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Position: Manager, Occupational Safety

Location: Manatí PR

Key Responsibilities

1.         Provides technical and regulatory guidance on occupational safety, focusing on recognizing, evaluating, and controlling physical, chemical, and environmental hazards.

2.         Development of proper procedures, work practices, and equipment to use to ensure compliance with all BMS Standards, legal requirements, and regulations in these fields.

3.         Conduct EHS self-assessment programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable local and federal regulations and company directives.

4.         Review capital renovations and new construction projects to ensure environmental, industrial hygiene, and safety issues have been included since the design.

5.         Participates in legal and regulatory agencies site and corporate audits and inspections.

6.         Responsible for leading the implementation of Occupational Safety and Projects Support   programs for the site, which include the following duties:

•          Develops and delivers occupational safety training programs.

7.         Maintains statistics, trends, and applicable reports and presentations.

8.         Participates in process hazard reviews of new and existing equipment to ensure environmental and occupational safety criteria are included since design. 

9.         Leads the departmental environmental, health, and safety self-inspection program.

10.       Actively participates in the Tiers assigned.

11.       Leads occupational safety programs such as contractor safety and compliance, hot work, excavations, cranes, fall protection, compressed gases, life safety, powered industrial trucks, vehicle safety, and others as assigned.

12.       Review change control to ensure that the required EHS requirements are included.

13.       Support and lead the occupational incident investigations program to determine root causes, develop an action plan to avoid recurrence, and follow up to ensure improvements are implemented.

14.       Actively participate in site's EHS Committee.

15.       Keeps abreast of current technologies and regulatory trends.

16.       Supports the department in complying with the budget to ensure controlled expenses within established goals and supports the department management in administrative areas such as budget, capital appropriation, change control, and company representation.

17.       Available to support as required 24/7.

18.       Performs other related duties, as required.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related science field. PE preferred.
• At least five (5) years of experience working at Environmental, Health and Safety.
• Pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Fully cognizant of applicable Federal and Commonwealth rules and regulations Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills Capable of working with minimal direct supervision.
• Good interpersonal skills Excellent Problem-Solving Skills Computer knowledge Bilingual (Spanish and English).

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.

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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.

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

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