Sr EHS Specialist, Miami

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At first glance, you’ll see that for more than 80 years we’ve been dedicated to advancing and optimizing the laboratory to move science and healthcare forward. Join a team where you can be heard, be supported, and always be yourself. We’re building a culture that celebrates backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of all our associates. Look again and you’ll see we are invested in you, providing the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and try new things with the support you need to be successful.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we’re working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world’s biggest health challenges. 

The Sr. EHS Specialist for Beckman Coulter Diagnostics is responsible for ensuring our associates are able to return each day to help us in our mission in healthcare.

This position is part of the Diagnostics US Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) department and reports to the EHS Manager responsible for the safety of our Miami Manufacturing and Research and Development associates. The position is located in the greater Miami area, with locations in Kendall and Hialeah and will be onsite daily and will focus on conducting risk assessments on processes, equipment, and chemicals, identify compliance concerns, program non-conformities and opportunities for improvement.

At Beckman Coulter, our vision is to relentlessly reimagine healthcare, one diagnosis at a time. If you thrive in a multifunctional, fast paced role and want to work to build a world-class leading science and technology organization—read on!

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Analyze key performance indicators to implement initiatives and provide EHS site support for internal customers including manufacturing and research & development laboratories.

• Identify opportunities to minimize risks and prevent workplace injuries; work with cross-functional teams to drive projects and support continuous improvement initiatives

• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis and after-action reviews; communicating/influencing process owners to develop and implement corrective actions and engineering controls as needed.

• Drive the site environmental programs, such as waste, storage tanks and stormwater pollutions, including hands on involvement with EPA requirements.

• Conduct EHS audits, self-assessments, inspections and trainings on corporate EHS standards and initiatives to ensure workplace conditions comply with internal policies, program requirements and applicable local, state, and national regulations.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, safety engineering, safety management, occupational health, or related discipline with 5+ years of experience including 2+ years' manufacturing environment experience

• Demonstrated working knowledge of federal/state regulatory requirements or equivalent regulations in the safety and environmental discipline such as: RCRA, OSHA, EPA, FDEP, DERM, DOT, etc. and capable of learning ongoing requirements

• Experience in ISO regulated manufacturing industry or similar highly regulated manufacturing environment, preferably ISO13485 knowledge

• Proven ability to effectively communicate EHS requirements to ensure stakeholders understand potential risk and loss.
   

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and/or DOT Hazmat Ground Shipper certifications.

• Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) first responder operations level.

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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. 

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