Associate Director, EH&S - Springfield, MO

Associate Director, EH&S - Springfield, MO

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Job Description

Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety in Springfield, MO

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives. Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers' therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients' lives. We proudly offer Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment) Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment) Career advancement opportunities Education reimbursement 401K program with matching contributions Learning platform And more!

Responsibilities

• Lead site audits, risk assessment activities, and implement corrective action promptly to ensure company and regulatory compliance.
• Understand applicable state and federal regulatory requirements for safety, hazardous waste, and industrial hygiene. Ensure completion of regulatory documents, reports, and other recordkeeping requirements.
• Ensure the facility is prepared to respond to incidents, emergencies, and other unwanted events.
• Oversee hazardous waste program to ensure waste is being disposed of according to all local, state, and federal regulations. Responsible for submitting all required reports and fees associated with hazardous waste disposal.
• Responsible for overseeing the development of the Industrial Hygiene program.
• Work closely with plant leadership and scientific staff to assure that appropriate process safety considerations are being and that practices and procedures are planned and followed. Examples range from providing appropriate PPE to conducting a full safety assessment of a project.
• Train, mentor and supervise EHS staff. Ensure comprehensive employee and contractor orientation for safety is conducted.
• Guide and promote safe work performance by developing safety policies, implementing safety campaigns, and training supervisors and employees on EH&S expectation In partnership with operational leadership, set up and maintain safety training programs in all applicable safety competency areas. Assure training is appropriately documented, reviewed constantly to assure compliance and timeliness, and maintain appropriate written records / documentation of such training being conducted and reinforced.
• Participate in and assist with the development of continuous improvement activities and cost savings initiatives.