Associate Director - HSE - Health & Safety

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Job description

THE EMPLOYER Take your career up a few notches with this is an American pharmaceutical company.

THE JOB
As a Associate Director - HSE - Health & Safety your roles and responsibilities will include:
Pre-Startup and Startup Phase:

• Provide collaborative, inclusive, and energetic leadership while supporting the broader HSE team and other functions as needed across all aspects of operational readiness and startup, including definition and development of tools and coaching needed to achieve HSE compliance and a positive site culture.
• Collaborate with the Senior Director HSE to identify and define the necessary capabilities, capacity, and priorities needed to build an HSE organization and culture that will operate and support the site to the highest standards of HSE and operational excellence by leveraging existing company guidelines and incorporating external experiences and knowledge.
• Support the project team to deliver the facility as a key stakeholder providing feedback and support on HSE-related design decisions and startup plan while ensuring decisions meet project deliverables and compliance requirements.
• Develop and adapt the HSE organizational structure where needed to provide correct and capable resources to support the site to full-scale GMP manufacturing.
• Build technical relationships with the relevant corporate/global/Indianapolis departments and as needed and support strategic corporate initiatives at the site level.

Post Startup:

• Provide functional leadership and HSE program ownership to support the HSE management system and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and the company's Global standards for HSE.
• With the site HSE leadership team, define and support the site HSE priorities & roadmap; integrating cross-functional partners as needed. Contribute to the development and management of the site s HSE business initiatives, HSE Plan, and HSE metrics.
• Ensure internal and external HSE reporting requirements are continually met.
• Have external focus, benchmark best practices across the company's network and externally.
• Support HSE team members technical and leadership development.
• Escalate HSE issues, as appropriate, to line management and corporate HSE management.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Most importantly, you need to be a passionate Associate Director - HSE - Health & Safety who enjoys his work and is considered to be one of the best within your organization. The ideal Associate Director - HSE - Health & Safety would be someone with deep experience in many (if not all) of the following:

Minimum of a bachelor s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and a minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role managing HSE teams and programs.
Additional Preferences:
Experience with implementing and/or managing emergency response and security programs in a manufacturing setting.
Experience with implementing and managing environmental compliance programs in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Must have a strong ability to form effective relationships at all levels and build strong team cultures to ensure a safe and successful work environment.
Experienced leadership of HSE programs and HSE management systems in a manufacturing setting. Experience in API manufacturing is preferred.
Experience with implementing and managing industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety programs.
Experience interfacing with HSE-related regulatory agencies.

We understand that even if you are a seasoned Associate Director - HSE - Health & Safety you may not have all the skills listed here. If you are a good at what you do and have a willingness to learn, lets talk.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Compensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industry
Minimum Education: Minimum of a bachelor s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
Minimum Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role managing HSE teams and programs.
Type of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefits
Telecommute: No
Location: Lebanon, Indiana
Relocation accepted: Yes

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