Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator (Biotech)

This position will assist in developing, deploying, leading, and continuously improving Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) programs to ensure a World-Class EHS culture across all teams and locations. The EH&S Coordinator will assist in leading the organizations efforts on compliance, risk reduction, and identification and implementation of improvements related to EH&S. This role will require an influential leader who can capture the hearts and minds of the organization.
Responsibilities Include:
Assists in building and nurturing a World-Class EHS culture across all teams and locations
Ensures adherence to health and safety guidelines and exceeds all legal obligations
Keeps accurate documentation and performs analysis as needed
Develops detailed reports and reporting systems
Interacts with and influences leadership and operations personnel on safety and compliance issues
Identifies opportunities for improvement and develops new effective procedures
Coordinates audits and investigations with EHS Manager to detect existing or potential health and safety hazards, identify root causes, determine corrective action or preventative measures to prevent reoccurrence
Coordinates workers compensation claim activities with third party administrators and company attorney
Maintains and submits required environmental records
Develops, implements, and manages initiatives within the safety department
Provides leadership to all members of the organization
Maintains knowledge of current federal, state and local regulations including but not limited to OSHA, EPA, and current WC laws by state
Instructs and advises leaders on safety codes that apply to their organizations and ensures necessary safety procedures are established
Leads development of training materials and conducts training sessions along with EHS Manager for team members via guides, e-learning, webinars, and site meetings
Coordinates with EHS Manager to determine appropriate safety equipment and safe work practices to be employed on specific jobs
Conducts accident scene investigations with EHS Manager, maintains communications with claims adjusters, and participates in accident reviews
Participates in various workers compensation and other legal processes as needed
Acts as liaison between company and government agencies
Prepares and delivers reports and updates to management
Tracks accidents and claim trends and strategizes actions to continuously improve
Deploys training materials to operations team while tracking EH&S data/metrics
Conducts EH&S observations while coaching and training team on said observations
Other duties as business needs dictate