Lead Emergency Response Specialist - HSE, Lilly Medicine Foundry

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve.

This is hard, urgent, selfless work-but it's work worth doing. If you're driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

The Emergency Response (ER) Specialist - HSE is part of the Lilly Medicine Foundry's Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) team has responsibility to lead/coordinate the on-site Emergency Response Team as a shift lead and Incident Commander. This role will be part of the shift staff that supports a 24/7/365 organization (specific shift structure is under evaluation). The position also interacts with the Lilly Medical Director, Employee Health Services (EHS), security, fire safety systems, local building staff/management teams, and outside agencies.

This role is responsible for responding to emergencies and special events, as well as participating in various site emergency response programs, fire safety programs, and supporting departmental and site projects, as needed. When not responding to emergencies and special events, this position is responsible for the completion of required maintenance, inspections, and training activities.

** Key Responsibilities*
* + Serve as onsite Incident Commander for hazardous materials events and provide medical response coverage.

+ Assist with building and maintaining a site-based Hazardous Materials Technician-level response and first aid/first responder capability drawn from workers with other primary site responsibilities. This includes supporting the delivery or coordination of high-quality training and the equipment and readiness program needed to support this capability.

+ Support the development and continuous improvement of the site's Emergency Response Procedures, including hazard-specific annexes (fire, medical, severe weather, hazardous material release, security event, utility loss).

+ Support and execution of the on-site emergency preparedness and response plan, including participation in pre-emergency planning, drills, and exercises, and assist in the implementation of the emergency plans with both on-site and local emergency organizations. These include, but are not limited to evacuation, severe weather, shelter-in-place, hazardous material release, and medical scenarios. Participate in After Action Reviews and support corrective action tracking and closure.

The Foundry will not perform structural fire response and will rely on the Lebanon Fire Department for fire response.

+ Inspect and maintain departmental equipment, supplies, and facilities to ensure response readiness.

+ Develop familiarity with fire code compliance and partner with building engineers to ensure life safety system code compliance and maintenance. Support the site's annual fire safety inspection program in partnership with building engineers, assisting with tracking observations and follow-up actions through closure, as needed.

+ Support fire code compliance monitoring.

+ Prepare a variety of reports and records.

+ Participate in Process Hazard Reviews, Pre-Startup Safety Reviews, and Management of Change activities as an emergency response team SMEs as needed.

+ Collaborate with Foundry HSE teammates on cross-functional initiatives, peer review of program deliverables, and shared coverage of HSE Operational Readiness milestones, as…