Sr. Director HSE - GMP - Concord

Reports to the Concord Plant Site Head

The Senior Director, HSE (Health, Safety, and Environmental), is directly responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the HSE programs and systems for the Concord Plant manufacturing site. The Senior Director HSE is responsible for the productivity and development of the HSE employees, resolution of health, safety and environmental issues, and ensuring compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements. This role provides HSE oversight for all site operations, including manufacturing, environmental control, utilities and waste operations, lab facilities, emergency response, and administrative facilities.

• Provide program ownership for the HSE Management System to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and Lilly Global standards for Health, Safety and Environment.
• Continue to define and support the site HSE priorities and roadmap, integrating functional lead team partners as required; develop and manage the HSE business initiatives, HSE plan and HSE metrics.
• Ensure regulatory reporting requirements are continually met.
• Have external focus, benchmark best practices across the network and externally.
• Develop future management and technical leadership for the site and network/global roles.
• Escalate critical environmental, health and safety issues as appropriate to line management and corporate HSE management.

• Experienced leadership of HSE programs and HSE management systems in a manufacturing setting (e.g., pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, food and beverage).
• Experience with implementing and managing environmental compliance programs in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Experience interfacing with regulatory agencies on environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline and a minimum of 10–15 years of experience in a leadership role managing HSE teams/programs.
• This candidate must be able to work closely with the Site Leadership team to ensure alignment with corporate objectives and internal decision‑making processes, and be able to connect and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Experience developing and managing talented, engaged and high‑performing teams with a focus on building strong team cultures to ensure a safe and successful work environment.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is $156,000 – $228,800.

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