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Bristol Myers Squibb Ireland

Bristol Myers Squibb has been in operation in Ireland since 1964, employing over 650 people across a range of activities and business units

Located in Dublin, Cruiserath Biologics Campus, a one billion Multi-Product Cell Culture Biologics Manufacturing facility plays a central role in the Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) network as the company’s first European biologics manufacturing facility.  This state of the art facility will produce multiple therapies for the company’s growing biologics portfolio. Global Biologics Laboratory (GBL) responsible for the release testing of Biologics Drug product for the network, is also based on the Cruiserath Biologics Campus.

BMS Cruiserath has been awarded “Biopharma Company of the Year 2019” in the Irish Pharma Industry Awards and is certified as a Great Place to Work since 2017, including as a Great Place to Work for Women in 2020, 2021 and 2022.  

The Role

BMS Cruiserath Biologics is seeking to recruit a permanent Senior Specialist EHSS.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Work compliantly with Irish and European environmental, safety,
  medical surveillance and sustainability laws, regulations, codes, rules,
  and consensus guides.
• Develop and implement new EHSS procedures and update and improve
  existing ones
• Develop, create, and maintain, and distribute EHSS reports, and records
  as assigned.
• Create and maintain a systemic process to ensure workflow timelines for
  EHSS events and action plans are adhered to including mechanisms for
  EHSS performance and trend reports.
•  Provide client-facing support for day-to-day activities across operational
  functions on the Cruiserath campus. This may include Commercial and
  Clinical drug substance manufacturing in support of Site Engineering
  (Maintenance and Critical Utility activities), Supply Chain/Warehouse, and
  Laboratories (Quality Control and Process Development).
• Key contact for internal customers, researchers, facilities, management,
  and other cross functional groups, building strong relationships by
  handling EHSS inquiries.
• Participate in promoting EHSS culture at the site which partners with
  operational teams to drive ownership and accountability for safety
  performance, modeling what 'good' looks like.
• Support the training program by assisting in the development and
  delivery of EHSS specific training topics.
• Participates in EHSS operational and tier meetings, EHSS committees
  and teams; and EHSS self-assessments, inspections, GEMBAs, and
  audits.
• Undertake risk and hazard assessments throughout the campus. This
  includes involvement in PHA's and HAZOP's for Process Safety.
• Challenges the norms and brings new approaches to continually improve
  the effectiveness of workflows and processes -demonstrating a growth
  mindset to learning and applying new concepts).
• Ensure accurate and complete resolution of issues through thorough
  investigation, corrective measures and escalation, where required.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time, to support business needs.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Experience with incidents and/or learning systems database (e.g., Enablon, Success Factors, etc.) preferred
• Familiarity with related Irish and European safety and environmental
  regulations (EPA, HSA, Irish Water) preferred.
• Ability to take initiative and adapt to frequently changing priorities
  simultaneously and think creatively, critically, and strategically to solve
  problems in a complex environment with urgency, agility, and calm.
• Prioritizes work and thinks independently, analyzes, and solves complex
  problems with excellent judgment, quality, and detail in an urgent
  manner.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement mindset that takes a proactive,
  solution-oriented approach to identifying issues and developing
  innovative and effective solutions to improve operations
•  Competency in decision-making and escalation judgment where
  required to guide assigned projects to successful conclusions.
• Ability to handle confidential information and sensitive matters in a
  professional manner to ensure integrity and confidentiality.
• Excellent transparent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a bias for partnership and collaboration
  with peers, management, cross-functional teams at site and above-site.
• A recognized qualification in Environmental studies or Health & Safety
  and Minimum experience of 2 years in an EHS role required.

Why you should apply

• You will help patients in their fight against serious diseases
• You will be part of a company that encourages excellence and innovation, respects diversity, develops leaders and values its employees.
• You’ll get a competitive salary and a great benefits package including an annual bonus, pension contribution, family medical allowance, 27 days of annual leave, life assurance and on-site gym

#LI-Onsite

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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 a diverse 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.

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 [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

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

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