About This Role
<p style="text-align:left">We exist to create positive change for people and the planet. Join us and make a difference too!</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><b>Job Title: </b>EHS Associate Consultant/ EHS Consultant<br /><b>Location: </b>Rockville, MD<br /><b>Contract: </b>Full-time, permanent</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p></p><p><i><b>BSI Consulting Services is a trusted and agenda-shaping partner providing ‘best practice’ technical, regulatory, and business expertise and intelligence for our clients’ most critical EHS risks and opportunities to achieve greater resilience, impact, and future-readiness.</b></i></p><p></p><p><b><u>About the role:</u></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p>BSI Consulting Services is hiring a Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist to support the EHS department at a client site in the Rockville, MD area. This is a full-time position with benefits, located at a biopharmaceutical laboratory and research facility.</p><p></p><p><b>Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li><p>Assist with laboratory inspections; observe, document, and investigate unsafe work conditions. Work with laboratory personnel to develop JHAs and determine project-specific hazards and risks.</p></li><li><p>Identify and manage occupational hazards and environmental risks, lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and create/document corrective and preventative actions to ensure a safe workplace. This includes initiating and leading regularly scheduled safety meetings with senior management to move beyond safety compliance to proactive identification of hazards and risks.</p></li><li><p>Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc. In addition, conduct periodic review of hazardous chemical inventories for permit compliance</p></li><li><p>Occasionally conduct lab safety training for newly hired employees and scientists needing yearly recertification (new employee orientation, bloodborne pathogen, Safe Start, etc.).</p></li><li><p>Assist with Large Quantity Generator requirements and contingency plan if site waste limits continue to grow or exceed SQG threshold</p></li><li><p>Assistance / consulting on spill response and clean up, and local reporting to outside agencies (if necessary).</p></li><li><p>Implementing biosafety/hazard communication/chemical safety programs</p></li><li><p>Developing or maintaining management systems</p></li><li><p>Assist with site compliance and monitor ongoing mitigation strategies for worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic (monitor population density, social distancing, face mask use, cleaning, and sanitizing practices, etc.)</p></li><li><p>Expertise and experience in EHS regulatory compliance.</p></li><li><p>Provide oversight for chemical management, review new chemical approvals, develop chemical storage and segregation schemes, flammability limits, etc.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>To be successful in the role, you will have:</b></p><ul><li><p>Bachelor's degree in scientific or EHS related field</p></li><li><p>Prior consulting or EHS experience. Preferred 3-5 years’ experience with lab safety, biosafety, hazardous materials/waste management</p></li><li><p>Prior experience with risk assessment and accident investigations</p></li><li><p>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</p></li><li><p>Strong computer skills</p></li><li><p>Professional certifications (such as CIH, ASP, CSP, or CHMM) desired, but not required</p></li><li><p>Understanding of health and safety regulatory requirements, specifically Fed-OSHA standards, and conducting regulatory compliance audits</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>What we offer:</b></p><p>BSI offers a competitive salary, group-sponsored health and dental, short-term and long-term disability, a company-matched 401k plan, company paid life insurance, 11 paid holidays and 4 weeks paid time off.</p><p></p><p><b>Salary</b></p><p>The salary for the EHS Associate Consultant position can range from $86,400 to $108,000 annually; actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s competencies, level of experience, education, location, divisional budget and internal peer compensation comparisons.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>About Us</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.<br /> <br />Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.<br />Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.<br />Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>