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.

Health, Safety, Environmental Specialist

(HSE Associate supporting Engineering/Maintenance/Facilities)

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 has built and is expanding its 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 technical support of Contractor Safety, Fire Safety, Pre Start-up Safety Reviews, Machine Guarding, Safety Investigations, & Engineering/Maintenance/Facilities support, processes, and programs at the RTP site. Responsibilities will include but not limited to: regulatory and corporate HSE compliance for the site, coordination of HSE activities for the site, technical support necessary for the safe operation of RTP, and site HSE improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Engage site resources in achieving an injury free workplace.
• Develop, establish, and sustain HSE aspects, processes, and programs for the RTP site to support operational readiness, and to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements
• Implement and maintain HSE aspects in support of the sites’ goals.
• Implement HSE aspects for RTP and provide ongoing technical support.
• Provide support for HSE activities at the RTP site.
• Understand and support HSE event investigations, 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.
• Provide front line support for the site.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Scientific, Engineering, or HSE discipline
• Prior HSE experience
• Strong HSE regulatory knowledge
• Experience with CAPA system for HSE changes and deviations/incidents

Additional Preferences:

• Demonstrated technical leadership skills
• Strong communication and computer skills required
• Green field site 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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