Process Safety Advisor

Why Patients Need You
- Here at Pfizer, we have a specific purpose - to find breakthroughs that change patients' lives. We are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
- One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
- We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation
- We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
- Primary reporting role will be to the UK Environmental, Health and Safety UK Lead.

Position Purpose

As part of the Environmental, Health and Safety team, based at the Sandwich site you will:

- Provide proactive, hands-on, day-to-day health and safety advice to support the Pfizer UK Research and Development business.
- Be responsible for the provision of a high standard of process safety advice and assistance, with the ability to influence senior leaders in the business to ensure environment, health and safety remains high on the agenda, and continually reinforces our high performing environmental, health and safety culture.
- Act as the health and safety contact for UK R&D investment projects with a responsibility to ensure adherence to the programmes for change management.
- Be able to work largely independent of direct day-to-day supervision.
- Set and adhere to own timelines to ensure delivery of goals as agreed with the Environmental, Health and Safety UK lead.
- Demonstrate strategic and tactical awareness and so influences goals and activities.
- Be able to identify shortfalls and agree and implement resolution.

Primary Duties
- Provide advice, guidance, and direction regarding environmental and health and safety matters relevant to current business activities.
- Lead UK process safety programmes and initiatives which contribute to the development, maintenance and review of the process safety specific elements of the UK Environmental, Health and Safety Management system.
- Communicate and consult efficiently on process safety matters associated with the UK Research and Development business lines and globally as applicable.
- Formulate and maintain appropriate written policies, procedures, rules, guidance and briefing notes.
- Facilitate and lead (where appropriate) specialist process safety assessments e.g. hazard studies, dispersion modelling, layers of protection analysis (LOPA), safety integrity level assessment (SIL), dangerous substances and explosive atmosphere assessments and hazardous area classifications (DSEAR and HAC).
- Arrange and coordinate additional specialist assistance where necessary.
- Plan, develop and lead Environmental, Health and Safety audit and inspection programmes.
- Lead and participate in active monitoring programmes, supporting where appropriate, the implementation of recommendations.
- Contribute to the formulation of annual Environmental, Health and Safety objectives and targets.
- Identify, compile and deliver training and mentoring programmes.
- Responsible for the development and implementation of a human factors training programme to support root analysis causation during incident investigation.
- Establish and maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, company standards and best practice, communicating changes and developments and coordinating response to ensure compliance and to enable continued professional competence.
- Establish and maintain communication links with local and global Pfizer colleagues and external parties.
- Manage tasks and projects to meet timelines, technical and where appropriate budget requirements.
- Consult and liaise with relevant parties regarding process safety matters and represent the company at external meetings and seminars as appropriate.
- Act as an incident severity assessor and investigation approver, to ensure appropriateness of investigation findings and corrective actions (root causation).
- Contribute to data analysis and review, including preparation of performance reports to identify trends and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Compile promotional communications for process safety items to be included in both local and global Environmental, Health and Safety communication programmes.
- Maintain a close working relationship with Environmental