Sr. Director HSE

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Position Description:

The Sr. Director - Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) will provide technical, strategic, and administrative leadership to the HSE function for the Concord site.  Responsibilities will include but not limited to: Ensuring regulatory / site / corporate HSE compliance, development of HSE systems / processes / programs, development of the HSE staff, enabling operational excellence, and establishing an injury free workplace. The Sr. Director - HSE will be a member of Concord site lead team.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Ensuring compliance with all internal and external requirements

• Establishing an injury free workplace

• Develop and implement the HSE management system  

• Achieving environmental goals

• Permitting, regulatory compliance, and building relationships with HSE regulators

• Partnering with Corporate HSE function.

• Collaborate with HSE peers at other Lilly Manufacturing sites

• Establishment of local employee health services

• Strategic and business planning and develop site HSE Roadmap

• Lead Team Member with cross functional influence

• Aspect and safety team development

• Develop, establish, and sustain systems, processes, and programs for the Concord site to support the transition from construction to start up

• Partner with construction and design build firms to ensure smooth handoff from construction to start up

• Provide leadership and technical support for all HSE activities at the Concord site

• Provide leadership in the development, coordination and execution of site Emergency Response plan.

• Understand and support the HSE event, CAPA and change control processes, and influence application of the hierarchy of controls to reduce risk, driving toward site and company goals to achieve an injury free workplace

• Leverage knowledge of severe injury risk to influence minimization of potential events and increase awareness / knowledge among site resources

• Provide Industrial Hygiene, industrial safety, and environmental support for the site

Requirements (Education, Experience, Training):

• Bachelor of Science in Scientific, Engineering, or HSE discipline

• HSE experience including manufacturing

• Experience with CAPA system for HSE changes and deviations

Preferred attributes but not required:

• Strong HSE regulatory knowledge

• Demonstrated technical leadership skills

• Strong communication and computer skills required

• Demonstrated people leadership experience

• Green sites start up experience preferred

• GMP operational experience

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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