EHSS Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION

Designation: EHSS - Safety Specialist

Job Location: Bangalore

Department: EHSS

About Syngene

Incorporated in 1993, Syngene International Ltd. is an innovation-focused global discovery, development and manufacturing organization providing integrated scientific services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutrition, animal health, consumer goods and specialty chemical industries around the world. Syngene s clientele includes world leaders such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Baxter, Amgen, GSK, Merck KGaA and Herbalife. Its innovative culture is driven by the passion of its 4240- strong team of scientists who work with clients from around the world to solve their scientific problems, improve R&D productivity, speed up time to market and lower the cost of innovation .

Job Purpose

• The purpose of the role is to implement and enforce safe work practices throughout the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• To follow the established procedures and policies of the company pertaining to EHSS.
• To adhere to safety norms defined.
• To understand the implications of not following the defined procedures with respect to EHSS.
• To ensure safe working environment for the employees.
• To suggest best available technology related to the performance of EHSS.
• To check whether all the legal requirements related to EHSS are met and take suitable actions.
• To check and evaluate the effectiveness of action taken or proposed to is taken to prevent person injuries.
• Coordinate and conduct all safety audits.
• Facilitate all accidents and incident investigation.
• Actively participate in the activities carried out regarding the safety in the concerned area.
• To impart Safety training
• To ensure proper maintenance of safety gadgets.
• To organize campaigns, competitions, contests and other activities to develop and maintain the interest of the employees in establishing and maintaining safe conditions of work and procedure.
• To implement, maintain and continually improve the Work Permit System.
• To conduct Emergency Preparedness and Response Mock Drills.
• To communicate the observation of the Mock Drills conducted to the Management and legal authorities.
• Reporting of unsafe action and conditions
• Ensuring EHSS documents compliance
• To co-ordinate Annual Health Check-up for the employees.
• To ensure proper distribution of First-Aid Medicines.
• To ensure the proper disposal of scrap materials.
• To monitor the pest control activities.
• To support the shift activities
• To manage emergencies and occurrence during shifts
• Ensuring safe operations and working procedures in shift.
• Compliance of all Occupational health and safety matters.
• .ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 implementation and documentation
• To schedule the Safety Audits.

Educational Qualification:

• BSc/MSc (Chemistry) / BTech/MTech (Chemical) / Diploma in Industrial safety

Technical/functional Skills:

• Safe Systems of work (permit to work, risk assessment etc.)
• Compliance (regulatory and internal)
• Knowledge on Environmental management
• Incident/Accident management
• Emergency management

Experience:

• Above 5+ years of relevant experience in EHSS

Behavioral Skills:

• Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Work-life balance
• Time-Management
• Self-improvement
• Stress Management
• Patience

Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.