Freelance EHS Specialist (Yacht Life Sciences) (ZZP)

Job description

Yacht Life Sciences has a vacancy for an EHS Specialist to work at the unit Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EH&S) of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine in Leiden (the Netherlands).  In this position, you will work under the direction of EH&S Manager, providing engineering support to ensure Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability within Mentor Medical Systems B.V in compliance with all Federal, State, and Local EH&S policies and standards relevant to Mentor as part of Johnson & Johnson. Under (limited supervision) and in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:

• Expert in Occupational Hygiene subjects (e.g. noise, ergonomics, exposure to chemicals), Transport Safety, EH&S Risk Assessments (e.g. JSA’s, Risk assessments)

• Lead and / or support the implementation of EH&S Standards within your field of expertise

• Coach / lead teams of EH&S Representatives and Standards Owners / SME’s as part of Integrated Ownership of Safety Standards (IOSS)

• Perform EH&S assessments within projects and set up, lead and / or support EH&S projects (for example waste reduction, use of chemical substances)

• Lead incident investigations

• Lead in- and external audits and inspections (for example ISO 14001, ISO 45001, J&J EH&S Audits, governmental agencies)

• Conduct EH&S related risk assessments like facility, ergonomic and chemical risk assessments

• Give EH&S training on EH&S related topics

• Present periodically to the Site Leadership Team

• Develop and/or improve EH&S processes and practices

Job requirements:

• Bachelor or Master in a relevant field of study (chemical, mechanical, electrical) 

• Dutch and English in speaking and writing (must)

• At least 5 years’ experience in the field or EH&S (lab, R&D, chemical and/or biological environment)

• Additional course Safety Manager level 3 (“HVK”) and / or Industrial Hygiene (“AH”) or comparable

• Experience with international Management System Standards like ISO 14001 & ISO 45001

• Experience with management of Emergency Response