Associate Director EHS

Who we are

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.

The opportunity

Under general direction, ensures compliance with site Environmental, Health and Safety Program to ensure compliance with all federal and state EPA, OSHA and DOT regulations. This position participates with internal and external audits, risk analysis, hazard assessments, etc. This position also develops and implements programs to support safety culture. 

How you’ll spend your day

Under supervision 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. 

• Ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements. 
• Responsible for recognition and associated control strategies for mitigation of Health and Safety risks.
• Compliance with all EH&S documentation such as OSHA 300 log, environmental permits, DOT shipping documents and training.
• Participates in 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 completing all training requirements and maintaining 100% 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.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:    Up to 5%

Your experience and qualifications

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

Education/Certification/Experience:

• Requires an undergraduate degree or equivalent with a minimum of 8 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).
• 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.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• 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 judgment and decision making.
• Ability to identify personal developmental needs to improve applicable knowledge and skill sets.
• Ability to communicate effectively with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to analyze information and create metrics relevant to the business objectives.
• Project management and advanced presentation skills preferred.

Problem Solving:

• Proactively works on problems of a complex scope where evaluation of contributing factors requires the analysis of situations or data and an in-depth knowledge and evaluation of various known and unknown factors.
• Seeks out all resources when selecting methods and techniques for obtaining results.
• Can act independ