Why Patients Need You 

Pfizer believes in holding the highest standards of safety for its patients and its employees. Your role, as a member of the Environmental, Health and Safety team, is important for maintaining these standards and preparing the organization for the necessary compliance activities. Your dedication and hard work will ensure that we provide the best care to our patients and a safe working environment for our colleagues. 

Role Summary

The Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Lead role is responsible for promoting compliance with environmental, health and safety regulations at Commercials sites within the Asia and Pacific (APAC) and Africa and Middle East (AFME) regions.

Reporting directly to the Commercial and Hubs Environment, Health and Safety Lead the APAC and AFME Environment, Health and Safety Lead will foster a culture of safety and sustainability by collaborating with team members, Country Managers and Environment, Health and Safety Coordinators to develop and implement EHS programmes to create a cohesive safety culture to promote unified commitment from all levels of the organisation.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead a team of EHS professionals located at multiple locations across APAC and AFME regions to ensure that all Global Workplace Experience supported operations and locations have compliant environment, health and safety programs.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, customers, vendors, contractors, and consultants, to foster a culture of safety and resilience across the APAC and AFME regions.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to Country Managers to ensure accountability for EHS and business resilience is understood and implemented.

• Implement Pfizer environmental, health and safety standards to create policies, procedures, and programs to maintain a safe and sustainable work environment.

• Support the Global Workplace Experience environmental, health and safety governance structure, through attendance at regular meetings, communicating key information and documenting outcomes.

• Provide independent assessments of environmental, health and safety performance and conducts reviews to ensure environmental, health and safety risks at APAC and AFME sites are identified, evaluated, and effectively managed in compliance with regulatory and Pfizer environmental, health and safety management system requirements.

• Monitor and evaluate environmental, health and safety performance and compliance of operations, locations and business lines in the APAC and AFME regions using audits, inspections, metrics and feedback.

• Ensure appropriate environmental, health and safety and business resilience training is delivered to APAC and AFME Commercial employees and contractors.

• Support Pfizer Net Zero goals and Global Workplace Experience Sustainability and Wellbeing strategy, and in partnership with the Global Workplace Experience Environment Advisor ensure Sustainability Master Plans are developed and managed where applicable in APAC and AFME offices.

• Support development and maintenance of emergency response plans and associated training, to ensure colleagues and contractors are prepared for emergency situations.

• Ensure incidents and near-misses, are reported, root causes identified, and corrective and preventative actions implemented and where applicable lead the investigation process.

• Provide audit lifecycle support to sites (including maintaining audit readiness across APAC and AFME).

• Ensure that annual environmental, health and safety management systems reviews are undertaken at local sites in the APAC and AFME region and contribute to the wider Global Workplace Experience annual environmental, health and safety management system review.

• Contribute to data analysis and review, including preparation of performance reports to identify trends and continuous improvement opportunities.

Qualifications 

Must-Have 

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, or a related field.

• A minimum of seven years of experience as an EHS professional in an environmental, health and safety role.

• Ability to identify relevant environment, health and safety legislation and interpret requirements across differing APAC and AFME markets.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing environment, health and safety programs across international markets.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Experience in developing and implementing emergency response procedures and overseeing incident investigation and root cause analysis.

Nice-to-Have 

• NEBOSH Level 6 international diploma for Occupational and Safety Management.

• Experience working across multiple countries, cultures and time zones.

• Experience with environment, health and safety management systems.

• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools.

• Working knowledge of United Nations Net Zero commitments and sustainability and wellbeing design principles (including Leadership in Energy and Environment Design - LEED).

• Professional membership of an internationally recognized environment, health and safety body.

 
Work Location Assignment: Flexible

Purpose 

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.  

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility  

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!  

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

DisAbility Confident

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments necessary to support your application and future career. Our mission is unleashing the power of our people, especially those with unique superpowers. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!

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