Senior EHS Specialist (PSSR)

Summary:A Senior EHS Specialist for Pre-Start-Up Safety Review (PSSR) is required to work fulltime onsite for a biopharmaceutical company in West Dublin. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring that its new small molecule manufacturing facility is safe, compliant, and ready for operation.Responsibilities:Verify that HAZOP/LOPA actions for the equipment and systems are closed to ensure all process hazard actions are completed.Validate that OEL/OEB strategies, containment and LEV systems, closed transfers, PPE selection, and exposure monitoring plans are in place to assure occupational exposure controls.Check ATEX zoning, ignition source control, grounding and bonding, relief capacity, and segregation of incompatibles to verify facility and area classifications.Confirm the installation, calibration, and functional testing of reliefs, interlocks, gas detection, scrubbers, fire protection, and ventilation systems to ensure all safety critical systems are compliant.Confirm that controlled SOPs, permit to work implementation, training completion and records, and human factors such as labels, alarms, and ergonomics are in place to ensure procedures and competency.Confirm that all items tied to the startup have been closed or risk-justified with interim controls to ensure full change management integration.Review air and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) abatement, waste segregation, containment and disposal routes, and wastewater or stormwater permits and monitoring to validate environmental controls.Conduct housekeeping, labelling and LOTO checks, leak and inerting checks, instrument and alarm tests, and define operating limits and enhanced monitoring to execute field walkdown and startup controls.Document open items with compensatory measures, make go/no-go decisions, and plan post-startup reviews and lessons learned to manage deviations and approval.Qualifications & Experience:Relevant degree required.Minimum of 5+ years’ professional experience required in Safety, Health and environmental programs with Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) experience.Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing/cGMP environment is essential, small molecule manufacturing is desirable.Experience working in an ATEX environment is essential.Knowledge and understanding of Safety, Health & Environment compliance reporting.Have a proactive attitude and the ability to take immediate ownership of safety initiatives.Project management, LEAN or other organisational qualifications are desirable.