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Description:

We are seeking an EHS and Equipment Specialist. This role reports to the Director of Equipment Department and is ideally suited for an individual with an understanding of health, safety and environmental equipment, regulations, and practices.  The selected candidate will assist other EHS team members, support the Quality Assurance Function, and assist Facilities Services team with EHS equipment and non-EHS laboratory equipment, operations, and compliance issues. Excellent opportunity for additional learning and development.

Details: This is a full-time role based onsite in Redmond, WA. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

1. Equipment Cleaning Safety: Use of Acids, Bases, Solvents, Vapors, and Special Gases used to clean and decontaminate equipment, on routine basis
2. Electrical Safety and Contractor Safety Oversight
3. Hazardous Energy Control and Robotic/Automated Operations Safety
4. Fume Hood and Biological Safety Cabinet operation and certification
5. HEPA filter and Non-HEPA filter testing, performance monitoring, and maintenance
6. Workplace Environmental and Occupational Health Monitoring
7. PPE selection and fitting processes: Biological and Chemical Safety
8. Proactive Risk Assessment and Risk Modeling
9. Assist compliance with Federal, State, Local, and Industry Regulations, Standards, and Codes; and assure compliance with company EHS policy and standard operating procedures.

Secondary Responsibilities: 

1. General Equipment Oversight – EHS and Non-EHS: Assist in Administering the computerized calibration and maintenance management system. Assist management of equipment inventory database which includes environmental monitoring equipment, biotechnology processing equipment, critical analytical equipment, fixed facility assets, instrumentation, and robotic equipment.
2. Participate in risk-based maintenance program, spare parts strategy, and preventive maintenance program.
3. Participate in Failure Mode and Effects Analyses with Vendor Engineers, Technicians, and Internal Stakeholders. Perform Root Cause Analyses and impact assessments. Investigate Out of Tolerance (OOT) events.
4. Coordinate and oversee activity of selected third party calibration and preventive maintenance contractors for process equipment and instrumentation and providers of waste management vendors (including RMW); all on as-needed basis.
5. Support Quality Control and Quality Assurance objectives.

Service Support Responsibilities: 

1. Oversee selection of contractors and vendors who perform actual calibration and PM services.
2. Provide equipment and technical services to support ramp up and expansion of R&D capabilities in order to ensure utility suitability and facility readiness to support operations.
3. Manage Haz Mat inventory, Haz Mat usage, and facility waste streams in accordance with company policy, OSHA, and related applicable regulatory requirements and industry practices.
4. File required regulatory reports.
5. Responsible for oversight of the monitoring, alarm, and alert systems for critical systems, equipment, freezers, refrigerators, incubators, and other critical process or environmental control chambers or apparatus.
6. Responsible for oversight of safety and health training and retraining including but not limited to chemical hygiene, PPE, hazardous energy control, electrical safety, and spill response

Skills/Eligibility:

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science is preferred.
• 0-3 years experience with biotechnology process equipment, manufacture, instrumentation, and plant equipment in a laboratory or production environment.
• Familiarity OSHA regulations and basic high-level understanding of the Federal Clean Air Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Clean Water Act. Etc.; and the corresponding legislation, codes, regulations, and agencies at the state and local levels
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills required to work effectively and efficiently in a team-based environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft products; ability to learn additional software applications.
• Ability to read engineering drawings including P&ID’s, mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, etc. is a plus