Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist II

Highly Competitive
  1. Contract
  2. Administrative
  3. United States
Philadelphia, USA
Posting date: 09 Jul 2026
70133

Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist II - Contract - Philadelphia, PA

Ready to lead health and safety projects that bring life-changing treatments to the world? Join our client at the forefront of pharmaceutical innovation and make a difference!

Proclinical is seeking an Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Specialist to support compliance and risk management initiatives.

Primary Responsibilities:

In this role, you will develop and implement EHS programs, ensure adherence to safety regulations, and foster a culture of safety and environmental responsibility. This position requires a proactive individual with strong analytical and communication skills who can collaborate effectively and adapt to changing environments.

Key Skills and Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related Science discipline, required
  • Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Safety or Industrial Hygiene, preferred
  • Preferred CHMM, CSP, CIH
  • Experience maintaining and managing day-to-day health, safety, emergency response, and
  • environmental compliance and security activities.
  • Previous experience in Environmental, safety, Emergency Response and Haz-Mat.
  • Previous experience implementing policies and procedures that are protective of the environment, personnel, equipment and business interests, including the leading of culture change required to embrace those policy and procedure changes.
  • Experience evaluating, providing advice and implementing solutions due to complexities of health, safety, training and industrial hygiene issues.
  • Experience with radioactivity and formal OSHA & Safety training.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to perform accurate calculations, maintain precise records, and effectively interpret and communicate detailed information both verbally and in writing.
  • Collaborative and adaptable team player, able to follow instructions, exercise sound judgement in complex situations, and willing to undertake domestic travel (approximately 10%) as required.

Leadership Responsibility:

  • Supports a diverse and inclusive culture and workforce, ensures compliance with laws, regulations, and company policies.
  • Identifies, recruits, and retains top-notch talent.
  • Sets performance standards and encourages employee engagement through delegation, continuous feedback, goal setting and performance management.
  • Develop employees to meet both their career and organizational goals.
  • Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
  • Maintains transparent communication, appropriately communicates organizational information through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, email, and regular interpersonal communication.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous situations and adaptable to change.
  • Must model the highest degree of moral and ethical behavior and maintain confidential information.
  • High degree of autonomy and strong decision-making skills.

The Environmental, Health & Safety Specialist's responsibilities will be:

  • Ensure compliance with all FDA and Worldwide Quality & Compliance regulations in all aspects of your work.
  • Recommends improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment, to minimize the hazardous potential.
  • Develops written programs as needed to clearly define procedures and policy requirements for all EHS program elements.
  • Leads and conducts employee training and emergency preparedness programs.
  • Will develop and maintain a training matrix to define training methods and requirements for all program elements.
  • Assist with EHS audits / inspections, and providing recommendations for corrective actions
  • Assist with EHS management systems development, including drafting of standard operating procedures, guidance documents, and training programs.
  • Assist labs with implementation of SOP's or compliance with existing SOP's.
  • Assist with the management of hazardous waste, including waste characterization, satellite area inspections, and training.
  • Assist with industrial hygiene related projects, including personal air sampling, indoor air quality assessment, surface wipe sampling, qualitative assessments, etc.
  • Assist with incident and near miss investigations and metric tracking.
  • Be able to understand and articulate the business drivers aligned with safety strategy

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Mike Raletz at m.raletz@proclinical.com

If you are interested in applying to this exciting opportunity, then please click 'Apply' or to speak to one of our specialists please request a call back at the top of this page.

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