Health, Safety, Environmental (Hse) Specialist

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Organization Overview:

Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. Lilly is a fortune 500 company that has been in operation for over 140 years. We make medicine with safety first and quality always while living our company values of Integrity, Excellence, and Respect for People.

Lilly is designing and building a new state of the art Parenteral, Device Assembly, and Packaging Facility located at the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina. This is an exciting opportunity to help build and operate a state-of-the-art manufacturing site from the ground up.

The Health, Safety, Environmental (HSE) Specialist will be responsible for support of the construction & logistics HSE aspects. Responsibilities will include but not limited to: regulatory and corporate HSE compliance for the site, coordination of all HSE activities for the site, tracking and trending data necessary for the safe operation of RTP, site HSE improvements, and influencing business and strategic planning.

The HSE Specialist provides coaching to the organization to ensure a safe work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for all HSE activities at the RTP project site including compliance with environmental permits.
• Engage site resources in achieving an injury free workplace.
• Provide logistics safety expertise to support operational needs.
• Develop, establish, and sustain HSE systems, processes, and programs for the RTP project & logistics in support of the transition from construction to start up, and to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements
• Leverage knowledge of severe injury risk to influence minimization of potential events, and increase awareness / knowledge among site operations and contractor resources.
• Work directly with construction and design build firms to ensure HSE requirements are met and facilitating smooth handoff from construction to start up.
• Provide front line HSE support for the project site.
• Provide construction site support to multiple contractors (this includes auditing, data collection, trending, and supporting local safety teams).
• 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.

Basic Qualifications:

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

Additional Preferences:

• Demonstrated technical leadership skills
• Strong communication and computer skills required
• Green site start up experience preferred
• Prior HSE construction experience
• Experience with CAPA system for HSE changes and deviations
• Desire to contribute both in construction and operations HSE roles
• Strong HSE regulatory knowledge
• GMP operational experience

Additional Information:

• Role is Monday through Friday based. Must be flexible in providing support to accommodate other inputs (production schedules, shutdowns, etc.). Occasional extended hour and / or off-hour work may be required.
• Position will be based out of RTP site with ability to travel to Indianapolis and other global Lilly sites, as required

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