Upjohn Manufacturing Ireland Unlimited

At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.

Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.

We do so via: 

Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and 
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services. 
 

Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.

For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

As an Environmental Compliance Specialist, you’ll be working as part of the wider EHS Team at our Little Island API manufacturing site, ensuring that the site complies with all environmental requirements.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Environmental Compliance Specialist role will make an impact:

• Ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the company’s IED license, the greenhouse gas permit (when applicable) and other relevant legislation, and communicate with the EPA and other relevant regulatory bodies.

• Compile and submit environmental reports, such as AER (Annual Environmental Report) and EPR (Environmental Performance Reporting) to the environmental regulator.

• Maintain the site EMS (Environmental Management System).

• Manage the site F-Gas register, fugitive emissions programme as well as its groundwater programme.

• Ensure communications to regulators and corporate EHS as required and communication of relevant requirements to site functions (e.g. Production & Engineering).

• Involvement in other site programmes, including DGSA compliance, controlled substance compliance and ensure compliance with REACH regulations (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registrations, Evaluation, Authorisations and Restrictions of Chemicals).

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Degree in a related discipline, such as Environmental Science, Physical Sciences or Engineering.

• At least 2-5 years’ experience in an environmental compliance role within a regulated industry, such as API manufacturing, the chemical sector or environmental consulting.

• Experience in interacting and communicating with environmental regulators.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation (incl. REACH, DGSA, Controlled Substances, etc.).

• Experience in compiling AERs (Annual Environmental Reviews).

• Strong organisational skills with a methodical approach to work.

• Strong communications skills with an ability to influence across all levels of the organisation.

• Excellent record keeping and attention to detail.

• Confident self-starter.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits at Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities

• Work-life balance initiatives

• Bonus scheme

• Health insurance

• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. 

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.