Lead Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability Engineer

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The job details are as follows:

Who We Are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who You Are

The Lead Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) Engineer is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and monitoring the compliance and workplace environmental, health, safety, and sustainability objectives with the aim of preventing work-related injury and illness, providing safe and healthy workplaces, stewarding product hazard communication and environmental impact, emergency preparedness, protecting the environment, responding to changing environmental and climate conditions, and achieving UT's global EHSS compliance obligations.

This role will establish and maintain EHSS policies, programs, and operational procedures that ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards under the direction of Corporate EHSS Management.

• Lead assigned EHSS continuous process improvement and sustained practices
• Establish and maintain EHSS focused corporate social responsibility management systems that align with United Therapeutics mission and values
• Actively support business growth by engineering design and assessing new projects and processes for EHSS impact with participation in owner, architect and contractor meetings
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in environmental compliance and stewardship including air, water, hazardous waste, materials management, and chemical reporting; support program implementation corporate-wide and drive continuous improvement and sustainability practices
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in product stewardship, qualitative occupational exposure assessments, high potent compound safety
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in health and safety compliance including injury and illness prevention, materials handling, energy control, biosafety, radiation safety, laboratory safety, personal protective equipment assessments, occupational health, fall protection, emergency preparedness
• Oversee assigned projects and programs requiring advanced knowledge of EHSS engineering principles, practices and regulatory requirements and coordination of multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Oversee assigned programs such as product stewardship, environmental compliance, sustainability, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, occupational medicine, employee protection and emergency preparedness
• Oversee site water use and discharge control programs including permit writing, agency notifications, monitoring requirements, periodic sampling, user reports and records retention
• Oversee site waste management including pollution prevention, chemical and biological waste removal, waste profiles, maintain manifests, conduct inspections, and environmental reporting and records retention
• Complete chemical reporting and community right-to-know submittals; maintain electronic inventory records and SDSs of chemicals and identify materials on EPA or OSHA lists
• Develop engineering controls for hazards such as biological, high potent compounds, chemical, energy, flammable liquids, and fall protection
• Develop and implement temporary worker and contractor safety protocols
• Lead management of change such as program audits and inspections, make recommendations through written technical reports, effectively communicate findings and close out audit reports
• Develop, plan and implement EHS training and awareness programs hands on, online, and hybrid
• Maintain EHSS management system documents, records, and metrics tracking and reporting
• Conduct hazard evaluations of jobs and processes, and perform routine inspections of facilities and operations to continuously improve EHSS related methods, designs, and processes
• Lead UT management in incident investigation with effective root cause analysis and corrective actions identified and track to completion
• Provide input to crisis management planning and implement EHSS aspects such as emergency planning and drills for UT locations
• Respond to emergency situations such as injuries, illnesses, life safety, and environmental releases during business hours, after-hours and/or on weekends if necessary
• Complete other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, sciences, environmental, health and safety or related technical discipline with 8+ years of relevant work experience in chemical, life sciences, pharmaceutical or other related field
• 6+ years of EHSS experience in high level expansion projects
• Working knowledge of federal, state and local regulations with ability to interpret regulatory issues and provide a recommended action plan
• Proven track record with successful interface with multi-level regulatory agency personnel
• EHSS management systems auditing experience
• Implementation of EHS management system
• Project management skills with an attention to detail, timelines, and results
• EHS Training delivery and effective communication
• Decisive action orientation with ownership and a strong drive for results and goal attainment
• Ability to develop and sustain a strong EHS culture
• Integrity and alignment with EHS mission and values
• Demonstrated high performing team leader and internal client collaborative work relationship building
• Ability to attend to multiple goals and assess situations to adjust priority work based on business needs
• Decisive action orientation with ownership and a strong drive for results and goal attainment
• Proficiency in MS Office software programs and other job specific software

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in chemical engineering, sciences, environmental, health and safety or related technical discipline with 6+ years of relevant work experience in chemical, life sciences, pharmaceutical or other related field
• Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist
• Experience in an FDA regulated environment

Location

This position is full time onsite at our Siler Spring, MD location. 

The salary range for this position is $105,500 - $150,000 per year and reflects our good-faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business needs, as well as other factors permitted by law at the time of posting. This range may be modified in the future based on company and market factors.

At United Therapeutics, our mission and vision are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun, we do good.

Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers/benefits-and-amenities

United Therapeutics  Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.