EH&S Specialist I

Role Summary

An EH&S Specialist I position at Gilead, located in La Verne, California, focused on developing and elevating a proactive EH&S culture through administration of compliance related to Sustainability and Injury and Illness prevention programs. The role involves updating programs, protocols, and procedures, and maintaining regular interaction with customer groups.

Responsibilities

• Identify, document and reduce potential workplace hazards, including accident investigation, through corrective actions and recommendations to management.
• Support the site Sustainability program and plans.
• Conduct audits, inspections, and training.
• Provide program-specific and general EH&S training, including New Hire Orientation for employees and safety training for contractors.
• Serve on the after-hours support roster and Emergency Response Team requiring periodic 24 hour on-call availability.
• Assist with implementing general elements of the La Verne EH&S Program, as defined by local, state and federal agencies.
• Conduct regular job safety walks and safety audits of workplace.
• Review and approve, as required, work permits for non-routine high-risk activities.
• Review site safety plans for construction activities.
• Act, as needed, as the site EH&S contact for inspections by regulatory agencies.
• Gather data for regulatory reporting and for monitoring, measuring, and communicating environmental performance; prepares report submissions.
• Maintain records relating to environmental management system initiatives and projects, records of regulatory filings and correspondence.
• Utilize established systems and practices to determine and develop approaches to routine problems of moderate complexity, based on analysis of situation or data.
• Monitor and measure performance in relation to contractual obligations and project deadlines.
• Monitor incident data in incident reporting platform and follow up on action item completions.
• Monitor incident investigation progress and work with item owners to complete in a timely fashion.
• Assist with chemical inventory monitoring and reporting.
• Support employee safety off-boarding program.

Qualifications

• Required: AA and 4+ years of relevant experience; OR BA/BS degree and 2+ years of relevant experience; OR MA/MS degree and 0+ years of relevant experience.
• Preferred: Background in health and safety, chemistry, or environmental science; demonstrated ability to recognize, evaluate, and recommend controls for workplace hazards; excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to shift priorities and work at a rapid pace.