EHSS Leader — Lab Safety & Compliance (R&D)

BioSpace; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan with Gener

Group medical, dental and vision

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Discretionary annual bonus

Stock-based long-term incentives

Award-winning time-off plans

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen seeks an experienced Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) Manager to drive world-class EHSS performance in a Research and Development laboratory environment. The role focuses on Industrial Safety, Chemical Safety, Risk Assessment and EHS Regulatory Compliance.

You will lead culture change, risk reviews, incident investigations, and change controls across R&D departments, coordinating with site leadership to improve safety performance and regulatory adherence.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree with 2 years of experience OR Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of experience OR Associates degree with 8 years of experience OR High school diploma / GED with 10 years of experience.
• Experience in Risk Management, including developing and implementing EHS risk management programs in Chemical and Biological laboratory operations.
• Strong understanding of Chemical and Biological laboratory operations.
• Proven success in managing industrial safety and change control programs.
• Familiarity with risks and controls around high potency compounds and explosive atmospheres.
• Applied knowledge and understanding of EHS principles and practices, regulatory standards, and requirements in context of business activities.
• Well-developed skills in leadership, communication, program development and project management.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Smartsheets, Teams, AI, and other computer software systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide Client support (EHSS advance culture change, training, risk reviews, incident investigations, laboratory specific change controls, etc.) to research and development departments.
• Conduct laboratory-based risk assessment, ensure employees are trained and appropriate engineering controls are in place to minimize employee risk.
• Serves as program owner and subject matter expert for industrial safety compliance (LOTO, Hot Work, Machine Guarding, Dock Safety) and change control programs.
• Conducts analyses of incident causes and associated hazards to be used to target specific prevention strategies in laboratory environments.
• Lead or support Human Performance (HOP), Incident Investigation and/or Root Cause Analysis, for particularly technically complex or high hazard incidents.
• Makes recommendations to management regarding potential environmental, health, and safety business impacts.
• Ensure hazards are identified and risks are proactively assessed.
• Establish safe work procedures for hazardous work being performed in chemical and biological laboratories.
• Analyze metrics and establish action plans to drive continuous improvement.
• Participate on the Emergency Response Teams and address emergency response cases at the site.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Program development

Project management

Microsoft Office

Smartsheets

Teams

AI

Education

Doctorate degree

Master's degree with 2 years experience

Bachelor's degree with 4 years experience

Associates degree with 8 years experience

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Smartsheets

Teams

AI

Job description

Amgen seeks an experienced Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) Manager to drive world-class EHSS performance in a Research and Development laboratory environment. The role focuses on Industrial Safety, Chemical Safety, Risk Assessment and EHS Regulatory Compliance.

You will lead culture change, risk reviews, incident investigations, and change controls across R&D departments, coordinating with site leadership to improve safety performance and regulatory adherence.