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Position Summary

The primary focus of the Associate Director, EHS role is to support Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) at the Bothell facility within the Department of Environmental, Occupational Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS). The individual in this role will be responsible for leading the company's environmental, occupational health, safety, and sustainability (EHS) efforts to drive long-term company and stakeholder value.

The position will develop, plan, organize, and execute EHS programs, policies, procedures, and training to maintain a safe, health, and environmental compliant facility. This position plays a key role in aligning corporate and local policies and procedures and will enable and foster a proactive and integrated EHS culture that promotes a positive, proactive approach throughout all operations.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership teams to integrate safety and environmental management systems into operations, as measured by performance metrics.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, safety, medical surveillance and sustainability laws, regulations, codes, rules, and consensus guides.
• Develop and implement new EHS programs, policies, and procedures and update and improve existing ones.
• Translate Corporate and Divisional standards and guides into appropriate site procedures. Lead site and/or local area audits for compliance with applicable regulatory requirements (i.e., OSHA, EPA, WA L&I, etc.).
• Track and report safety and environmental metrics.
• Provide applicable regulatory and technical practical guidance and execute programs, policies, procedures, and trainings including but not limited to, biological safety (BLS-1 and BSL-2), laboratory safety, chemical safety, environmental management, industrial hygiene, industrial wastewater discharge, and high risk work activities related to construction, maintenance, electrical safety, work from heights, excavation and trenching, machine guarding and safe work permits.
• Execute Management of Change (MOC) program for EHS to include EHS Impact Assessments and Change Requests.
• Investigates causes of industrial accidents and/or injuries to develop solutions to minimize or prevent recurrence.
• Participates in EHS operational and tier discussions, EHS committees and teams; and EHS self-assessments, inspections, GEMBAs, and audits.
• Utilize and manage site platforms for investigations, reporting, inspection, and other management system platforms and their outcomes.
• Conducts Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) reviews against BMS standards and applicable compliance standards, identifies gaps, and completed actions against gaps identified in a systemic fashion using appropriate quality and EHS system tools for documentation and CAPA tracking purposes.
• Helps to coach and mentor EHS Team members during day-to-day operations.
• Brings new approaches to continually improve the effectiveness of workflows and processes and learn and apply new concepts.

Reporting Relationship

This position directly reports to the Vice President, Site Leader, Cell Therapy Operations

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in science or engineering.
• A minimum of 7-10 years of previous experience in a manufacturing or research/laboratory setting in an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) role.
• Ability to influence and drive a sustainable EHS culture.
• Experience managing people
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to attend to multiple high priority items simultaneously and think creatively, critically, and strategically to solve problems in a complex environment with both urgency and agility, calmly.
• Proclivity for partnership and cross-team collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master's / Graduate degree in a relevant discipline is desired
• Previous experience in chemical or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Professional license or certification; RBP (Registered Biosafety Professional), CBP (Certified Biosafety Professional, CSP (Certified Safety Professional), CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist), desired.
• Six Sigma Certification (Green belt or above) desired.

Working Conditions

• Typical daily activities are within the office environment.
• Some work required within the cleanroom manufacturing facilities and laboratories as needed, and occasionally outdoors.
• The incumbent may be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as, but not limited to safety glasses, hearing protection, and face shields.
• The incumbent will be required to walk for extended periods of time, up to 2 hours per day. The incumbent must be able to travel for business up to 5% of the time.

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Compensation Overview:

Bothell - WA - US: $179,220 - $217,176

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee's work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.

• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

• Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

With a single vision as inspiring as "Transforming patients' lives through science ", every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Data Protection

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