Assistant EHS Specialist

1 day ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Pharmaron Full time

**Job Specification**:
We offer:

- **Vibrant and dynamic employment - **we are a highly specialised, growth company operating in a critical sector of the economy - our future is strong and exciting
- **Opportunities to develop your skills and yourself - **our rapid growth brings greater opportunities for you to learn and grow faster
- **A great team where we all support each other - **enjoy your work - after all you spend about a third of your time here

**Our Company**:"We are a dynamic, fast-growing company, with an enviable reputation for leading edge science, offering contract research services to some of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, solving what were believed to be unsolvable scientific challenges".
We believe in our ability to relentlessly push forward the boundaries of scientific excellence, delivering solutions for our clients, always operating ethically and with integrity. We take pride in our professionalism and commitment to always deliver our very best work.

The Cardiff site is Pharmaron’s global centre of excellence for the custom chemical synthesis of drug and complex chemical substances radiolabelled with tritium or carbon-14.

The EHS team provides the site with environmental, health and safety advice as well as radiological safety support. The team is responsible for ensuring compliance with the sites EPR2010 environmental permit and with all applicable health and safety legislation. We offer our employees a highly supportive team-work environment, enabling them to develop and liberate their true potential. To support the growth of our department, we are currently seeking for an **Assistant EHS Specialist**.
- We offer state of the art working environment in our modern Cardiff site
- We offer the opportunity for growth and development and will support funding for relevant training and development programmes

**Job Summary**

To assist with the practical provision of radiological safety support to all site functions and permit compliance including the safe packaging, storage and disposal of waste.

**Key roles and responsibilities**:

- Carry out radiological and environment surveys, ensuring compliance with company and statutory regulations, maintaining accurate records of all tests and surveys in the approved format to meet regulatory requirements.
- Identify and report on abnormalities and trends identified in surveys and monitoring programmes.
- Give advice, recommendations and assistance to facilities staff and contractors on radiological/environmental safety and waste assessments.
- Assist in the provision of dosimetry surveillance arrangements for employees and facilitate decontamination of staff, visitors and contractors when they report with levels above the clothing and skin contamination limits.
- Facilitate the on-site radioactive waste consignment of solid radioactive waste to the on-site incinerator including the destruction of the waste and facilitate the on-site processing of aqueous radioactive waste using the AO electrochemical plant.
- Facilitate the off-site radioactive waste consignment of organic liquid and solid radioactive waste to the off-site incineration contractor specified in the EPR2016 permit and facilitate the off-site radioactive waste consignment of aqueous radioactive waste to the off-site disposal point specified in the EPR2016 permit.
- Carry out clearance monitoring on items leaving designated areas of site and enforce the accepted clearance levels in order to control contamination outside the designated areas to ALARP levels.
- Facilitate the on-site radioactive waste measurement of radioactive discharges via the stack.
- Assist the provision of the Site’s liquid scintillation counters including the arrangement for servicing and the method for calibration and function checking.
- Ensure that analytical and monitoring equipment is maintained to the required schedule.
- Participate and assist with the site risk assessment process.

**Qualification**:
**Requirements**:

- GCSE level or equivalent
- Have an understanding and awareness of the need for good safety processes and procedures
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to analyse and write up data
- Competence in the use of Microsoft Software packages Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Proven ability to work in an organized manner and effectively prioritise tasks to achieve deadlines
- Ability to handle pressure and difficult situations in a professional manner

**Desirable**:

- A level or equivalent
- Full clean driving license

**Why Should You Apply?**
- This is an opportunity for you as a recent graduate to demonstrate your ability to make a real impact in a highly scientific and regulated environment.
- Build and shape your career in an environment that sets and commits to the highest standards of Chemistry
- To be part of a team who support each other, embrace and solve technical challenges and put excellence at the heart of all that we do
- Founded in 2004,


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