Summary
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Lead site-wide health, safety, and environmental compliance aligned with Novartis standards and local regulations.
- Partner with site leadership to embed proactive HSE governance and a strong safety culture.
- Own site risk management, incident reporting, escalation, and corrective and preventive action execution.
- Lead root cause investigations and drive learning through timely sharing of lessons learned.
- Develop HSE capabilities in line managers through coaching, guidance, and talent development.
- Monitor regulatory trends and ensure timely implementation of applicable health, safety, and environmental requirements.
- Drive environmental sustainability initiatives, including value-chain impact and supplier engagement.
Essential Requirements
- Proven leadership experience in health, safety, and environmental management within a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Strong working knowledge of health, safety, and environmental management systems and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to lead people, influence senior stakeholders, and partner effectively across functions.
- Solid experience in risk assessment, incident investigation, and corrective and preventive action management.
- Hands-on experience with environmental sustainability practices, including supplier and value-chain engagement.
- Fluency in English with the ability to communicate clearly with global and local stakeholders.
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Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
