Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Labcorp; Eye; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Labcorp is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist to join their team in Eye, Suffolk. This role involves providing expertise and support on EHS matters, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and contributing to safety training initiatives. Ideal candidates should have a background in science or a technical field and be driven to enhance workplace safety in the pharmaceutical industry.

Qualifications

• Experience in a laboratory environment; CRO/pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of UK EHS regulations.
• Desire to learn and grow within the field.

Responsibilities

• Provide training and expertise to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Inspect facilities for regulatory compliance and identify hazards.
• Prepare and submit regulatory reports as required.

Skills

Safety management

Hazard identification

Risk assessment

Training and guidance

Compliance management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Technical Field

NEBOSH Certificate

Job description

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Do you have experience working within an Environmental Health and Safety team or interested in continuing your scientific career in an EHS capacity?

Are you experienced with safety management?

Do you want to be part of life saving work and help improve patient’s lives by working with a company developing new pharmaceutical solutions to positively impact lives?

Then Labcorp have the role for you!

Labcorp are currently recruiting for an EHS Specialist to be based at our site in Eye, Suffolk, with travel to other UK sites as required.

As part of our Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) department you will be required to partner with the business to provide technical expertise and coaching to effectively protect and promote health, manage and reduce risk, maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and applicable industry standards

Duties Include But Are Not Limited To

• Providing technical expertise, training and guidance to ensure compliance with applicable regulation and industry standards.
• Providing EHS support and advice on projects, planned studies, facility modifications, regulation/ best practice, audits and inspections and adverse events.
• Contributing to EHS policies, procedures and document creation and reviews
• Inspecting facilities and operations for regulatory and company policy compliance.
• Identifying and assessing workplace hazards and implements corrective measures.
• Ensuring the development, deployment and, as necessary, delivery of effective EHS training to supervisors and employees.
• Investigating and reporting upon accidents and supporting site emergency team in response to an adverse events and identifying corrective actions.
• Administering, and supporting development, implementation and maintenance of EHS programs and safety roles, that may include but not limited to day-to-day monitoring of contractors, risk assessment, sustainability, facility safety, fire safety, confined space, chemical safety, respiratory protection, emergency planning and response, etc.
• Interacting with government agencies and regulators with the support of the EHS Manager
• Preparing and submitting regulatory and internal company reports as required, including air permit and wastewater records, emission and hazardous waste reports, injury/illness and other EHS reports as applicable
  
  

To Be Successful In This Role, You Will Have

• Demonstrable experience working within a laboratory environment, ideally within the CRO/pharmaceutical industry
• Ideally, you will hold experience within health and safety, however experience with managing health and safety within the laboratory will be considered.
• Ideally, you will hold NEBOSH Certificate or similar recognized EHS related certification, however this is not essential
• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Technical Field or equivalent time spent working within a scientific role
• Desire to learn, develop and complete additional qualifications and continual professional development.
• Knowledge of UK EHS regulations
• Understanding of laboratory control approaches for Chemical, biological and radioactivity management
• Familiarity with EHS hazard and risk identification, evaluation and control concepts
• Willingness to travel up to 5%
  
  

Labcorp Is Proud To Be An Equal Opportunity Employer

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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