HSE Specialist (Health, Safety, Environmental) at Eli Lilly and Company

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 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.

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

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 the development and technical support of HSE systems, processes, and programs at the RTP site. Responsibilities will include but not limited to: regulatory and corporate HSE compliance for the site, coordination of Parenteral 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.

This person provides coaching to the organization to ensure a safe work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Engage site resources in achieving an injury free workplace.

• Develop, establish, and sustain HSE systems, processes, and programs for the RTP site to support the transition from construction to start up, and to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements

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

• Develop and establish HSE aspects for RTP and provide ongoing technical support.

• Provide support for Parenteral HSE activities at the RTP site including compliance with environmental permits.

• 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.

• Provide floor support to multiple operations (this includes auditing, data collection, trending, and supporting local safety teams).

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

Basic Qualifications:

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

Additional Preferences:

• Prior HSE experience

• Strong HSE regulatory knowledge

• Experience with CAPA system for HSE changes and deviations

• Demonstrated technical leadership skills

• Strong communication and computer skills required

• Start up experience preferred

• 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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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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