Industrial Hygienist
Role Type: Permanent, Location: Swords Campus
About the company
SK pharmteco is a global Contract Development and Manufacturing organisation (CDMO) with state-of the-art facilities in Korea, US, France and Ireland. We are part of SK Inc., a Korea company with revenues of $99 billion in 2023. Our mission is to ‘produce and deliver life-changing therapies that improve patient outcomes and save lives’. The SK pharmteco Small Molecule, Europe, facility located in Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland has led the way in the development, scale-up and commercial manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Chemical Intermediates for over 60 years. With a talented workforce, exceptional technical capabilities and facilities we have made some of the world’s most important medicines and continue to do so. Further information on SK pharmteco can be found at www.skpharmteco.com
Position Description:
The successful candidate will be part of the SHE team on site and report directly to the SHE Director.
In order to be successful in this role, the candidate will need to be able to demonstrate proven ability in the following key areas:
- Highly motivated.
- Mindset of continuous improvement.
- Problem Solver – uses a scientific approach, data driven, customer focused.
- Comfortable with complexity.
- Sets out the standard required and demonstrates leadership in all aspects of programme delivery.
- Excellent report writing skills.
- Deliver results and improvement projects on time and in full.
- Self-starter, capable of working on their own initiative and also as part of a team.
- Good collaboration & communication skills – comfortable explaining technical complexity.
- Participate in & lead continuous improvement projects within the SHE Department and across site.
- Flexible and willing to support other priorities within the Department as needs arise
Key Responsibilities of the role will be as follows:
- Potent Compound Exposure Monitoring & Containment Verification: Develop plans, manage/co-ordinate and deliver a site IH chemical monitoring plan. Conduct IH monitoring and prepare reports. Communicate results and manage IH database. Ensure a regular programme of equipment and facility validation takes place to verify containment. Audit compliance.
- New Product Introduction (NPI) Support: Provide written assessments and banding recommendations on projects submitted for assessment. Work closely with NPI Projects group on confirming factory and equipment fits.
- CLP Directive & Chemical Compliance: Complete regular assessment & audits of site chemical inventories. Create awareness on compliance across site and at Leadership level. Collaborate with relevant Departments in driving the change(s) required. Labelling compliant. Audit compliance.
- REACH Directive & Chemical Compliance: Regular assessment & audits of site compliance with NPI and changes of chemical inventory and ensure compliance. Liaise with external parties as required. Create awareness on compliance across site and at Leadership level. Work closely with Supply Chain & Warehouse in particular.
- Ergonomics Programme: Develop plans, manage/co-ordinate and deliver on all aspects including manual handling training, DSE assessments. Completes ergonomic & MH assessments.
- Projects Support: Work with the Projects Department & other Departments to assess all aspects of new equipment introduction/facility design to ensure compliance or any changes/modifications to existing plant & equipment.
- Hazard Communications Programme: Ensure that MSDS are available for all substances and collaborate with various Departments including Supply Chain to ensure they are compliant. Audit compliance.
- Dangerous Goods Transport Programme: Oversight of programme and audit compliance. Work closely with Supply Chain.
- Respiratory Protection & Hearing Conservation Programmes: Oversight and coordination of required activities and ensuring both programmes meet compliance requirements. Audit compliance.
- Laser & Safety Programme: Compliance oversight and act as Laser Safety Officer (LSO). Audit compliance.
- Radiation Safety Programme: Manage our licence compliance obligations. Compliance oversight and act as the site Radiation Protection Officer (RPO). Audit compliance.
- General SHE Support: Provide SHE support and act as SHE point of contact with designated Departments. Act as the SHE point of contact on incident investigations, near misses, change controls and other management system programmes/processes.
- Asbestos Control Programme: Act as SME and liaise/collaborate with various Departments.
- Legionella & Biological Safety: Act as the compliance SME and participate in the cross-functional management team. Ensure legal requirements such as the required Site Risk Assessment are kept up to date. Advise management and system owners of their duties and requirements. Audit the programme and prepare reports.
- SHE/IH Programme Training: Generate new materials and update existing training materials. Deliver initial & refresher training for all the programmes within scope of the IH programme and listed above.
- Occupational Health Programme: Work closely with the Occupational Health team in completing assessments and provide SME advice/direction on new chemicals introduced into the Plants and associated exposure controls put in place to ensure safe handling. Ensure the site First-Aid programme is maintained with the current compliance standards required. Audit Occupational Health programme compliance.
- Other duties that arise. Flexible outlook and growth mindset.
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree in a scientific discipline – B.Sc or higher.
- Qualification in Industrial/Occupational Hygiene or working towards obtaining certification
- Competent to act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Industrial/Occupational Hygiene which requires assessing hazards and providing direction on measures or otherwise required to
- Experienced in completing occupational/industrial hygiene exposure assessments
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience
- Experience of assessing the handling and containment of Highly potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (HPAPI)
- Comfortable & knowledgeable with complex Chemistry
- Experienced in developing IH sampling plans and conducting IH field sampling.
Desired/Advantageous
- Qualification or training in Occupational Toxicology .
- Experienced in working on the containment and qualification of new plant and equipment.
- Ergonomic Assessments/DSE Assessments.
- Experience of liaising with Regulatory Authorities and Auditors.
Other Benefits include:
- Excellent opportunities for career enhancement and personal development
- Competitive base salary
- Annual bonus linked to business results
- A well-established further education program.
- Pension scheme
- Private Healthcare