Senior EHS Specialist APAC - R&D and Affiliates

The Senior EHS Specialist is responsible for the adaptation, implementation and development of a broad range of Environmental, Health and Safety programs, within the CSL-Melbourne Research and Development operations and Affiliate offices, as well as across lab and office facilities across APAC. The development, harmonization, provision, implementation and monitoring of EHS standards, coordination with GMs and local external EHS experts & specialists at our affiliates and R&D centers is essential and integral part of this role.

Reporting to the Head of EHS R&D and Affiliates, this position demonstrates competence across a variety of EHS disciplines while ensuring EHS compliance requirements are being reviewed and maintained at several CSL facilities

Key Responsibilities

Provides guidance and structure to support safety programs across several labs, offices, and distribution locations to ensure on-going compliance with European, country-specific laws and regulations through reviews, corrective action, and continuous improvement. Manages Melbourne site EHS programs to ensure on-going compliance through reviews, corrective action, and continuous improvement.

Engage with company facility and regional senior management to represent the EHS Function as part of the regional leadership governance process. Ensures site delegates meet all outlined requirements and renewal requirements.

Develops Standardized Environmental and Safety Programs 

• Facilitates and performs risk identification and analysis.

• Affiliates: Risks that arise from typical office-based and field-based activities

• R&D center: Risks that arise from typical laboratory activities.

• Facilitates and performs environmental risk identification and analysis.

• Outlines training requirement to staff.

• Ensures regulatory compliance and site conformance to procedures and policies

Develops EHS Incident Program & Procedures 

• Reviews and categorizes incident reports, investigations, and CAPA.

• Leads and reviews incident investigations and outlines areas for improvement or additional mitigation efforts.

• Tracks incident and CAPA metrics.

• Assists with incident notifications and safety alerts

Other Responsibilities as Assigned May Include 

• Environmental and sustainability program management.

• Development of technical documents including EHS procedures, programs, and training.

• Owns the development and execution of emergency response plans and drills. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering or equivalent; master’s degree preferred

• General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety recommended

• 7+ year’s relevant EHS experience

• Thorough knowledge of safety and environmental regulations

• Pharmaceutical, R&D or chemical operations experience

• Ability to work independently and build partnerships globally

• Must be able to travel within the APAC region.

• Must have the ability to write procedures, policies, reports, and correspondence.

• Must be comfortable with delivering presentations to audiences of 5-200 people (ex. training, presentation of data or results)

• Must be comfortable with engaging/influencing senior business leadership regarding EHS matters

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures and policies

Closing Date for Applications: Monday 28th September, 2026

Location: Melbourne CBD

About CSL Behring

CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.

CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.

To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor  visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.

Our Benefits

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You Belong at CSL

At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.

 To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging

Equal Opportunity Employer

CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.