Job Description

The Senior Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing comprehensive EHS programs across two sites in New Jersey and Chicago. This role drives the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of initiatives that promote a safe and compliant work environment within a fast-paced biopharmaceutical production setting. The ideal candidate will ensure adherence to all applicable regulatory requirements while fostering a strong safety culture and proactively identifying opportunities to enhance workplace health and safety performance.
 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead site safety programs and initiatives to promote a proactive safety culture and reduce workplace incidents
• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS policies, procedures, and training programs
• Conduct safety audits and hazard assessments within a manufacturing environment
• Ensure compliance with OSHA and other applicable regulatory requirements
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations and oversee corrective action implementation
• Track safety performance metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner with operations leadership and HR on workers’ compensation and return-to-work processes
• Maintain required safety documentation and reporting
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, and leadership to drive safety improvements and organizational change
• Employs EHS technical theories to solve practical problems.
• Executes multiple, well-defined EHS projects/assignments efficiently and documents the results expeditiously.
• Becomes familiar with site processes, equipment, and EHS programs and works cross-functionally to complete EHS project work.
• Supports and maintains environmental and safety programs.
• Oversees third-party vendors while on site.
• Applies established EHS standards and methods to identify, evaluate, and control safety, health, and environmental hazards present in the work operations and environment. 
• Evaluates operations to determine compliance with Kashiv BioSciences and governmental EHS standards and regulations.
• Performs research and provides information on EHS matters. 
• Assists with developing and delivering EHS training and communications to internal colleagues at  Kashiv BioSciences. 
• Assists with EHS program tasks and activities, including industrial hygiene, biosafety, ergonomics, process safety, environmental compliance, EHS inspections, fire protection, loss control, hazardous waste management, and assistance with EHS committees.
• Identify the latest innovations in EHS risk assessment and reduction, engineering design, operations, and pollution prevention or compliance strategies and make others aware of their potential application to assigned projects. Develop EHS strategies that identify and resolve potential EHS compliance problems before occurrence. Assist in resolving operational failures and inefficiencies that may manifest themselves as EHS deficiencies. Troubleshoot and solve problems relating to site operations systems and equipment.
• Organizes daily activities, including technical components, to ensure timely completion of projects/assignments. Documents all work. Performs/supports planning of small EHS projects and interim goals for project completion and assists operational areas in plans to reach EHS compliance objectives. Participates in shutdown planning and scheduling, decontamination, and decommissioning.
• Works closely with site management and internal customers to ensure compliance with EHS issues, equipment, and documentation.
• Complies with all company policies and standards.

Travel Requirement: This position requires 50% domestic travel between Piscataway and Chicago.