Senior Environmental Health & Safety Engineer

About the Department

You will be joining Fill & Finish Expansions (FFEx), which is responsible for all major expansion activities within aseptic production, solid dosage forms, finished products, fill & finish warehousing, and QC across all production areas in Product Supply. The area is anchored in Product Supply, Quality & IT, which globally employ approx. 20,000 of Novo Nordisk’s 50,000 employees.

 

FFEx is a newly established and growing area with the responsibility to design, plan, and build all new aseptic filling capacity across Novo Nordisk to serve the needs of millions of patients. We do it by rethinking our production facilities with the use of modern technology, as we are setting the standards for the aseptic production of the future. Facilities designed today which we will still be proud of 20 years from now. FF Expansions has a global approach, where you will be working with multiple sites and cultures across the world.

 

What we offer you:

• Leading pay and annual performance bonus for all positions

• All employees enjoy generous paid time off including 14 paid holidays

• Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance – effective day one

• Guaranteed 8% 401K contribution plus individual company match option

• Family Focused Benefits including 14 weeks paid parental & 6 weeks paid family medical leave

• Free access to Novo Nordisk-marketed pharmaceutical products

• Tuition Assistance

• Life & Disability Insurance

• Employee Referral Awards

 

At Novo Nordisk, you will find opportunities, resources, and mentorship to help grow and build your career. Are you ready to realize your potential? Join Team Novo Nordisk and help us make what matters.

 

The Position

Serve as a core member of the Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) team. Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in providing direct support to one or more operations areas, provide guidance and coaching to other EHS team members and site operations leadership, and provide expertise on numerous EHS aspects in accordance with education and experience. Ability to serve as site CVP Partner with establishment and oversight of all health and safety programs and backup to site EHS Lead.

 

Relationships

Reports to Senior Manager.

 

Essential Functions

• Own proper execution of OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) regulations (Process Technology, PHA, Management of Change, Incident Investigation, etc.) and EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP) across the site and/or area of responsibility
• Provide expert guidance on chemical hazards, including material compatibility, chemical interactions, & suitable safeguards from said hazards, such as appropriate PPE or engineering controls
• Consult on engineering designs as they pertain to safety & provide relevant input into the required safety features (materials of construction, relief devices, emergency stops, inherently safer design, etc.)
• Lead & coach others on execution of risk assessment methodologies (Workplace Risk Assessments, What-if, HAZOP, FMEA), as well as layer of protection analysis (LOPA)
• Develop, share knowledge and experience, and manage various programs for life safety functions & systems (Work Permitting, LOTO, Fall Protection, Confined Space Entry, Safety Interlocks Systems, PPE, etc.) and Incident Investigation program
• Lead obtaining & maintaining ISO 45001 certification consistent with the overall organization for the site
• Prepare in-depth analysis for leadership in relation to goals & KPIs, to include trending of EHS & PSM site/department goals to drive optimal performance and continuous improvement
• Manage and/or lead complex cross-functional projects/ initiatives, both short & long-term, with stakeholders
• Support EHS functions such as Emergency Response, Fire/Life Safety, and First Aid teams
• Own injury case management within area of support in collaboration with Occupational Health
• Attend Novo Nordisk network meetings on a routine basis and provide SME input for Site Clayton while actively collaborating and sharing best practices with other CVP and SVP partners
• Own and ensure that psycho-social aspects of health & safety are being recognized & addressed while working closely with