Illumina

EHS Staff Specialist, Environment

US - Colorado - Boulder · Staff+

H1B sponsorship available$108k-$162kDetected 30 days ago

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About the role

The Boulder Staff Specialist - Site Lead serves as the designated Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) leader for Illumina's Boulder site(s), ensuring effective implementation of EHS programs and compliance with applicable regulations.
This role partners closely with site and regional leadership to manage risk, drive continuous improvement, and support a strong safety culture across facilities and operations.

Collaborate with Global EHS team to support the implementation of global EHS strategies, programs, guidelines, policies, processes, systems, tools, training, best practices, and actions.
Monitor, interpret and assess existing or emerging EHS laws, regulations, regulatory policy, and industry practices to determine operational and business impacts and develop action plans for further risk management.
Lead and document key EHS business processes such as EHS risk assessments, incident investigations and other occupational safety processes.
Partner and engage with Boulder and regional business partners to measure, analyze, and communicate EHS Key Performance Indicator (KPI) and metrics.
Manage the Boulder environmental programs such as hazardous waste management, industrial wastewater, storm water and air emission requirements.
Deliver EHS expertise for facilities changes, moves and enhancements in conformance with local building/fire codes.
Partner with Human Resources and Risk Management on the collaborative management of the workers compensation program
Prepare and deliver training as needed in areas such as, but not limited to, chemical/lab safety, radiation safety, ergonomics, emergency response and life safety.

Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
Ability to measure and communicate the business value of safety.
Effective educator and strong ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
Experience working in fast paced and dynamic environment with fast global business growth.
Ability to prioritize and execute work among competing priorities.
Knowledge of scientific principles and concepts and experience applying to EHS needs.
Experience in various lab safety programs including radiation safety and biological safety
Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, scientific creativity, collaboration with others and independent thought.
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree
or 6 years and a Master's degree

Partner with Human Resources and Risk Management on the collaborative management of the workers compensation program

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world.
Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Safety, Occupational Health & Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or applicable field or equivalent
Placement depends on experience, skills, location, and internal equity.

Frequently interact with regional team members and/or functional peer group managers, and customers to lead a cooperative effort among members of diverse project teams.
Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself.
Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference.

This listing is sourced directly from Illumina's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.