. The primary focus of this role is to support Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) as the Associate Director, EHSS, Occupational Health & Safety for the Summit, NJ facility within the Department of Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) and is part of the Cell Therapy organization. The individual in this role will be responsible for leading the site’s occupational health and safety efforts to drive long-term company and stakeholder value. The position will develop, plan, organize, and execute EHSS programs, policies, procedures, and training to maintain a safe, health, and environmental compliant facility. This individual should possess a strong background on technical safety issues pertaining to laboratory and cleanroom type environments. This position plays a key role in aligning corporate and local policies and procedures and will enable and foster a proactive and integrated EHSS culture that promotes a positive, proactive approach throughout all operations. Shift Available: Monday - Friday, Onsite Day Shift, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Requirements

• Take action, final decision, recommend.
• Exercise sound judgment in making compliant decisions and recommendations.
• Works on abstract problems across functional areas of the business.
• Identifies, evaluates, and solutions systemically in a compliant manner.
• Proven experience in leading a site industrial hygiene program.
• Proven experience in biosafety, such as review of research protocols, development of a biosafety manual, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC), Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBC), and Institutional Research Boards (IRB) to ensure compliance with the National Institute of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and other standards for recombinant DNA and vaccine research, desired.
• Ability to influence and drive a sustainable EHSS culture.
• Ability to attend to multiple high priority items simultaneously and think creatively, critically, and strategically to solve problems in a complex environment with both urgency and agility, calmly.
• Ability to work within a remote, matrix environment achieves high performance standards
• Bachelor of Science degree in science or engineering.
• CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist) or CSP (Certified Safety Professional), required.
• A minimum of 15 years of previous Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) experience in a research or manufacturing facility.
• A minimum of 5 years leadership with direct reports.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s / Graduate degree in a relevant discipline is desired.
• Previous experience in chemical or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Six Sigma Certification (Green belt or above) desired.
• Professional license or certification; RBP (Registered Biosafety Professional), CBP (Certified Biosafety Professional), desired.

Responsibilities

• The Associate Director will advocate, coach, coordinate, implement, assess, and improve environmental, safety, occupational health, and sustainability outcomes using global and local regulations and consensus guides, BMS management systems, policies and procedures, and promote compliant, forward-leaning culture and preserve BMS’ reputation while driving shared Company objectives.
• The primary responsibility is to lead the site industrial hygiene program and safety programs across all functions.
• Partner with leadership teams to integrate safety and environmental management systems into operations, as measured by performance metrics.
• Develop productive working relationships with federal, state and local authorities, technical and industrial groups and consultants to keep abreast of pending requirements and interpretations of existing rules.
• Lead site and/or local area audits related to safety programs for compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Translate Corporate and Divisional standards and guides into appropriate site procedures.
• Track and report safety metrics.
• Maintain liaison with outside organizations, peer companies and agencies as necessary to assure compliance and communication.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local safety and medical surveillance laws, regulations, codes, rules, and consensus guides.
• Develop and implement new EHSS programs, policies, and procedures and update and improve existing ones.
• Provide applicable regulatory and technical practical guidance and execute programs, policies, procedures, and trainings for industrial hygiene, biological safety, laboratory safety, and chemical safety.
• Execute Management of Change (MOC) program for EHSS to include EHSS Impact Assessments and Change Requests.
• Participates in EHSS operational and tier discussions, EHSS committees and teams; and EHSS self-assessments, inspections, GEMBAs, and audits.
• Review and ensure accurate and complete resolution of issues as they arise and escalates concerns, resource constraints, needs, with urgency to appropriate leaders in the organization.
• Stops operations and activities that could harm the environment, workforce, or facilities.
• Utilize and manage site platforms for investigations, reporting, inspection, and other management system platforms and their outcomes.
• Deliver, develop and oversee trainings as needed, ensuring the upkeep of curricula.
• Have a proven competency in completing biological risk assessments and participation/ managing an Institutional Biosafety Committee.
• Proactively collaborates at site and above-site levels.
• Conducts Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) reviews against BMS standards and applicable compliance standards, identifies gaps, and completed actions against gaps identified in a systemic fashion using appropriate quality and EOHSS system tools for documentation and CAPA tracking purposes.
• Brings new approaches to continually improve the effectiveness of workflows and processes and learn and apply new concepts.
• Helps to coach and mentor EHSS Team members during day-to-day operations.
• Investigates causes of industrial accidents and/or injuries to develop systemic solutions to minimize or prevent recurrence.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
• All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level