Do you have an interest in managing employee’s health and safety while monitoring controls to ensure that sites are compliant with GSK standards as well as legislative requirements? Then this may be the role for you.

As Employee Health & Safety Manager you will manage employee health risks, compliance gaps, and work with staff to guide them on responsibilities.

This role requires an on-site presence.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Job Purpose and Key Responsibilities:

• Personally, act as EH&S lead for R&D non-hub sites specifically for the Cambridge, Massachusetts’s, and Branford, Connecticut locations and other remote satellite sites

• Provide leadership, strategic direction, coordinate and deliver EHS services and programmes in all areas of EH&S to R&D non-hub sites Partner with site leadership who have accountability for site EHS performance to ensure EHS risks are known, assessed and well managed.
• Ensure that senior R&D managers are fully appraised of their responsibilities in risk management and pro-actively support the EHS objectives of R&D.
• Provide day to day support as part of a team to deliver first line advice on training, emergency response, risk assessment, incident investigation, input to local projects and processes to the site(s)
• Work effectively with the EHS professionals on the Pharma R&D team to deliver efficient and consistent programs to all groups within R&D.
• Ensure the interests of R&D are represented and protected, both within and external to GSK.
• Maintain comprehensive external and cross business awareness and lead and participate in significant cross company initiatives.
• Provide specialist technical services (PTW, Machine Safety, Risk Assessment, etc…) to the R&D groups within the region.
• Provide Independent Business Monitoring Program leadership and support to R&D across the region and in conjunction with the broader R&D EHS team.

Accountability:

• Accountable for alerting management to legislative development in the areas Health, Safety and Industrial Hygiene which could impact operations
• Champion EH&S throughout the US by ensuring senior management understanding, commitment and accountability
• Ensure that the EH&S programs deliver value to the business via increased workplace safety, reduced environmental impact, increased regulatory compliance and reduction of direct and indirect costs.
• Provide technical EH&S support to the business.
• Represent the interests of GSK in key external policy forums.
• Champion the interests of stakeholders within the business in GSK EHS policy and strategy development

Complexity:

• Shaping change in the external environment is a key job factor. Ability to manage complexity and uncertainty in rapidly changing situations is required. Autonomous decision making is often essential.
• The breadth and number of activities directed by this position necessitates strong prioritization skills and the ability to manage tasks concurrently. Many of these tasks are initiated by the job holder; others come from internal customers and other stakeholders external to GSK. Deadlines are negotiable, but the job holder is required to make independent decisions as necessary.
• Influencing and negotiation required to ensure appropriate resourcing and commitment from other divisional managers.
• Position interfaces on a regular basis with all GSK business sectors.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Environmental, Health and Safety Management or relevant science or engineering degree
• 10+ years of experience in managing Environmental, Health and Safety Programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in the OSHA Regulations on Hazardous Materials and Toxic & Hazardous Substances
• CSP Preferred
• Strong leadership abilities to influence senior GSK managers and staff in a demanding and rapidly evolving legislative environment.
• Good interpersonal, presentational and persuasive skills so as to successfully interact with managers at all levels and the ability to manage complex internal relations on a multi-site and international basis.
• Good knowledge of the business and a good networker.

Why GSK?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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