Sr. HSE Associate

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.

Organization Overview: ​  

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.  

This role is at the CORE Indianapolis facility, formerly Point Biopharma.  The Center of Radioligand Excellence (CORE) is responsible for the Commercial launch of RLTs, Supply of late-stage investigational products, and scale-up/optimization for Ph3 and commercial launches.   

Responsibilities: 

Reporting to the Director, Environmental Health and Radiation Safety, the Sr. Scientist, HSE is part of the Lilly CORE Health, Safety, and Environmental and Radiation Safety (HSE-RS) team and provides technical leadership and expertise in the development, implementation, and maintenance of HSE programs. This role focuses primarily on Health and Safety programs but may include Environmental and Radiation Safety programs, as needed.

The Sr. Scientist, HSE role will be fluid and dynamic as the CORE team endeavors to develop and implement the necessary systems and business processes required to support GMP operations, and build the site safety culture. This will require significant collaboration and resilience as the site grows through startup to full scale GMP manufacturing.

Post start-up, this role will continue to be the subject matter expert for assigned HSE programs and serve as an HSE regulatory advisor for manufacturing and support units.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development of the HSE operational readiness plan for the Lilly CORE facility as a collaborative, inclusive, and energetic member of the HSE-RS team.
• Lead implementation of assigned HSE operational readiness programs, such as lockout tagout, PPE, hazard communication, ergonomic hazards, confined space entry, machine guarding, working at heights, powered industrial vehicles, health and safety risk assessments, etc.
• Support the project team to deliver the facility as a key stakeholder providing input and feedback on health and safety-related design decisions, construction, and startup plans while ensuring decisions meet project deliverables and compliance requirements, leveraging existing Lilly knowledge, and incorporating external experiences and learning.
• Develop and roll out safety and health programs, procedures, tools, and overall HSE management systems, including training, mentoring, and onboarding of new staff to help support a strong HSE culture at the site.
• Develop a partnership with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering functions to help manage change, assure safety and compliance of new systems, and assist in setting requirements to assure safe and compliant operations.
• Serve as a site key contact and HSE program expert, including knowledge of applicable corporate, local, state, and federal requirements and keeping abreast of changes to requirements and site applicability.
• Ensure applicable internal and external reporting is coordinated, completed, and submitted on time, including incorporating second person verification, as needed.
• Be a resource to the operational areas in helping them understand the regulatory requirements of their areas and programs; work with them in implementing solutions that comply with these regulations and programs.  Facilitate the implementation of the programs.
• Complete internal HSE audits/assessments, lead/support incident investigations, assist with trending HSE data and compiling metrics, and support the development of long-term plans to drive program improvements.
• Serve as liaison between site, company subject matter experts, regulatory agencies, and contractors (as related to program needs).

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related science (e.g., chemistry, biology, occupational safety/health, industrial