Takeda Pharmaceutical Hiring for Senior Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist Job at Brooklyn Park, MN Full Time

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Job Description

Job Title: Sr. EHS Specialist

Location: Brooklyn Park, MN, USA

About the role:

You will understand the dangers of occupational hazards, lead projects to improve safety culture, and mitigate safety risks. You will work on-site at our Brooklyn Park, MN facility. You will to the Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety.

• Develop safety programs at the Brooklyn Park site.
• Provide technical EHS support for daily EHS program management and operations within site (i.e., control of hazardous materials, chemical safety, confined space, electrical safety, and related programs).
• Manage daily operations of several regulated EHS programs (e.g., internal audit program, risk assessment, chemical approval, EHS committee) and provide technical and hands-on support for the emergency response program.

How you will contribute:

• Identify, analyze, and control of occupational hazards requiring the application of professional engineering knowledge, skill, and abilities.
• Lead projects within area teams to improve the safety culture and minimize risk of injury.
• Apply knowledge of risk factors to influence the design of safety features and controls in the operation of machinery and equipment.
• Manage the site EH&S committee and work with them to complete improvement projects associated with our site safety program.
• Manage environmental, health, and safety audits and other routine EHS inspections.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations, standards, codes, company policies and related permits.
• Administer delivery of EHS training for employees.
• Participate on investigation teams, use RCA and fact-based approaches to help develop corrective and preventative measures.
• Facilitate the emergency response program, including potential night/weekend response.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health, safety, safety engineering, or related degree and 3 or more years of experience required.
• Have a sound understanding of environmental, health and safety compliance programs and safety and environmental laws (e.g., OSHA, EPA ).
• Understand other relevant programs, such as: workplace audits; process safety hazard control; emergency response; and risk assessment.
• Experience with ISO-9001 / ISO-14001 / ISO-45001 (or OHSAS-18001).
• 3+ years in Pharmaceuticals or Petro-chemical refining.

What Takeda can offer you:

• Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision.
• Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan.
• Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings.
• Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days.
• Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions.
• Family Planning Support.
• Professional training opportunities.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Important Considerations:

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. You may:

• Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet, and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
• Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
• Work in a cold, wet environment.
• Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours.
• Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and the best patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company to inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

This posting excludes Colorado applicants.

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Locations

Brooklyn Park, MN

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time