The EHS Specialist is directly responsible for the adaptation, implementation and development of a broad range of Environmental, Health and Safety programs, within the CSL-Melbourne Research & Development operations and Affiliate offices, as well as across lab and office facilities across APAC. The development, harmonization, provision, implementation and monitoring of EHS standards, coordination with GMs and local external EHS experts & specialists at our affiliates and R&D centers is essential and integral part of this role.
Reporting to the Head of EHS R&D and Affiliates this role demonstrates competence across a variety of EHS disciplines while ensuring EHS compliance requirements are being reviewed and maintained at several CSL facilities.
Your Responsibilities
Develops Standardized Environmental And Safety Programs
Facilitates and performs risk identification and analysis.
Affiliates: Risks that arise from typical office-based and field-based activities
R&D center: Risks that arise from typical laboratory activities.
Facilitates and performs environmental risk identification and analysis
Outlines training requirement to staff
Ensures regulatory compliance and site conformance to procedures and policies
Develops EHS Incident Program & Procedures
Reviews and categorizes incident reports, investigations, and CAPA.
Leads and reviews incident investigations and outlines areas for improvement or additional mitigation efforts
Tracks incident and CAPA metrics
Assists with incident notifications and safety alerts.
Other Responsibilities As Assigned May Include
Environmental and sustainability program management
Development of technical documents including EHS procedures, programs, and training
Owns the development and execution of emergency response plans and drills
Your Skills & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering or equivalent; master’s degree preferred
General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety recommended
5+ year’s relevant EHS experience including experience
Thorough knowledge of safety and environmental regulations
Pharmaceutical, R&D or chemical operations experience
Ability to work independently and build partnerships globally
Experience writing procedures, policies, reports, and correspondence.
Comfortable with delivering presentations to audiences of 5-200 people (ex. training, presentation of data or results)
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures and policies
Location: Elizabeth Street, Melbourne CBD
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
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