Environmental Health and Safety Lead

GWE India EHS Lead

Use Your Power for Purpose

Pfizer's Environmental Health and Safety team is essential in upholding the highest safety standards for both patients and colleagues. As a member of this innovative community, you will contribute to delivering excellence, ensuring that Pfizer's medicines reach those who need them most with greater efficiency and safety than ever before. This dedicated team is committed to maintaining superior safety protocols, enabling the swift and secure distribution of our products. By joining us, you become part of a forward-thinking group focused on excellence and innovation, driving the mission to provide safe and effective medicines to patients worldwide.

What You Will Achieve

In this role, you will:

• Lead and co-lead high-level projects independently, identifying situations and implementing results.
• Effectively manage time to meet objectives, forecast, and plan resource requirements for divisional projects.
• Monitor compliance and Environment, Health & Safety performance, report key metrics, and recommend corrective actions.
• Assess risks, including their probability, magnitude, and financial impact, and develop cost-effective control alternatives.
• Provide technical support for site safety and industrial hygiene programs, especially on special capital projects.
• Interact with Pfizer Legal Groups, including Global Environment, Health & Safety legal, and liaise with regulatory compliance organizations.
• Offer advice on implementing Pfizer Health & Safety standards, site safety policies, and regulations governing biological safety.
• Conduct workplace condition assessments to ensure compliance with federal and state occupational safety and health standards.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of actions taken to prevent personal injuries and provide updates to the site Emergency Plan.
• Partner with site business functions and external sources to implement improvements, apply skills and discipline knowledge, and make decisions to resolve moderately complex problems.

Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements)

• BA/BS with at least 4 years of experience or MBA/MS with at least 2 years of experience or PhD/JD with any years of experience or associate's degree with at least 8 years of experience or high School Diploma (or Equivalent) with at least 10 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated working knowledge of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements and guidelines associated with biosafety
• Prior experience in the biopharmaceutical industry is essential
• A good understanding of safety and environmental programs and key processes is required
• Excellent leadership, analysis, judgment, commensurate with position responsibilities, and levels of Pfizer and agency interaction
• Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, including Project Management and Visio

Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements):

• A Master's degree combined with substantial project management experience
• Experience managing facility and/or contractor safety programs in a pharmaceutical research or related industry
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations
• Experience with regulatory compliance and liaising with regulatory organizations
• Strong technical support skills for site safety and industrial hygiene programs

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.