Director Environmental Health & Safety

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your role :

At Elanco, we are committed to improving animal health while fostering a safe, sustainable and high-performing workplace. We are looking for an experienced Director Health, Safety, Environment & Facilities to join our Site Leadership Team in Speke and lead the site's Health, Safety, Environmental and Facilities strategy.

This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for driving delivery of both the site strategy and also a strong safety culture, ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting operational excellence and providing strategic direction across HSE and Facilities.

Your responsibilities:

• Setting and delivering the sites 5 year strategy as part of the leadership team
• Providing strategic leadership for Health, Safety, Environmental and Facilities operations across the Speke site.
• Leading and continuously improving the site's HSE Management System and Process Safety Management framework.
• Ensuring compliance with UK HSE, environmental and COMAH regulations as well as internal corporate standards.
• Acting as the site's lead for COMAH and Major Accident Hazard management.
• Leading incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen the site's safety culture.
• Monitoring, analysing and reporting HSE performance metrics and regulatory compliance.
• Leading site HSE committees, contractor safety forums and emergency response activities.
• Providing leadership and development for the HSE team while coaching leaders across the site.
• Managing the outsourced Facilities Management service to ensure safe, efficient and compliant site operations.
• Partnering with Global HSE on strategic projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting regulatory inspections, internal audits and external agency interactions.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications): 

• Advanced qualifications in Health, Safety & Environment (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 6 HSE qualification). or significant leadership experience within Health, Safety and Environmental management in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK HSE legislation and environmental regulations.
• Experience working within COMAH-regulated facilities and Process Safety Management.
• Experience leading outsourced services (Facilities Management)
• Demonstrated success leading HSE teams and building a proactive safety culture.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across all organisational levels.
• Excellent leadership, coaching and people development capabilities.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!  

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