Head of EHSS Team at Site Athlone

Are you passionate about environmental, health, and safety standards? Do you want to lead a team in a collaborative and supportive environment? If so, we invite you to apply for the position of head of EHSS at Novo Nordisk Production Ireland. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

The position

As a Head of EHSS site Athlone at Novo Nordisk, you will:

• Motivate, lead, and set directions for your team members.
• Build and maintain strong collaborations with our stakeholders
• Ensure that all team activities are continuously aligned with business needs and our strategy.
• Monitor environmental performance and identify risks or areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to meet established EHS ambitions, such as reducing accidents and injury, minimising emissions, and recycling waste.

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who possess the following qualifications:

Need to have:

• A degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Preferably solid experience with EHSS, ideally in pharma manufacturing or large capital projects.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to develop and implement EHSS policies and procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in investigate environmental or safety incidents and implement waste management programs.
• Capability to drive the evolution of Site Athlones behavioral safety risk programme and support the deployment of Operational Excellence and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Ability to positively influence and collaborate with colleagues to enhance a self-sustaining EHSS culture

About the department 

The role is based at our newly acquired site in Athlone, Ireland. This is a collaborative and supportive team that values open communication and strategic thinking. This role is focused on shaping our EHSS strategies and systems as well as supporting and leading the EHSS team of Novo Nordisk Production Ireland. You will be reporting to the VP of Business Support and Integration .

Working at Novo Nordisk 

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognise the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact and deadline

For further information please contact Cormac Nestor zcno@novonordisk.com or get to know us better by visiting www.novonordisk.com/careers.

Apply by Tuesday 28th of November 2024

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.