Facilities Specialist III

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

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 live 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.

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of experience in facilities/maintenance environment,
• 2+ yrs of experience in EHS, or equivalent (required)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Completion of the OSHA 511 and HAZWOPER courses to current standard
• Ability to plan and achieve facility goals and objectives as set by management
• Possesses safety management and program implementation skills
• Possesses solid understanding of CA regulatory requirements for federal and state programs
• Strong analytical skills to evaluate performance metrics and outcomes
• The ability to develop, conduct and maintain training programs

• Responsible for the implementation of the facility’s Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) plan
• Responsible for the implementation of the site Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) plan
• Performs TPM on equipment and machinery to prevent manufacturing operations downtime
• Anticipates needs and problems while crafting solutions
• Responsible for facility planning, maintenance of HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fire alarm systems
• Highlights improvement opportunities to management to improve facility systems and processes that will impact efficiency and profitability
• Develop and maintain the reporting of Air Quality, Wastewater, Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, Universal Waste, Used Oil, and Storm Water programs
• Coordinate, develop and implement safety and regulatory programs such as Radiation Safety, Contractor Safety, Electrical Safety, Lock-out – Tag-out, Confined Space, Fall protection and Machine Guarding
• Maintain, report, and work to improve safety metrics that are both leading indicators (number of hazard ID’s, or closed safety items) and lagging indicators (near-misses, accidents, and lost-time incident rates)
• Ensures compliance with fire regulations and evacuation procedures
• Improves the quality of EHS programs and ensures adherence to established regulations, policies, and standards
• Conduct & document near-miss and accident investigations to develop solutions that prevent reoccurrence
• Uses accident investigation programs (Intelex) to document and resolve near misses, accidents, and hazard ID’s
• Provide leadership to safety-related teams including the site Safety Committee, and the First Aid Team
• Inspire a culture where employees at all levels take ownership for safety.
• Works with corporate EHS Director on setting priorities and goals