Manager, Environmental Health and Safety (EMEA)

Job title:

Manager, Environmental Health and Safety (EMEA)

Company

Gilead

Job description

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At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.

We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We’re welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we’re nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our EH&S EMEA team for a Manager EH&S EMEA, based at our Dublin Central office. The successful candidate will be responsible for EH&S compliance of all EMEA offices including project support to offices in the region. They will work closely with Corporate EH&S, Facilities, HR & IT teams.

Job Overview

EH&S Programmes, Projects and General Support

Provide advice and support to projects to ensure EH&S considerations throughout the project lifecycle. (e.g. review of appropriate documentation)

Ensure EH&S requirement considerations for new sites – mobilisation checklist

Incident reporting tool & other EH&S tools – promote and manage the use of the tools by staff to include: administrative requirements, training for sites and administrative tasks involved in rolling out updated tool to EMEA region

Ensures incidents are reported appropriately and investigations are completed correctly

Manage and lead the audit programme – audit prep, audits attendance, leading the completion of post audit actions

Manage the Driver Safety Programme – assist with the roll out of the driver safety ‘global/EMEA’ programme and the ongoing management of the programme

Manage Ergonomics Program (advice, awareness, data gathering, actions), including programme implementation, where required

Manage purchase orders, liaising with suppliers, resolving EH&S payment issues, general administration, in line with budget

Conduct and/or support risk assessments and other consultancy services to control workplace hazards

Support and manage interactions between sites in EMEA with consultants and arrange gap assessments, risk assessments, training, programme development, standard operating procedure (SOP) development, ergonomic assessments & general coordination of site visits, actions resolution.

Carry out risk assessments (general, back to work, pregnancy, ergonomic), as required, for the Ireland & UK offices

Lead EH&S drop & dial in sessions to minimise workplace EH&S issues

Policies, procedures & reporting to ensure compliance

Coordinate with guidance of Associate Director, EH&S in ensuring performance, compliance and improving culture across all sites

Provide advice/assistance to all sites on health and safety requirements including audit preparation, follow up from audits and policies/SOPs. Track actions and provide updates

Coordinate with guidance of Associate Director, EH&S with preparing and updating of EH&S Polices/Programmes/SOPs and distribution of these, as required

Complete site Emergency Management plans, as required.

Monitor records of EH&S against legal requirements and Document Retention Policy

Gather metrics data and ensuring timely submission by sites on EH&S

Gather data and coordinate the compiling of electronic reports for incidents, accidents, ill health data (EMEA)

Compile and the distribution of General Manager (GM) reports on health and safety for different Countries (general, periodic performance reports)

Assist with corporate requirements in environmental sustainability

Initiatives

Lead EH&S initiatives and campaigns for EMEA and aligning with other International offices and head office

Support EH&S global corporate initiatives and requirements including support of EH&S management systems

Manage campaigns that seeks to continuously support improvement of EH&S performance

Communications

Manage EH&S content for webpages for all EMEA offices. Develop EH&S webpages for new sites

Coordination of EH&S content of the Facilities Handbook and handbook completion (especially new sites)

Newsletter – producing alerts and new versions regularly

Person Specification, Knowledge & Experience

Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent minimum

Educated to degree level or equivalent, is required

Several years work experience in an EH&S role, with a significant part of this within the private sector and in an office environment

Willingness to travel (essential)

Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, are required

Positive, can do attitude is necessary, and candidate must be a team player

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively “Gilead” or the “Company”) to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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Expected salary

Location

Dublin

Job date

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 23:22:22 GMT

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