Manager Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), EMEA
Job Description
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.
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.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job DescriptionJob Overview
1. 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, SOP development, ergonomic assessments & general coordination of site visits
- Carry out risk assessments (general, back to work, pregnancy, ergonomic), as required, for the UK offices (Stockley Park, Holborn, Cambridge & Oxford)
- Lead EH&S drop & dial in sessions to minimise workplace EH&S issues for sites responsible for
Policies, procedures & reporting to ensure compliance
- Coordinate with guidance of EH&S Associate Director in ensuring EH&S performance, compliance and improving culture across all sites
- Provide advice/assistance to sites on health and safety requirements with audit preparation, follow up from audits and policies/SOPs. Track actions and provide updates
- Coordinate with guidance of EH&S Associated Director in preparing and updating of EH&S Polices/SOPs and distribution of these, as required
- Support sites emergency management plans, as required
- Monitor records of EH&S against legal requirements and Document Retention policy
- Gathering metrics data and ensuring timely submission by sites on EH&S
- Gathering data and helping to compile reports for incidents, accidents, ill health data (EMEA)
- Compiling and the distribution of GM reports on H&S for different countries (general, periodic performance reports)
- Environmental Corporate requirements – assist with any particular corporate requirements in sustainability
EH&S Programmes, Projects and General Support
- Incident reporting Tool – support EH&S Manager with administrative requirements, training for sites and administrative tasks involved in rolling out updated tool to EMEA region
- Ensure incidents are reported and investigations are completed correctly
- Driver safety programme – assist with the roll out of driver safety ‘global/EMEA’ tool.
- Manage in-house training platform ensuring all EH&S courses for staff, are available and completed
- Assist with providing advice and support to projects for areas of responsibilities, to ensure EH&S considerations throughout the project lifecycle. (e.g. review of appropriate documentation)
- Support purchasing and invoicing for the department, in SAP
Initiatives
- Support EH&S initiatives at the UK offices physically and remotely for other countries.
- Coordinate Campaigns for EMEA – assist EH&S Associate Director in identifying and rolling out EH&S campaigns across all EMEA, in line with Americas & AsiaPac sites
- Support EH&S global corporate initiatives and requirements including support of EH&S management systems
Communications
- Manage EH&S content for webpages
- Coordination of EH&S content of the Facilities Handbook and handbook completion (especially new sites)
- Newsletter – coordinate topics and publishing of quarterly editions
Person Specification
Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders
NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent minimum
Educated to degree level or equivalent, is required
Significant number of years work experience in an EH&S role, preferrably within the private sector and in an office environment
EH&S Lab Support (desired)
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.
For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:
Please apply via the Internal Career Opportunities portal in Workday.
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