Senior Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety
$105,000–$105,000 year
On-site · Irvine, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead site EH&S programs to ensure compliance with OSHA, Cal/OSHA, EPA, and other applicable local, state, and federal requirements. Develop, implement, and maintain EH&S policies, procedures, training, inspections, audits, risk assessments, and corrective actions that support safe manufacturing, laboratory, cleanroom, and facility operations. Serve as the site EH&S subject matter expert and partner cross-functionally with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Quality, R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, and corporate teams to support scale-up, new processes, equipment and facility changes, and inspection readiness. Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, emergency preparedness, contractor safety, compliance documentation, and EH&S performance tracking to strengthen site safety culture and scalable compliance systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related technical discipline preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of EH&S experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably in medical device, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated operations.
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage EH&S programs with minimal oversight, including risk assessment, incident investigation, corrective actions, inspections, training, and regulatory compliance activities.
- Experience with chemical safety, industrial hygiene, hazardous waste, biosafety, and environmental compliance in California manufacturing or laboratory environments strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting specialized operations such as cleanrooms, sterilization, returned-product decontamination, industrial wastewater, or metal-processing hazards is preferred.
- Working knowledge of OSHA, Cal/OSHA, EPA, hazardous materials and waste requirements, and related environmental permitting and reporting obligations required.
- Professional certifications such as OSHA 30, HAZWOPER, CHMM, CSP, or similar are preferred.
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