Summary
As an HSE Specialist at our Sasayama site, you will connect the front line with leadership, anticipate health, safety, and environmental risks, and turn insight into action. From regulatory compliance to accident prevention and environmental protection, you will drive audits, data-driven improvements, and a strong safety culture. Working with regulators, local communities, and our global HSE team, you’ll embed best practices across biosafety, radiation safety, process safety, and environmental management—making “safe and easy to work” the everyday standard.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and maintain and continuously improve the HSE management system
- Implement and promote policies and initiatives to prevent accidents and occupational illnesses and to protect the environment
- Collect, validate, and report site HSE data to the global team
- Conduct risk assessments and manage mitigation plans, corrective actions, and follow-up activities
- Audit and review work practices to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies
- Support incident investigations and root cause analyses, and deploy improvement measures across the global organization
Essential Requirements
- Education level not specified
- Certified Radiation Protection Supervisor (Class 1)
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in the EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) field, industry background not required
- Strong communication skills in Japanese for internal and vendor interactions
- Business-level English proficiency, both written and spoken
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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.
