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Seeking self-motivated, reliable, and persistent, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) professional with recent EHS experience supporting manufacturing, R&D or other impactful business areas within the pharmaceutical or related industry. Must have strong management and leadership skills. As part of Global Safety and the Environment (GSE), the successful candidate will have responsibility for the EHS teams supporting our owned and leased Commercial Office locations across our Company. Successful candidate will be part of the GSE EHS management team supporting the Global Pharmaceutical Operations (GPO) production facilities and Commercial operations.

Working within a matrixed organization, the person should possess strong emotional intelligence, influencing, problem solving and decision-making skills. The ability to think strategically and act tactically through site EHS contacts is important, as the contacts are not within the GSE reporting structure.

Our Company considers compliance, both to national regulation and company standards, as the operational baseline and the person selected will have this mindset.

Responsibilities

• Acting with considerable self-direction, oversee and align professional EHS staff activities to ensure EHS compliance at Commercial office locations.

• Coach Commercial leaders to be visible EHS advocates. Ensure comprehensive change management of all Company and site initiatives to maintain ongoing compliance with regulatory and Company requirements.

• Implement our Company’s corporate EHS strategy at the site operations level: evaluate numerous initiatives, ensure robust process, systems, and resources are in place for all areas of accountability, drive internal audit/self-assessment programs to monitor program effectiveness.

• Assure completion of all regulatory submissions, notifications, etc. to maintain compliance with country, local and company standards.

• Ensure systems are in place at sites to track EHS performance metrics within the operational area and to manage EHS concerns and promote site communications.

• Track Commercial EHS performance metrics and ensure facilitation of necessary EHS meetings and communications.

• Partner with GSE Centers of Excellence to develop guidance for site operations on the impact of new regulations and Company requirements and how best to implement.

• Interact and collaborate with site senior management teams and other senior level executives across functional areas.

• Communicate clearly and concisely complex technical and regulatory information to both senior level leaders and site EHS teams.

• Exercise good judgment to discern critical issues and events for escalation to senior level management.

• Partner with other Global EHS leaders to assist site operations leaders with implementation of EHS requirements, EHS Standards, and the EHS Office Manual.

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Company’s Motor Vehicle Safety Program.

Education Requirements

• Four-year degree with a concentration in Environmental or Safety related technical discipline preferred.

Experience and Skills

Required

• Fluency in English

• Minimum ten years professional work coupled with seven years applied professional EHS work

• Strong knowledge multinational regulations

• Demonstrated ability to successfully negotiate with regulatory agencies and senior business leaders

Preferred

• Relevant professional certification(s)

• Lean/Six Sigma

• Experience managing a global and culturally diverse team in multiple time zones

• Strategic and constructive leadership and change management skills

• Exposure to senior management teams to set strategy and make decisions

• Strategic and effective written and verbal communication

Locations

• Must be able to sit at a US or Europe location

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range:

$169,700.00 - $267,200.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here (https://www.benefitsatmerck.com/) .

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

04/8/2025

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Requisition ID: R341558