Lead Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability EHSS Engineer

Who We Are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF). The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who you are

The Lead Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) Engineer is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and monitoring the compliance and workplace environmental, health, safety, and sustainability objectives. Incumbent will also establish and maintain EHSS policies, programs, and operational procedures that ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and corporate standards under the direction of Corporate EHSS Management.

• Establish and maintain EHSS focused corporate social responsibility management systems that align with United Therapeutics mission and values.
• Actively support business growth by engineering design and assessing new projects and processes for EHSS impact with participation in owner, architect and contractor meetings.
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in environmental compliance and stewardship including air, water, hazardous waste, materials management, and chemical reporting; support program implementation corporate-wide and drive continuous improvement and sustainability practices.
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in product stewardship, qualitative occupational exposure assessments, high potent compound safety.
• Apply significant and proven technical expertise in health and safety compliance including injury and illness prevention, materials handling, energy control, biosafety, radiation safety, laboratory safety, personal protective equipment assessments, occupational health, fall protection, emergency preparedness.
• Oversee site water use and discharge control programs including permit writing, agency notifications, monitoring requirements, periodic sampling, user reports and records retention.
• Oversee site waste management including pollution prevention, chemical and biological waste removal, waste profiles, maintain manifests, conduct inspections, and environmental reporting and records retention.
• Complete chemical reporting and community right-to-know submittals; maintain electronic inventory records and SDSs of chemicals and identify materials on EPA or OSHA lists.
• Develop engineering controls for hazards such as biological, high potent compounds, chemical, energy, flammable liquids, and fall protection.
• Develop and implement temporary worker and contractor safety protocols.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health and safety, engineering, or environmental engineering.
• Pharma or life sciences experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant work experience in Pharma, life sciences or chemical engineering.
• 6+ years of EHSS (Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability experience) in high level expansion projects
• Proven track record with successful interface with multi-level regulatory agency personnel
• EHSS management systems auditing experience
• Project management skills with an attention to detail, timelines, and results
• Ability to develop and sustain a strong EHS culture
• Integrity and alignment with EHS mission and values

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Safety Professional or Certified Industrial Hygienist
• Experience in an FDA regulated environment

Job Location

United Therapeutics requires this candidate to be on-site at our Durham, North Carolina OR Silver Spring, MD location 100% of the time.

At United Therapeutics, our mission and vision are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun, we do good.