Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist

Company Name: Bio-Techne

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range

$55,600.00 - $91,450.00

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Specialist with 3-5 years of experience to lead safety initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, conduct risk assessments, and foster a culture of workplace safety and environmental stewardship. The location of this position is at our Minneapolis site.

Essential Functions

Conducts incident investigations, reviews, and root cause analysis for all incidents and near misses. Conduct and/or coordinate safety committee meetings and EHS training programs. Communicate with HR and other parties to ensure OSHA 300 Log and OSHA 301 form is completed and posted as required by federal statute. Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental health and safety regulations for multiple locations. Interacts with government agencies on regulations, permitting, and compliance. Assists in the preparation of regulatory and internal company reports as required. Manage and troubleshoot any EHS challenges that arise on a daily basis and work cross-functionally to implement engineering and administrative controls to prevent future issues. Participate in spill responses and help liaise with third party response team as needed. Participates as a member of the emergency response team. Maintain, update and implement changes/process improvements to our GHS compliance program and Safety Data Sheet processes. Maintains awareness of new regulations and assists in developing and implementing compliance strategies in response to these regulations. Provide expertise and leadership to foster a comprehensive safety culture and behaviors that prevent incidents, injuries and illnesses. Participates in ISO 14001 and other EHS related audits. Completes EHS inspections and audits for various departments site wide to identify existing/potential hazardous conditions. Provide ongoing analysis to identify areas for optimization while implementing improvements for the organization. Provide strategic recommendations on where to prioritize EHS goals. Employee expected to make decisions with some oversight from management. Demonstrates EPIC values in daily work. Performs additional duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

Education And Experience

• This position requires a B.S. degree and 3+ years of professional experience and training which provides the necessary background for performing the work.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Be a self-starter
• Knowledge of systems used (SmartSolve, Smartsheets MS Office).
• Ability to troubleshoot issues of moderate complexity independently.
• Ability to communicate professionally, both oral and written.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Ability to build reputation and rapport.
• Skills in decision-making.
• Organizational skills, detail oriented, and the ability to prioritize.
• Professional Certification (REHS, ASP, GSP, CSP, CHMM)
• ISO 14001 experience
• Lab knowledge and experience.

Why Join Bio-Techne

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.