EHS Advisor - London

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

This is a full time, permanent position working a flexible 40 hour week. The role is a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week onsite, when not travelling. Travel will be one week out of four, internationally across Europe or Saudi Arabia. The purpose of this role is to provide and maintain an effective and safe working environment that complies with environmental, health and safety legislation. The Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) Specialist will contribute to the effective management of the environmental, health and safety (EHS) program. The role will apply technical knowledge to identify areas for improvement and implement changes in a collaborative manner. The role requires good knowledge in multiple EHS disciplines (e.g. environmental and safety permitting, chemical safety, biosafety, radiation safety and other physical agents, laboratory safety, fire safety, ergonomics, facilities safety, sustainability, auditing and inspection).

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains site EHS programs including record keeping
• Develops and reviews sites policies and procedures
• Conducts internal audits and inspections
• Completes and reviews risk assessments
• Ensures that accident investigations are undertaken by managers, providing support where necessary and ensuring improvement strategies are recommended and actioned.
• Provide EHS guidance and training to new team members
• Attend Safety Committee meetings and other cross-functional team meetings
• Manages regulatory licences including environmental permits and regulated chemical licences
• Supports and initiates EHS sub-team projects
• Assists with Global EHS programs and collaborations across sites
• Participates in the site emergency response teams
• Coordination and completion of assigned EHS projects, supporting the development of sustainable, robust and compliant EHS strategies and systems with associated policies and procedures.
• Be a visible leader of EHS initiatives and drive in EHS forums/initiatives, as well as promotion of Positive EHS Culture
• Ensure collection of EHS KPI’s for all supported sites on a regular basis
• Perform risk assessments and audits across the supported sites on a regular basis ensuring that all site activities are being managed in line with legal and corporate requirements
• Support local managers to complete investigations of EHS incidents and corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Highlight training requirements and improve the safety culture through training and awareness
• Monitor adherence to company policies and check effectiveness of current policies that are in place
• Carry out PSS EHS inductions, manual handling and ergonomic training as required.
• Promote positive EHS culture and awareness within the client organisation, through participation and clear visibility and alignment on assigned project goals, targets and achievements.
• Advise client management on Environmental health and safety laws, regulations and directives which affect the client and their employees.
• Participate in Environment & Sustainability Projects throughout Europe (where required)
• Reviewing and improving commercial work practices.
• Responsible for identifying areas where efficiencies may be improved and liaising with the customer appropriately about any proposed improvements.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biology or Life Science related discipline
• Environmental, Health or Safety qualification e.g. NEBOSH certificate, IOSH, ASP degree or diploma in microbiology / chemistry or a related subject.
• At least 4 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical industry GMP laboratory.
• Level 6 diploma in Environmental Health & Safety, Occupational Health & Safety.
• At least 3 years’ technical experience in EHS and a proven track record of developing EHS compliance programs, with exposure to chemical and/or biological agents in the Pharmaceutical industry or related industry.
• Technical knowledge of OEL’s and product containment
• Clear understanding of the needs of cGMP
• Ability to work in a multidiscipline team but also possesses self-motivation and drive.
• Working knowledge of Health & Safety and Environmental Legislation and regulations.
• Experience of chemical/biological agents risk assessment and occupational monitoring is essential.
• Experience in conducting EHS audits.
• Excellent organisational skills and good commercial acumen.
• Self-motivated with the ability to drive improvements.
• Proven ability to build effective relationships.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills and a proactive attitude to solving any lab issues by liaising with management and offering solutions where appropriate.
• Superlative team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills
• Passionate about quality and customer service.
• Good communication skills both internally and externally.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities. As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from: Reward and Recognition, Health Cash Plan, Life Assurance (4 times annual salary), Company Pension Plan, Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support, Free car parking, Worldwide career opportunities. Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it’s incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you’ll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to know your key skills and strengths.

Your data

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Closing Date

We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible. Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!