Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Location
Uxbridge, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Manager Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), EMEA page is loaded
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At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.We empower our leaders to step up, share ideas, listen, learn, and lead. We’re welcoming bright, diverse, and imaginative minds; we’re nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment, and to focus on creating inclusion, developing talent, and enabling teams.Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.Manager Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), EMEA
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our EH&S EMEA team for a Manager EH&S, based at our Stockley Park office. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring EH&S compliance in all of our EMEA offices and will work with the Facilities, HR, IT and EH&S International teams closely.
Job Overview
Conduct and/or support risk assessments and other consultancy services to control workplace hazards
Support and manage interactions between sites in EMEA with consultants and arrange gap assessments, risk assessments, training, SOP development, ergonomic assessments & general coordination of site visits
Carry out risk assessments (general, back to work, pregnancy, ergonomic), as required, for the UK offices (Stockley Park, Holborn, Cambridge & Oxford)
Lead EH&S drop & dial in sessions to minimize workplace EH&S issues for sites responsible for
Policies, procedures & reporting to ensure compliance
Coordinate with guidance of EH&S Associate Director in ensuring EH&S performance, compliance and improving culture across all sites
Provide advice/assistance to sites on health and safety requirements with audit preparation, follow up from audits and policies/SOPs. Track actions and provide updates
Coordinate with guidance of EH&S Associated Director in preparing and updating of EH&S Polices/SOPs and distribution of these, as required
Support sites emergency management plans, as required
Monitor records of EH&S against legal requirements and Document Retention policy
Gathering metrics data and ensuring timely submission by sites on EH&S
Gathering data and helping to compile reports for incidents, accidents, ill health data (EMEA)
Compiling and the distribution of GM reports on H&S for different countries (general, periodic performance reports)
Environmental Corporate requirements – assist with any particular corporate requirements in sustainability
EH&S Programmes, Projects and General Support
Incident reporting Tool – support EH&S Manager with administrative requirements, training for sites and administrative tasks involved in rolling out updated tool to EMEA region
Ensure incidents are reported and investigations are completed correctly
Driver safety programme – assist with the roll out of driver safety ‘global/EMEA’ tool.
Manage in-house training platform ensuring all EH&S courses for staff, are available and completed
Assist with providing advice and support to projects for areas of responsibilities, to ensure EH&S considerations throughout the project lifecycle. (e.g. review of appropriate documentation)
Support purchasing and invoicing for the department, in SAP
Initiatives
Support EH&S initiatives at the UK offices physically and remotely for other countries.
Coordinate Campaigns for EMEA – assist EH&S Associate Director in identifying and rolling out EH&S campaigns across all EMEA, in line with Americas & AsiaPac sites
Support EH&S global corporate initiatives and requirements including support of EH&S management systems
Communications
Manage EH&S content for webpages
Coordination of EH&S content of the Facilities Handbook and handbook completion (especially new sites)
Newsletter – coordinate topics and publishing of quarterly editions
Requirements:
Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders
NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent minimum
Educated to degree level or equivalent, is required
Extensiveexperience in an EH&S role, with a significant part of this within the private sector and in an office environment
Willingness to travel (essential)
Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, are required
Positive, can do attitude is necessary, and candidate must be a team player
It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Gilead" or the "Company") to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law, all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, returns from layoffs, company-sponsored training, education assistance, social and recreational programs are administered on a non-discriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds, which may include an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, medical condition, veteran status, and age, unless such protection is prohibited by federal, state, municipal, provincial, local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.
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Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California.
Following extensive monitoring, research, consideration of business implications and advice from internal and external experts, Gilead has made the decision to require all Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong employees and contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. T he health of our employees, contractors, their loved ones, our partners and the communities and people we serve is a top priority. Vaccination is the most effective way currently available to deliver on that priority.
The purpose of the vaccination requirement is to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace and support the health and safety of our communities. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the second dose of a two-dose vaccine or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine has been administered. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, can request an accommodation.
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