Post Publication Date-27-02-2024
Location– Boston, Massachusetts.
Job role- Safety technician/specialist role.
Industry-Pharmaceutical & Lab
Company- BSI
About BSI company.
BSI America Professional Services Inc. (BSI) is hiring a Health, Safety, and Environmental Technician/Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Boston, MA area—a full-time position with benefits located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.
Responsibilities for the safety technician/specialist role
- Assisted with laboratory inspections; observed, documented, and investigated 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.
- Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc. In addition, conduct periodic reviews 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 a contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed the 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.
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Education/Qualifications for the Safety technician/specialist role.
- Bachelor’s degree in scientific or EHS-related field
- Prior consulting or EHS experience. Preferred 1-3 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) are desired but not required.
- Understanding health and safety regulatory requirements and conducting regulatory compliance audits
If you are interested in the role, apply using the link below.
Onyeka Emma is a QHSE Professional with more than 10 years of experience in occupational health and safety, which spans many industries such as construction, beverage, oil and gas, etc. He has many health and safety certifications, including NEBOSH IGC, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 Lead auditor certificate. A member of IOSH, ISPON, and Nigeria Red Cross Society. He is interested in business, entrepreneurship, Speaking, and motivating people to do better for themselves. He enjoys leisure with a good motivational book.
