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Job Description

About the role

As a Senior Manager, Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), you will report to the Head or Associate Director of EHS and serve as a key member of the EHS Leadership Team. In this role, you will collaborate with staff at Covington, GA (USA) and other Takeda sites to foster a strong EHS culture, implement company safety and health policies, and ensure compliance with all applicable local and regional regulations.

You will lead the development and execution of comprehensive EHS programs, including training design, project management, communications, and data analytics related to site EHS technical programs and standard operating procedures (SOPs). This role requires close collaboration with subject matter experts across departments to support ongoing compliance and risk reduction initiatives.

How you will contribute

As a Senior Manager, EHS, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the site’s safety culture and operational excellence. Your contributions will include:

• ·Leadership & Coaching: Manage, mentor, and support EHS professionals, providing both strategic direction and daily guidance.

• ·Safety Culture Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive roadmap to foster a proactive and resilient safety culture across the site.

• ·Incident Management: Champion best practices to ensure all incidents are properly reported, investigated, and addressed with corrective actions.

• ·Program Development: Lead the creation and execution of core and technical safety programs that support safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

• ·Continuous Improvement: Drive ongoing enhancements to EHS programs and initiatives, ensuring effectiveness and regulatory compliance.

• ·Training & Communication: Design and deliver EHS training and communication strategies to promote EHS excellence throughout the Covington site.

• ·Auditing & Effectiveness Checks: Conduct audits and assessments, recommend improvements, and oversee implementation.

• ·Data & Analytics: Develop predictive analytics models and explore integration of AI tools to shift from reactive to preventive safety measures.

• ·Project Support: Act as the EHS liaison for site expansion, construction, capital, and operational excellence projects, collaborating with sponsors and support teams.

• ·Functional Partnership: Represent EHS in supporting business units across the site, including Manufacturing, QC Labs, Critical Systems, Maintenance, and Engineering.

• ·Risk Management: Enhance the risk assessment process to identify and mitigate enterprise-level risks.

• ·Management System Implementation: Support the development and deployment of the EHS Management System.

• ·Stakeholder Collaboration: Influence and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment with federal, state, local, and company EHS requirements.

• ·Corporate Engagement: Partner with Corporate EHS to implement global initiatives and represent the site in internal and external benchmarking efforts.

• ·Additional Responsibilities: Perform other duties as required to support the success of the EHS function and the