BS in EHS, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Engineering, or Biological Sciences; advanced degree preferred.
8+ years of progressive EHS experience in biotech, pharmaceutical, or regulated manufacturing.
Strong command of OSHA regulations, hazardous waste management, and environmental compliance.
Experience as an appointed BSO, CHO, or equivalent with biosafety and chemical hygiene ownership.
Proven ability to scale EHS programs from research to manufacturing environments.
Certifications such as CSP, CIH, CBSP, RBP, CHMM, or 40-hour HAZWOPER are advantageous.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to deliver training and execute hands-on tasks.
Responsibilities
Own and enhance existing EHS programs across laboratory and manufacturing sites.
Develop and implement safety programs for machine guarding, lockout/tagout, and cleanroom operations.
Manage hazardous waste compliance and environmental reporting for both sites.
Formalize risk assessments, incident investigations, and emergency response planning.
Improve training practices and foster a strong safety culture as the organization scales.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate EHS into daily operations.
Create safety metrics for leadership visibility and prepare for regulatory inspections.
Benefits
Opportunity to shape and professionalize existing EHS programs.
Unique role spanning BSL-2 research and GMP manufacturing environments.
Design EHS for a new, custom facility rather than retrofitting an existing one.
Onsite or hybrid work model to meet business and team needs.
Full Job Description
What you'll do
Reporting to the Director, Facilities, you will own EHS across both sites, split roughly evenly between laboratory and biosafety programs and manufacturing safety infrastructure. You will inherit functioning programs; your mandate is to professionalize and extend them:
Manufacturing Safety: Build the programs a scaling operation requires, including machine guarding, lockout/tagout, ergonomics, and cleanroom operations.
Waste & Environmental Compliance: Own hazardous waste generator status, RCRA and MassDEP compliance, vendor management, and environmental reporting at both sites.
Risk, Incident & Emergency Response: Formalize risk assessment, job hazard analysis, incident investigation, root cause analysis, and near-miss reporting under a just-culture framework; own fire, spill, and evacuation planning.
Training & Safety Culture: Take over and improve existing training and documentation practices, building a safety culture that scales with lab and manufacturing growth.
Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Manufacturing, Quality, and Scientific Operations so EHS is built into how work gets done rather than layered on afterward.
Metrics & Inspection Readiness: Develop safety metrics that give leadership visibility into organizational risk, and prepare the company for OSHA, EPA, local, and GMP-adjacent inspections.
Who you are
Education: BS in EHS, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science, Engineering, or Biological Sciences. Advanced degree a plus.
Experience: 8+ years of progressive EHS experience in biotech, pharmaceutical, or comparable regulated manufacturing is required.
Regulatory Core: Working command of OSHA regulations, hazardous waste management, risk assessment, and environmental compliance is required.
Program Ownership: We highly value candidates who have held biosafety and chemical hygiene ownership as an appointed BSO, CHO, or equivalent.
Scaling Experience: We highly value candidates who have taken an organization from research-scale to manufacturing-scale EHS and can judge what to keep in an inherited program and what to rebuild.
Certifications: CSP, CIH, CBSP or RBP, CHMM, or 40-hour HAZWOPER are a plus.
Communication & Judgment: Strong writing and training delivery, comfort moving between program strategy and hands-on execution, and the ability to work across two Greater Boston sites.
Physical Requirements: Respirator fit testing and medical clearance, occasional lifting up to 50 lbs, access mechanical and rooftop equipment, and after-hours emergency
Your impact
Real Ownership: You inherit a working foundation rather than a blank page or an entrenched bureaucracy, with room to make the mature program yours.
Breadth of Scope: Few EHS roles span BSL-2 research and GMP manufacturing scale-up. This does.
Facility Timing: You will design EHS for a brand-new, bespoke Allston facility rather than retrofit it. Compensation: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $170,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors including experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Onsite expectations: The majority of our roles at Terrestrial are either onsite or hybrid, which allows us to meet both business and team needs. Candidates applying must be willing to be onsite 4-5 days per week. Location: Woburn, MA and our new, custom facility in Allston MA planned for Q4 of 2026. Presence at both sites during the transition.
