EHS Manager

Rockville, MD, USA GlaxoSmithKline Site Name: USA - Maryland - Rockville

Posted Date: Apr 15 2024

GSK is currently looking for an EHS Manager to join our team in Rockville, MD. The EHS Manager is responsible for establishing, managing, and continuously improving the environmental compliance and sustainability programs for the GMS Rockville site. The Advisor will have broad knowledge of EHS programs and EHS specialty areas including environmental engineering and risk management. The Advisor will provide guidance in managing environmental and waste management outside services. The role is responsible for advising the site leadership on processes to improve EHSS management system and performance, driving continuous improvement in site environmental performance and will serve as a site contact with environmental regulatory agencies and with GSK corporate EHS department.

Key Responsibilities:

The role is responsible for advising the site leadership team on processes to improve EHS management and performance. The role is responsible for driving continuous improvement in site environmental performance and will serve as a site contact with regulatory agencies (e.g., OSHA, EPA, DOT etc.) and with GSK Corporate EHS Department. The Environmental advisor will provide guidance in managing budgets to support outside services and operating expenses. The role includes strategic EHS planning as well as a tactical role for site wide EHS management systems, Environmental regulations, and industry best practices.

The role will also:

Develop and implement environmental strategies and action plans to support and align to GSK environmental and sustainability goals.

Coordinate all aspects of pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation.

Lead the implementation of environmental procedures and practices.

Ensure compliance with environmental legislation and keep up to date with Federal, State and local regulation and legislation.

Liaise with relevant regulatory agency authorities.

Audit, analyze and report environmental performance to internal and external regulatory agencies. Carry out impact assessments to identify, assess and reduce environmental risks and financial costs. Promote and raise awareness of the impact of emerging environmental issues.

Develop and implement environmental management systems to continually improve.

Provide training at all levels on environmental issues and responsibilities.

Coordinate environmental sampling, testing and review of results, and write environmental reports.

Participate in setting sustainability targets, developing plans to meet those targets.

Respond and investigate environmental adverse events such as spills and environmental releases, non-injury accidents and near misses to ensure root causes are identified and CAPAs are addressed.

Provide timely, high quality EHS technical support.

Develop and conduct EHS training.

Participate or conduct internal audit program to assess compliance with external and internal requirements.

Conduct environmental impact assessments to identify the site’s key environmental priorities.

Review change proposals to identify potential EHS issues and participate in their resolution.

Work collaboratively with colleagues at Rockville, other GSK sites to ensure that EHS best practices and lessons from adverse events are shared effectively.

Ensure that necessary EHS information is reported to the management and to local regulators and to stakeholders within GSK.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Environmental, Science, Engineering, or EHS discipline

Minimum of 4 years’ experience in EHS management or consulting, or EHS program development and implementation.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

EHS experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry

Professional certification (e.g., PE, CHMM, CIH, CSP) is preferred.

Thorough understanding of key regulatory requirements (eg OSHA, NIOSH, ANSI, NFPA, and EPA rules and regulations) and their application to a manufacturing and laboratory environment, particularly in the following key areas:

Environment, eg waste management, air emissions, wastewater treatment, energy efficiency, and sustainability

EHS management systems.

Demonstrated leadership skills.

Excellent computer skills primarily with Microsoft Office Suite and Project

Highly effective written, oral and presentation skills

Ability to prioritize multiple demands, think strategically and successfully lead multiple simultaneous projects.

Operating at pace and agile decision-making - using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk.

Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.

Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.

Sustaining energy and well-being

Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations

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