Health, Safety, and Environmental Sustainability Lead

Objective

• Joyn Bio is looking for an energetic and organized self-starter to manage safety activities across the organization. As a part of the Operations, Program Management, and Alliances team, the successful candidate will be passionate about building a ground up safety culture and working to create the systems and processes to support that.  The HSES Lead takes responsibility for all aspects of safety for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and coordinate EHS program activities across the organization. Including but not limited to preventing occupational illness and injuries, improving employee engagement, ensuring site compliance, and reducing business risks and losses.
• Engage with safety consultants to assist in developing and administering safety program strategies (Biosafety, Chemical Hygiene, and Emergency Action Plan, Compliance Calendar, etc)
• Ensure chemical inventory and Safety Data Sheets remain up to date and readily available to support any required reporting
• Lead organization’s EHS committee
• Responsible for accident rate remediation; completes accident reports, conducts accident investigations, and investigates trends and adjusts department responses accordingly
• Participate in continual learning to stay up-to-date on compliance and regulatory changes
• Other safety duties as assigned

Training/Experience

• Associate’s degree or higher preferred
• 5+ years of safety management or support experience
• Understanding of laboratory facilities, lab equipment, and safety systems and procedures, and shipping and receiving practices
• Attention to details, strong problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence lab personnel without direct authority to create the envisioned safety culture of the organization.
• Ability to manage requirements across multiple sites and regulations, with a knack for knowing when to standardize and simplify vs. develop differential site policies
• Knowledge of APHIS regulations is highly desired but not required
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods and lift, push, or pull up to 50 lbs required

Organizational

• This position will report to the Facilities and EHS Lead.
• This individual will be part of the Boston-based site operations team.
• This individual will collaborate with Joyn Bio Departments, as well as external stakeholders.

Location

• This position will be based in Boston, MA.