General Information

Country United States

City Pennsville, New Jersey

Functional Area Operations

Job Group SHE

Employment Type Permanent Contract

Working time Full-time

At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, make Siegfried an attractive employer.

Your role

SUMMARY:

The incumbent fosters a safety culture by supporting the compliance with OSHA, EPA, TCPA, DPPCC, RCRA, and other relevant safety standards through performance of assigned responsibilities in this job description.

Using the PDCA cycle, and best Safety and Health practices in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, the incumbent plays a key role in sustaining systems like Quentic software accuracy, MySTOP behavior safety observations; reporting and tracking leading and lagging KPIs, HRP (Hazard Recognition Program), among others.

Incumbent will support in the continuous improvement, gap analysis and closure of such gaps of the safety programs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Implements and updates workplace safety programs based on the requirement established by the senior safety manager of the PSV site.
  • Participates and facilitates the resource for risk assessments to identify potential hazards and implements corrective actions including but not limited to Industrial Hygiene programs working with Safety Engineer and the internal and external Industrial Hygienists.
  • Manages the Annual Medical Surveillance Testing and the Nurses for the site during the production of Phentarmine or other processes
  • Supports and participates in the Process Hazard Analysis (PHAs) for compliance with OSHA PSM and TCPA.
  • Organizes and conducts safety-training sessions for employees ranging from operations to salaried and office and management employees. 
  • Imparts the safety portions of onboard orientations for new hires and ongoing safety education.
  • Creates Safety and Health educational and training materials such as safety manuals based on safety procedures, creates pocket books, and guidelines for employees and contractors.
  • Improves the safety and health performance for contractors by participating with procurement in implementing and evaluating contractors' safety programs.
  • Maintains the safety communication boards with accurate data including leading and lagging KPIs
  • Develops and implements visitor and contractor safety programs according to best practices of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.  Applicable to the all contractors and visitors to the PSV site to comply with internal E&S and security requirements.
  • Works with the security department and serves as a backup for security topics
  • Spends time on the floor to investigate workplace accidents, injuries, and near-miss incidents to determine causes and recommend preventive measures under the direction of the safety engineer and Sr Manager of H&S.
  • Maintains records of safety-related incidents and reports, and communicate findings with management.
  • Conducts formally internal audits and Spot checks to ensure compliance with safety regulations, including PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) usage.
  • Conducts internal audits and inspections to monitor safety compliance and make necessary improvements.
  • Maintain accurate documentation of safety inspections, incident investigations, and compliance activities.
  • Prepares and presents reports to management on safety metrics, incidents, and recommendations for improvement
  • Collaborate with external regulatory bodies during inspections and audits

Your profile

Education and Experience:

  • BA/BS or equivalent from an accredited program related to EHS, Industrial, or Technical Field or equivalent relevant experience of 10 or more years in the pharmaceutical and/or chemical industry
  • Preferred Certifications: be certified or be able to complete certification within a year on CSP (Certified Safety Professional), OSHA 30-Hour, or any other relevant safety certifications.
  • Experience: Prefer 2 years of experience in a safety-related role, in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

  • Analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Attention to detail and organizational skills and able to handle multiple tasks.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across departments (e.g., R&D, Lab, Maintenance, Production).
  • Ability to handle high-pressure situations and make decisions swiftly in emergencies
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Good computer skills (MS Office). 
  • Be a starter, influencer, self-motivated and initiator.
  • Able to support the site 24/7 operation by being on call and be willing to work overtime when required.

Working at Siegfried

Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.

Who we are

In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe

The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model. 

The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production. 

We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.

What we do in Pennsville

Pennsville is our drug substance manufacturing site for the US mar-ket and provides spray drying operations globally.

Main activities

  • Pilot and commercial manufacturing of drug substances (APIs) and related intermediates
  • All fully cGMP and SHE compliant

Features

  • 3 GMP pilot suites: 0.1–2 m³ reactors
  • 200m3 commercial capacity: 1–10 m³ reactors
  • Successful transfer of new products to the commercial scale - Powerful rectification
  • Spray drying in pilot and commercial scale for both isolation and dispersion technology
  • Micronization in pilot and commercial

Strategic importance

  • CMO for innovative drug substances and manufacturer of our opiates portfolio for the US market