Senior EHS Specialist

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

About the role:

As a champion of environmental, health, and safety values at Boston Scientific, the EHS Specialist creates and maintains programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with company standards and relevant regulations. This role involves providing guidance, training, and support, while fostering engagement and contributions from EHS colleagues, internal stakeholders, and external partners to drive continuous improvement initiatives.  

Work model & sponsorship:

This position follows an onsite work model and requires employees to work from our Arden Hills, Minnesota, location. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA for this position at this time

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing EHS site support for internal customers including manufacturing, process development, and R&D laboratories
• Identifying opportunities to minimize risks and prevent workplace injuries; collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive projects and support continuous improvement initiatives
• Administering the ISO45001 Health & Safety Management System including internal and external audit facilitation and risk management; identify opportunities for improvement, implement recommendations, and manage related documentation
• Leading incident investigations, root cause analysis, and after-action reviews; collaborate with process owners to develop and implement corrective actions and engineering controls as needed
• Conducting risk assessments on processes, equipment, and chemicals; identify compliance concerns, program non-conformities, and opportunities for improvement
• Conducting EHS audits, self-assessments, and inspections to ensure workplace conditions comply with internal policies, program requirements, and applicable local, state, and national regulations
• Partnering with regulatory agencies to conduct site inspections; providing regulatory guidance and safety recommendations for processes, equipment, and facility infrastructure design
• Building and maintaining relationships with contracted safety services and consultants
• Leading and supporting EHS-related committees, projects, and cross-functional teams; serve on the site’s emergency response team(s)
• Facilitating regulatory compliance activities such as coordinating work efforts and recordkeeping related but not limited to chemical hygiene and exposure monitoring, hearing conservation, chemical and safety data sheet management, personal protective equipment and respiratory protection, and general employee safety.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, industrial hygiene, safety engineering, safety management, occupational health, or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years of experience with regulations, safety-related programs, policies, procedure development, implementation, and management
• Minimum 3 years of experience with industrial hygiene, exposure monitoring, chemical safety, and personal protective equipment program management in an industrial or manufactuing environment

Preferred qualifications:

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) and/or Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) 
• Experience working in pharmaceutical, medical device, electronics, or similarly regulated industry
• Experience with ergonomic risk reduction, emergency response and incident 
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams 

Requisition ID: 633381 

Minimum Salary: $ 85000 

Maximum Salary: $ 161500 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.