Environmental Health and Safety Advisor - Abingdon, United Kingdom - Evotec

Evotec
Evotec
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Abingdon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Are you currently an Environmental Health and Safety Advisor with 3 years of experience or currently a scientist wanting to move into EHS? Are you experienced and have the skills to support the operations make help shape EHS into something genuinely special? If you are working within pharmaceutical, life sciences, or _

  • Research Services (CRO) in the _
- environmental health and safety department with a passion for _human factors in Health & Safety
_? If so, then this could be an opportunity for you_

Role:
Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Advisor, UK, Permanent

Direct report:
to Head of EHS, UK Manager

Hours:
Full-time, 40 hours per week


Salary:
Competitive salary paid dependant on skills and experience, excellent benefits package plus annual bonuses


Location:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxford OX14 4SA, UK.

Our Company


Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model focused on delivering highly effective new therapeutics to patients.

The Company leverages its multimodality platform, the "Data-driven R&D Autobahn to Cures", for proprietary projects and within a network of partners including Pharma, Biotech, academics, and other healthcare stakeholders.

With more than 4,500 highly qualified people across 16 sites, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for innovative therapeutics.

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Role and Responsibilities for our Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor


Reporting to the Head of EHS, UK this role supports our vision for an effective, contemporary and progressive Health, Safety and Environmental strategy for our UK operations UK.

This role is based on the Abingdon site.

Key Responsibilities

  • Living and deploying the EH&S Management System through activities such as
- _ Supporting/ conducting assurance activities such as_
- _ H&S Legal and Risk Registers_
- _ Environmental Aspects & Impacts Registers_
- _ Audits and Governance reviews_

  • Assisting, participating and/or delivering engagement activities such as colleague workshops, presentations, and training events
  • Enabling our stakeholders in their H&S risk assessments as part of the global and local Risk Register framework.
  • Enable our stakeholders in environmental appraisals, sample testing, and inspections as part of the environmental permits and Environmental assurance.
  • Enable or deliver both proactive and reactive risk management techniques striving to learn where both success and errors lie in our operations through:
  • _ Post-event investigations_
- _ Responding to environmental or safety emergencies_
- _ Proactive risk management e.g., resilience or 'stress-testing' our EHS managements systems and procedures_
- _ Assurance activities such as audits and inspections to assure the level of engagement, compliance, and senior management commitment._

  • Assist with compliance with UK legislation and specific EHS permits as appropriate.
Influencing excellence

  • Living and influencing the EHS Agenda across the UK operations by building meaningful collaborations with operational stakeholders.
  • Delivering the EHS strategy for the UK through the UK EHS team and driving EHS improvements from the emphasis on learning.
Skills & Competencies

  • Working knowledge of EHS in a pharmaceutical or lifescience research organization e.g., chemical, and biological agents and, laboratory activities.
  • A natural enjoyment of collaborating with people, highly empathetic.
  • The ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
Education and Experience

  • Proven project leadership and line management within UK Environment, Health and Safety with 3+ years' experience is essential for this role.
  • Minimum NEBOSH certificate, and/or working towards the NEBOSH diploma (or equivalent) or BSc/MSc Health and Safety or Environment discipline.
  • Environnemental qualification desirable (IOSH, IEMA etc.).
  • Experience working in a pharmaceutical, CRO, food, hospital or manufacturing environment would be advantageous.
  • Knowledge of human factors in Health & Safety is advantageous.
  • We would welcome interest from our internal colleagues working within Scientific, manufacturing and engineering.
What we can offer you in return


We offer a competitive salary and a fantastic benefits package and annual bonuses, plus, expenses covered where travelling is required.


  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional length of service days awarded on the anniversary, up to a maximum of 30 days.
  • Private health insurance with BUPA for the employees and their partner/family under the company scheme.
  • Private dental cover, after 3 months of service.
  • Life assurance at four times your annual base salary.
  • Wellbeing support 24/7 and counselling services.
  • Permanent health insurance provides 75% of the base salary after the qualifying period.
  • Eligibility to participate in the Company Bonus Scheme. This is a discretionary benefit.
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