Job Description

The EHS Team are responsible for providing the manufacturing and R&D sites at Ware (Hertfordshire) with a framework to effectively manage Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) risks across the sites. This incorporates a wide range of issues including: assessment of EHS risk; formulation of policies and procedures to comply with legal & company standards; setting of EHS objectives and targets; performance monitoring; environmental / waste management; emergency planning; incident and accident investigation and crisis management.

Job Purpose:

Reporting to one of the EHS Leads, you will be responsible for developing and implementing effective safety, health and environmental management systems across the Ware campus. This includes the provision of technical advice and assistance to managers and staff to enable EHS performance to be managed effectively (and contributing towards achieving the Ware site vision and commercial objectives). Specifically, you will be responsible for ownership of waste management processes and environmental assessment & monitoring processes across the campus.

Day to day your role will include the development, dissemination, implementation, monitoring and review of campus\xe2\x80\x93wide or department specific EHS procedures and practices. You will provide authoritative EHS advice taking account of statutory and corporate requirements and as well as business objectives. In delivering your role you will maintain effective and constructive relationships with key EHS stakeholders, such as regulatory authorities, GSK corporate functions, contractors and suppliers. You will build strong rapport with key operational staff in order to provide effective advice and assistance in order to ensure the campus maintains an audit-ready status at all times.

We are particularly interested in hearing from experienced professionals with NEBOSH qualifications (either at Certificate or Diploma level) and those with a background in Environmental management.

About You:

This role would suit a self-motivated individual who has strong experience of working in an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) role. You will also be resilient and calm under pressure. Strong people skills and a proven ability to influence people to achieve objectives and drive performance are considered fundamental to the role. You will be a proactive team player and have a strong continuous improvement mindset.

CLOSING DATE for application: Monday 25th of September 2023 (COB).

Basic Qualifications:

Relevant experience of working in a regulated technical industry with relevant qualifications in Scientific or Technical discipline (or strong equivalent experience).

NEBOSH Certificate or similar qualification in occupational health & safety

IEMA or NEBOSH qualification in Environmental management.

Preferred Qualifications:

Operational knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes (from a highly-regulated industry).

Benefits:

GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees, which include, but are not limited to:

Competitive base Salary

Annual bonus based on company performance

Opportunities to partake in on the job training courses

Opportunities to attend and partake in industry conferences

Opportunities for support for professional development and chartership (with professional bodies)

Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Employee recognition programmes

If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage .

Why Us?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

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