Site Director, EHS

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance.

Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.

We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

Position Summary

The Site EHS Lead will be responsible for directing and supporting EHS programs at the facility to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and GSK Standards, and ensure that EHS-related risks and impacts are effectively managed. Act as a champion for EHS across the site and work with managers, supervisors and other staff to help them improve EHS management and performance in their areas of responsibility. The role includes strategic planning, tactical interventions, and day-to-day support for operations. Direct management of site EHS staff.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:
Leadership and Planning:

• Lead the development and implementation of site EHS strategy and associated annual plans (Business Continuity, Crisis Communication, etc).
• Lead site audits and facilitate Independent Business Monitoring audits.
• Lead, manage, and develop the site EHS Team creating a sustainable EHS organization capable of handling day-to-day EHS and risk operations as well as emerging issues.
• Establish and monitor EHS objectives, metrics and targets that reflect local needs and are aligned with GSC and legal expectations. Identify and support actions necessary to ensure these are achieved.
• Advise management on EHS risks/impacts and on compliance with GSK and legal requirements.
• Advise management on requirements for capital and operational expenditure to support EHS.
• Ensure focus is maintained on EHS priorities through proactive communication and support.
• Manage contracts with relevant suppliers of EHS services and manage and evaluate their performance.

Risk Management:

• Coordinate EHS risk assessment, mitigation and escalation activities across all site operations and functions (including resident and project contractors). Advise management on the suitability and effectiveness of controls.
• Integrate risk assessments, management and governance processes into the business (core areas include industrial hygiene, environmental compliance, biosafety, and high risk work).
• Ensure that significant EHS risks are included in the site risk register, discussed at site RMCB meetings, and that appropriate mitigation plans are developed and implemented.
• Coordinate and test local business continuity, emergency response, and crisis management plans.

Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability:

• Develop and coordinate site EHS programs based on a management system approach with an emphasis on key EHS risks for the site (e.g. machinery, chemical agents, ergonomics, fire protection, occupational and environmental noise, workplace transport, waste and effluent management).
• Maximize the success of capital investment projects and new product introductions by proactively integrating EHS issues during all stages of design, construction, commissioning and validation.
• Review and track investigations of injuries, illnesses, environmental releases, non-injury accidents and near-misses to ensure they identify and resolve root causes.
• Ensure compliance with local/state/federal environmental permit conditions and regulatory reporting requirements.

Accountability:

• Serve as primary contact for above site and external groups (e.g. regulators, local emergency services.)
• Support local community relations by serving as initial point of contact for neighbors and city officials.
• Ensure key EHS risks are effectively managed and, where appropriate, escalated to senior management.
• Utilize performance systems to set targets, monitor performance, and achieve site EHS targets and objectives in line with GSC and GSK expectations.
• Resolve regulatory and other EHS issues to enable capital projects and new product introductions to be implemented on time and on budget.

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Bachelor's of science degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in industrial safety, industrial hygiene, or a branch of engineering or physical science that included organic chemistry, and 18 additional semester hours of courses in any combination of engineering, ventilation, industrial safety, process safety, biostatistics, toxicology or industrial hygiene.
• Professional ABIH Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) or BCSP Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification is required.
• Minimum of 10 years in EHS
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience
• Experience with risk reduction projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with the requirements and practical implementation of federal, state and local EHS legislation, including (e.g., OSHA, HAZMAT, DOT, IATA, CWA, RCRA, EPA, SARA).
• Experience with EHS issues i.e. machinery, chemical agents, fire, ergonomics, occupational and environmental noise, workplace transport, environmental emissions, waste, and effluent management.
• Collection, analysis, and interpretation of EHS data for professional and lay audiences

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM) preferred.
• MS Degree
• Qualified in first-aid and/or incident command.
• Biopharm, Biotech or vaccine manufacturing experience, to include processes, equipment, EHS issues and good practices.
• Application of GPS and techniques to EHS issues (e.g. through Orange Belt certification).
• Continuous Improvement: Raise performance by establishing improvement processes and setting objectives. Proficient in the continuous improvement framework.
• Developing People: Develop competencies of others through training, coaching or delegating responsibilities
• Current member of relevant professional EHS institution (e.g. American Society of Safety Professionals, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists).

#LI-GSK
 

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the appropriate Recruitment Staff by emailing us at - usrecruitment.adjustments@gsk.com

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies

GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/