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Bristol Myers Squibb Associate Director, EHS, Industrial Hygiene in New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us .

Associate Director EOHSS Industrial Hygiene - New Brunswick

The primary focus of this role is to support Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) as the Associate Director of Industrial Hygiene for the New Brunswick Facility within the Department of Environmental, Occupational Health, Safety and Sustainability (EOHSS). This position reports to the Director of EOHSS for the New Brunswick site and will work closely with the Industrial Hygiene Center of Excellence. The individual in this role will be responsible for leading the company's industrial hygiene (IH) efforts within the New Brunswick Facility to drive long-term company and stakeholder value. The position will develop, plan, organize, and execute IH programs, policies, procedures, and training to maintain a safe, healthy, and compliant facility. This position plays a key role in aligning corporate and local policies and procedures and will enable and foster a proactive and integrated EOHSS culture that promotes a positive, proactive approach throughout all operations.

The Associate Director of EOHSS for the New Brunswick site will advocate, coach, coordinate, implement, assess, and improve Industrial Hygiene outcomes using global and local regulations and consensus guides, BMS management systems, policies, and procedures to promote compliant, forward-leaning culture and preserve BMS reputation while driving shared Company objectives. The associate director will be expected to approach the coordination of these tasks in alignment with the BMS values of integrity, inclusion, passion, innovation, urgency, and accountability.

Role & Responsibilities:

  • Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, safety, medical surveillance and sustainability laws, regulations, codes, rules, and consensus guides.

  • Develop and implement comprehensive industrial hygiene programs, policies, and procedures.

  • Investigates causes of industrial accidents and/or injuries to develop solutions to minimize or prevent recurrence.

  • Execute Management of Change (MOC) program for industrial hygiene to include EOHSS Impact Assessments and Change Requests.

  • Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on industrial hygiene principles, practices, and the importance of maintaining a safe work environment.

  • Monitor and analyze industrial hygiene data, including exposure monitoring results, incident reports, and trends, to identify areas for improvement and implement appropriate strategies.

  • Prepare and present reports to senior management, highlighting key findings, program performance, and recommendations for continuous improvement.

  • Participates in EOHSS operational and tier discussions, EOHSS committees and teams; and EOHSS 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.

  • Participate in and show leadership in an EOHSS culture at the site that partners with operational teams to ensure all are accountable for EOHSS culture and performance, modeling what good looks like.

  • 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 EOHSS Team members during day-to-day operations.

  • Act as the EOHSS point-of-contact for one area, facility, or functional group at the facility.

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Ability to influence and drive a sustainable EOHSS culture.

  • Highly skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and EHS systems like ENABLON (or similar).

  • Proficient in using industrial hygiene monitoring equipment and software for data analysis and reporting.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • 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.

  • Proclivity for partnership and cross-team collaboration

  • Strong organizational skills, self-motivated, proven ability to work independently

  • Escalates issues with urgency to facilitate ease of resolution

  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, or a related field

  • Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) required

  • At least 10 years of direct EOHSS experience

  • In-depth knowledge of industrial hygiene principles, practices, and regulations, including exposure assessment, hazard control, ventilation, personal protective equipment, and chemical management

  • Strong understanding of applicable local, state, and federal regulations, such as OSHA, EPA, and NIOSH guidelines.

  • Proven experience in developing and implementing industrial hygiene programs, policies, and procedures.

  • Experience in manufacturing or pharmaceutical space preferred

  • Prefer candidates with a six-sigma certification (green belt or above).

  • Experience managing people preferred

Why You Should Apply

Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request an accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, or 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.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through scienceā„¢ , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse 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.

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.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

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

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Req Number: R1581820

Updated: 2024-06-28 03:18:57.260 UTC

Location: New Brunswick-NJ

Bristol Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, gender expression, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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