Associate Director, EHSS Occupational Health & Safety

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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.

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.

Knowledge & Skills:

• 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

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in science or engineering. A Master’s / Graduate degree in a relevant discipline is desired.

• 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.

Preferred Requirements:

• 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.

Working Conditions:

• Typical daily activities are within the office environment.

• The incumbent may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as, but not limited to clean room gowning, lab coats, safety glasses, hearing protection, and face shields.

• The incumbent will be required to walk for extended periods of time, up to 2 hours per day.

• The incumbent must be able to travel for business up to 5% of the time.

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Summit West - NJ - US: $162,930 - $197,430

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
 

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• 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.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

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On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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