Senior Associate - Environmental, Health & Safety

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.

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 in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. This is an exciting opportunity to help build and operate a state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing site from the ground up.

The Senior Associate – HSE will be responsible for the development and technical support of environmental permits and programs at the Lilly Kenosha County (LKC) site. Responsibilities will include but not limited to regulatory and corporate environmental compliance for the site, coordination of all environmental activities for the site, environmental initiatives execution, and influencing business and strategic planning. The Senior Associate provides coaching to the organization to ensure environmental stewardship.

• Engage site resources in achieving an environmentally compliant workplace.
• Develop, establish, and sustain environmental permits and programs for the LKC 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 environmental best practices at LKC and provide ongoing technical support.
• Provide support for all environmental activities at the LKC site including overall waste management and recycling.
• 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, environmentally compliant workplace.
• Cross‑train within the HSE team to support Health and Safety goals.
• Leverage knowledge of severe incident risk to influence minimization of potential events and increase awareness/knowledge among site resources.
• Provide front‑line environmental support for the site.

• Bachelor of Science in Scientific, Engineering, or Environmental discipline
• Prior environmental experience
• Strong regulatory knowledge
• Experience with CAPA system for addressing changes and deviations
• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F‑1 CPT, F‑1 OPT, F‑1 STEM OPT, J‑1, H‑1B, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, or L‑1.

• Demonstrated technical leadership skills
• Strong communication and computer skills required
• Green site start‑up experience preferred
• GMP operational experience
• 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 LKC site with ability to travel to Indianapolis, IN and other global Lilly sites, as required.

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