EHSS Specialist III

Socket.dev; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

KBI Biopharma, Inc. is seeking an EHS&S Specialist to lead the environmental, health, safety, and sustainability program at the site. You will drive compliance, incident investigations, and continuous improvement across operations in a biologic CDMO setting.

The role involves incident response, environmental permit management, risk assessment, and training coordination to ensure safe, compliant operations and robust documentation of EHS&S activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in an occupational health and safety related field and a minimum of 5-10 years of industry experience as a safety professional.
• Bachelor of Science in a technical discipline and minimum of 7-12 years’ experience as a safety professional in R&D and/or manufacturing.
• Certifications such as RCRA, DOT hazmat, First Aid/CPR/AED, OSHA 30/HAZWOPER are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interface with staff and management to support a safe, compliant work environment and co-chair the EHS&S committee.
• Coordinate internal self-audits and regulatory inspections.
• Coordinate incident response, investigations and corrective actions; maintain regulatory reporting systems.
• Represent the site during OSHA, EPA, DOL inspections and client audits.
• Draft and revise EHS&S procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and safe practices.
• Coordinate training and manage EHS&S records (MSDS, permits, inspections, logs).
• Assess and specify PPE for tasks and monitor usage.
• Manage waste activities including storage, treatment, disposal, and vendor relationships.
• Oversee emergency preparedness and maintain EHS&S supplies and training.

Skills

EHS&S leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Incident response

Training coordination

Education

B.S. in Occupational Health & Safety

B.S. in a technical discipline

Tools

MSDS online

OSHA Logs

Waste management systems

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The specialist has responsibility for the implementation of the environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) program. This includes leadership to maintain EHS&S compliance and continuous improvement. EHS&S supports operations of biologic contract development and manufacturing organization. Responsibilities include: incident response, reporting and investigations; environmental permit management; and risk management. Implements all applicable EHS&S programs for the site such as: LOTO, confined space entry, industrial hygiene, hazard communication, PPE, workers compensation, emergency management, etc. Coordinates with operations to identify and mitigate risks with effective engineering controls, procedures, and training.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interface with KBI staff: High visibility in all workspaces to support a positive, practical, safe and compliant work environment. Interface with Management: Communicate regularly with system owners or area managers to provide status reports, plan program activities and review EHS&S program effectiveness. Co-chair the EHS&S committee.
• Assessments and Inspections: Coordinate and conduct regular internal self-audits and external client or regulatory inspections of systems as required by EHS&S procedures or programs.
• EHS&S Incidents: Respond to reported Observations, Near Misses, Injuries and Spills, direct all reporting, assist employees and supervisors with investigations, preventative and corrective actions. Maintain regulatory reporting systems.
• Regulatory Compliance: Represent KBI during OSHA, EPA, DOL or other regulatory inspections and client audits. Ensure that the staff understand requirements and operate the site in a compliant manner
• EHS&S Procedures: Draft, review and revise EHS&S systems, including policies, procedures and manuals to ensure that EHS&S practices are consistent with the applicable regulations and promote safe and compliant behavior.
• Employee Training/ Records Retention: Coordinate and provide training as needed for EHS&S programs. Maintain and manage EHS&S records including but not limited to MSDS online, waste management, chemical inventory, training records, environmental permits, inspections, OSHA Logs and testing.
• PPE: Assess and specify appropriate PPE solutions for each task. Provide training as needed and monitor use.
• Waste Management: Manage all waste activities including storage, treatment, disposal, and record keeping. Maintain business relationships with associated waste handling vendors.
• Emergency Preparedness: Manage and maintain EHS&S supplies, equipment, materials and training as specified by EHS&S procedures or programs.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education & Experience

Bachelor of Science degree in an occupational health and safety related field and a minimum of 5-10 years of industry experience as a safety professional, or

Bachelor of Science in a technical discipline and minimum of 7-12 years’ experience as a safety professional in R&D and/or manufacturing.

Relevant Training and/or Certification

• RCRA Hazardous Waste Management,
• DOT hazardous materials shipping,
• First Aid/CPR/AED,
• 30 Hr General Industry OSHA Certification,
• 40 Hr HAZWOPER certification, etc.

Preferred

• Experience in a cGMP manufacturing environment (biotech, pharmaceutical or medical device industries).
• Knowledge of the operations typical to the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry.

KBI Biopharma, Inc. is an EEO/AA employer and actively seeks to diversify its work force. Therefore, all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status, are strongly encouraged to apply.