Senior Director, Operational Safety

Senior Director, Operational Safety

Date:
Jan 1, 2026

Location:

Salt Lake City, United States, Utah, 84108

Company:
Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List.

Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

This position is responsible for the oversight of the site Environmental, Health and Safety Program to ensure compliance with all federal and state EPA, OSHA and DOT regulations. This position oversees internal and external audits, risk analysis, hazard assessments, etc. This position also develops and implements programs to support safety culture.

All areas of responsibility listed below are essential to the satisfactory performance of this position by any incumbents with reasonable accommodation if necessary. Any non-essential functions are assumed to be included in other related duties or assignments.

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements.
• Responsible for the facilitation of recognition, evaluation and control of environmental and occupational hazards.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all EH&S documentation such as OSHA 300 log, environmental permits, DOT shipping documents and training.
• Responsible for the oversight of internal environmental, health and safety audits to identify actual or potential hazards, institute corrective measures and follow up to ensure consistency.
• Respond to product safety requests for experimental & commercial materials including EH&S technology transfers, SDS’s, development and toxicity testing.
• Responsible for advising senior staff regarding current regulatory requirements and status, and pending legislation that may affect the business.
• Responsible for completing all training requirements and maintaining compliance with all assignments.
• Responsible for maintaining work areas and performing job functions in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP’s), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Batch Record instructions.
• Responsible for performing additional related duties as assigned.

Any equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience that fulfills the requirements of the position will be considered.

• Requires an undergraduate degree or equivalent with a minimum of 10 year’s progressively relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Requires understanding of federal and state requirements for environmental health and safety or related area(s) and controlled substances handling or related area(s).
• Requires knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing operations and lab procedures.
• Requires experience with and an in-depth knowledge of cGMP and other applicable industry regulatory requirements as they relate to the production of pharmaceutical products and associated quality systems.

• Computer proficiency with comprehensive working knowledge of MS Office products, Learning Management Systems (LMS), ERP system such as SAP or Oracle and manufacturing/quality systems such as Trackwise and Qdocs.
• Self-directed with ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Ability to motivate, influence and lead others with and/or without direct supervisory authority.
• Ability to positively manage conflict, provide difficult feedback and negotiate resolution.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships between teams, departments, business units and external partners.
• Ability to demonstrate sound…