Are you motivated to participate in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment? Do you want to join a company that invests in its employees? Are you seeking a position where you can use your skills while continuing to be challenged and learn? Then we encourage you to dive deeper into this opportunity. We believe in career development and empowering our employees. Not only do we provide career coaches internally, but we offer many training opportunities to expand your knowledge base! We have highly competitive benefits with a variety HMO and PPO options. We have company 401k match along with an Employee Stock Purchase Program. We have tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and even start employees off with 16 days of paid time off plus holidays. We offer wellness courses and have highly engaged employee resource groups. Come join the Neo team and be part of our amazing World Class Culture! NeoGenomics has an opening for an EHS Team Lead who wants to continue to learn in order to allow our company to grow. This is an onsite, Monday – Friday, Day shift position. Now that you know what we're looking for in talent, let us tell you why you'd want to work at NeoGenomics: As an employer, we promise to provide you with a purpose driven mission in which you have the opportunity to save lives by improving patient care through the exceptional work you perform. Together, we will become the world's leading cancer reference laboratory.
Position Summary:
This position will primarily support the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) program at the Aliso Viejo site in addition to lending support when needed across the network at other sites. Expect to provide overall SME, technical, maintain good standings with external agencies & regulatory guidance and be supportive of the EHS I & EHS II team members.
Responsibilities:
• Provide technical guidance in the areas of occupational safety for site and laboratory personnel to identify safety hazards, evaluate processes to prevent and control risk in the work areas. Develop and present recommendations as needed for corrective action, and execute approved actions. Coordinate the Annual Chemical Sweep and ensure our SDS database is up to date; respond to laboratory service requests related to supporting safety and compliance.• Oversee the training program to ensure content is relevant, current, and applicable to correct groups. Monitor training programs to ensure adequate and important trainings are developed and assigned.• Tabulate EHS metrics related to Safety Incidences, ergonomic issues, and any others that would provide relevant information and perform incident trend analysis. Develop a trend analysis of which types of safety incidences occur most often and why, develop a process to address.• Manage EHS projects needed for developing a successful and robust EHS program.
Experience & Required Qualifications:
Education: Bachelors Dree required in EHS, Science or Occupational Health preferred.
At least 5 years of experience working in an EHS related role in a laboratory/hospital setting involving industrial hygiene, involving hazardous materials/hazardous waste, participating with internal/external inspections, environmental/laboratory risk assessments, decontamination, ergonomics, emergency management program in a laboratory environment.
Current working regulatory knowledge of applicable government and safety regulations provided by OSHA, RCRA/Non-RCRA, NFPA, EPA, NIOSH, ASHRAE, or ANSI.
Compliance experience with CA (Orange County Healthcare Agency, SCAQMD - Air Quality Control Agency, Fire Authority, Cal-EPA and other CUPAs, state (DTSC, TCEQ), and federal EHS regulations (Cal-OSHA, Cal-EPA)
Proven project and program management skills, working independently and with groups
Must exhibit versatility between ability to work in a team environment and work independently as required.
NeoGenomics Laboratories JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Team Lead Level: N/A Exemption Status: Exempt Division / Department: Facilities Reports To: Environmental Health and Safety Manager Date Prepared: March 15, 2024 Date Revised: Summary: This position will primarily support the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) program at the Aliso Viejo site in addition to supporting the EHS program at other NeoGenomics sites. Expect to provide overall SME, technical, maintain good standings with external agencies & regulatory guidance and be supportive of other EHS team members. Responsibilities: Core Responsibilities Note: Other duties may be assigned as applicable. • Provide technical guidance in the areas of occupational safety for site and laboratory personnel to identify safety hazards, evaluate processes to prevent and control risk in the work areas. Develop and present recommendations as needed for corrective action, and execute approved actions. • • Oversee the EHS training program to ensure content is relevant, current, and applicable. Compile EHS metrics related to safety incidences, ergonomic issues, audit findings for program monitoring and evaluation. • • Manage EHS projects needed for developing a successful and robust EHS program. Compile the required EHS, energy, and waste data to meet routine regulatory and team reporting requirements. • • • Oversee site Chemical Management Program Manage site auditing and monitoring program with routine inspections for Aliso Viejo Perform ergonomic assessments to identify root causes of employee concern and reduce the occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries by providing targeted remedies to alleviate pain/soreness. • • Oversee storage, management and disposal of hazardous, biohazardous, and universal waste generated at the site to ensure compliance with all local, state and federal regulations. Develop site emergency action plans and perform evacuation drills (must be able to come in for night shift drills). • • Develop and Co-Lead Monthly EHS Committee team meetings Maintain records of all original Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests, Medical Waste Tracking documents, and Universal Waste tracking documents, and all regulatory permits. • • Coordinate Annual Chemical Exposure Monitoring. Respond to external and internal EHS related inspections and provide relevant documents for evidence compliance. Page 1 of 3
NeoGenomics Laboratories •Review and update new hire and annual refresher trainings assigned via online learning management systems. •Conduct Injury/Illness investigations to determine root cause,corrective/preventative actions. Position Objectives: • • Develop and elevate organizational EHS program to support the success of the organization and the safety of all employees and visitors. Implement the organizational EHS program at the Aliso Viejo. Education: Required: Bachelor degree. Desired disciplines include: EHS, science, occupational health or related. Preferred: Master’s in similar EHS/Occupational Health discipline and/or CSP Experience: 5-7 years of experience working in an EHS related role in a laboratory/hospital setting, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, involving hazardous materials/hazardous waste, participating with internal/external inspections, environmental/laboratory risk assessments, decontamination, ergonomics, emergency management program in a laboratory environment. Page 2 of 3
NeoGenomics Laboratories Qualification Employee must be able to successfully perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The Requirements: requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made with individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Current working regulatory knowledge of applicable government and safety regulations provided by OSHA, RCRA/Non-RCRA, NFPA, EPA, NIOSH, ASHRAE, or ANSI. Compliance experience with CA (Orange County Healthcare Agency, SCAQMD - Air Quality Control Agency, Fire Authority, Cal-EPA and other CUPAs, state (DTSC, TCEQ), and federal EHS regulations (Cal-OSHA, Cal-EPA) • • • Proven project and program management skills, working independently and with groups Must exhibit versatility between ability to work in a team environment and work independently as required. Physical Demands • • Must maintain current and future certificates as required for the role. Detail-Oriented, meticulous, problem solver, self-starter Page 3 of 3
NeoGenomics Laboratories • Strong communication skills, ability to influence and bring change at all levels of the organization. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk- around the facility, sit, talk or hear. The employee is expected to use hands to fingers, reach with hands and arms. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Interaction with laboratory equipment, samples, supplies, and laboratory personnel may be required whereby appropriate PPEs must be worn. Qualification Preferred: • • Experience developing metrics, working with data reporting and tracking systems Strong experience managing projects and/or EHS compliance within a healthcare setting. • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and know how to prioritize and be adaptable to a dynamic environment • • Exhibit experience developing EHS trainings and programs Able to simultaneously manage multiple projects and other responsibilities, adjust to changing priorities and to make decisions with speed and accuracy based on available information • • Exhibit critical thinking techniques and be able to solve problems systematically Team player with strong interpersonal skills, capable of working within a globally diverse, cross-functional, internal and external team across different locations, states and time zones. • • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Smartsheets Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills Certificate Compliance EHS Certificates are preferred in the areas of DOT/IATA, CHMM, ASP, CSP, IH, OSHA 40 Requirements: hour, CA Title 22 Non-RCRA training, CPR/First Aid/AED Travel Required: Travel will be less than 15%. Some overnight travel may be occasionally required. Employee Printed Name: Employee Signature: Date: Page 4 of 3
