EHS Consultant - BioPharma - Rockville, MD

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Job Title: EHS Associate Consultant/ EHS Consultant

Location: Rockville, MD

Contract: Full-time, permanent

BSI Consulting Services is a trusted and agenda-shaping partner providing ‘best practice’ technical, regulatory, and business expertise and intelligence for our clients’ most critical EHS risks and opportunities to achieve greater resilience, impact, and future-readiness.

About the role:

BSI Consulting Services is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Rockville, MD area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with laboratory inspections; observe, document, and investigate unsafe work conditions. Work with laboratory personnel to develop JHAs and determine project-specific hazards and risks.

• Identify and manage occupational hazards and environmental risks, lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and create/document corrective and preventative actions to ensure a safe workplace. This includes initiating and leading regularly scheduled safety meetings with senior management to move beyond safety compliance to proactive identification of hazards and risks.

• Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc. In addition, conduct periodic review of hazardous chemical inventories for permit compliance

• Occasionally conduct lab safety training for newly hired employees and scientists needing yearly recertification (new employee orientation, bloodborne pathogen, Safe Start, etc.).

• Assist with Large Quantity Generator requirements and contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed SQG threshold

• Assistance / consulting on spill response and clean up, and local reporting to outside agencies (if necessary).

• Implementing biosafety/hazard communication/chemical safety programs

• Developing or maintaining management systems

• Assist with site compliance and monitor ongoing mitigation strategies for worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (monitor population density, social distancing, face mask use, cleaning, and sanitizing practices, etc.)

• Expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance.

• Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field

• Prior consulting or EHS experience. Preferred 3-5 years’ experience with lab safety, biosafety, hazardous materials/waste management

• Prior experience with risk assessment and accident investigations

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong computer skills

• Professional certifications (such as CIH, ASP, CSP, or CHMM) desired, but not required

• Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits

What we offer:

BSI offers a competitive salary, group-sponsored health and dental, short-term and long-term disability, a company-matched 401k plan, company paid life insurance, 11 paid holidays and 4 weeks paid time off.

Salary

The salary for the EHS Associate Consultant position can range from $86,400 to $108,000 annually; actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s competencies, level of experience, education, location, divisional budget and internal peer compensation comparisons.

About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.

Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.

Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.

Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues - from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.