EHS Manager

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION

As an EHS Specialist III, you will independently manage assigned environmental, dangerous goods, and EHS compliance programs for the Ridgefield, NJ and Bell Drive sites.

The EHS group implements programs and policies that support compliance with applicable company, local, state, and federal requirements while reducing occupational injury, illness, environmental impact, and operational risk.

This role is a fully qualified professional position that applies broad working knowledge within defined areas of specialization. The position evaluates information, selects appropriate methods, resolves varied issues within established frameworks, and recommends practical solutions.

Primary responsibilities include environmental compliance and permitting, hazardous and regulated waste, DOT/IATA dangerous goods, industrial hygiene and chemical risk, EHS systems, training, emergency preparedness, and operational project support.

The role partners with GMP Manufacturing, Laboratories, Quality, Engineering, Facilities, Supply Chain, Warehousing, Security, Occupational Health, contractors, vendors, and carriers. The EHS Specialist III provides technical guidance within assigned programs and escalates potential noncompliance, unresolved significant risks, novel regulatory interpretations, and matters requiring site-level risk acceptance or strategic direction to the Site Head of EHS.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage assigned EHS programs in accordance with Thermo Fisher standards and applicable OSHA, EPA, NJDEP, DOT, IATA, NFPA, BCUA, and cGMP requirements.
• Maintain permits, registrations, regulatory calendars, reports, payments, inspections, records, and agency-system access.
• Coordinate environmental permitting, hazardous and regulated waste, vendors, manifests, accumulation-area inspections, and corrective actions.
• Serve as a site technical resource for DOT/IATA dangerous goods classification, packaging, marking, labeling, documentation, handling, training, and recordkeeping.
• Review chemicals, biological materials, dry ice, lithium batteries, samples, and regulated waste for transportation requirements.
• Support industrial hygiene, chemical risk, exposure assessments, laboratory safety, and hierarchy-of-controls improvements.
• Conduct or participate in audits, GEMBAs, investigations, risk assessments, and incident reviews.
• Support projects, change controls, shutdowns, contractors, facility modifications, and pre-startup reviews.
• Administer assigned EHS systems, dashboards, digital forms, regulatory portals, and reporting workflows.
• Develop and deliver EHS orientation, eLearning, dangerous goods, waste, and chemical-safety training.
• Support the EHS Committee, emergency preparedness, notification systems, drills, and external responder coordination.
• Lead defined improvement initiatives and escalate higher-consequence, ambiguous, or unresolved matters.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree plus five years of relevant experience required; eight or more years of experience in a regulated manufacturing environment preferred. A master’s degree may substitute for up to two years of experience.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, laboratory, manufacturing, warehousing, or another regulated environment.
• Experience independently managing defined environmental, waste, dangerous goods, hazardous materials, chemical safety, or related EHS programs.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, NJDEP, DOT, IATA, cGMP, and applicable EHS management systems.
• Ability to evaluate dangerous goods classification, packaging, marking, labeling, documentation, handling, and training requirements.
• Current DOT/IATA training preferred; required training must be completed before independently performing regulated functions.
• Experience with audits, inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, regulatory reporting, and corrective actions.
• Experience developing and delivering EHS training.
• Strong technical judgment, project management, organization, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Forms, Power Automate, EHS software, databases, and regulatory portals.
• Ability to work effectively with site functions, vendors, consultants, carriers, and external partners.
• CSP, CIH, CHMM, ASP, CRSP, HAZWOPER, ISO 14001/45001, emergency response, or related credentials are preferred.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards