Director, Health, Safety, Environment & Facilities

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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 provide strategic leadership across Health, Safety, Environment and Facilities.

This is a senior site leadership role requiring extensive experience within complex manufacturing operations and the ability to operate effectively from the plant floor through to senior leadership level.

You will provide visible leadership across the site, strengthen safety culture and operational performance, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead the continued development of the site's HSE Management System and Process Safety framework.

The role requires a pragmatic and influential leader who can deliver through others, engage effectively across a unionised manufacturing environment, and build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, regulatory authorities and external partners.

Your responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and delivery of the Speke site's five-year strategy as a key member of the Site Leadership Team, providing visible leadership across site operations and the manufacturing floor.
• Provide strategic leadership across Health, Safety, Environment and Facilities, developing teams and delivering sustainable results through others.
• Lead and continuously improve the site's HSE Management System, Process Safety Management framework and COMAH / Major Accident Hazard programme, ensuring compliance with UK legislation, environmental requirements and internal standards.
• Lead the site's engagement with regulatory authorities and H&S inspectors, including inspections, regulatory visits, audits and associated follow-up actions.
• Lead Facilities Management across the site, including hard and soft services, outsourced service providers, supplier performance, contract management and commercial/contract negotiations.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions and emergency response activities while ensuring effective HSE performance monitoring and governance.
• Build a proactive safety and continuous improvement culture by coaching and influencing leaders and employees from the manufacturing floor through to senior leadership level, working effectively within a unionised environment.
• Partner with site, functional and Global HSE stakeholders to drive operational excellence, continuous improvement and strategic transformation initiatives.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications): 

• Extensive senior leadership experience within site-level manufacturing operations, with strong plant-floor engagement and experience operating as part of a Site Leadership Team or equivalent senior site leadership structure.
• Experience operating within a GMP-regulated manufacturing environment
• Significant experience within high-hazard/process manufacturing environments, including COMAH and Process Safety Management.
• Advanced qualification in Health, Safety & Environment (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 6 HSE qualification) or significant senior leadership experience within HSE management in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading Facilities Management, including hard and soft services, outsourced service providers, contract management and contract negotiation.
• Demonstrable experience of regular and significant interaction with regulatory authorities and H&S inspectors.
• Proven senior people leadership experience, with the ability to lead through others, develop teams, influence and challenge senior stakeholders, and engage credibly from plant floor to Site Leadership Team level.
• Experience operating effectively within a unionised manufacturing environment, combined with strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Demonstrated experience leading significant site-wide or enterprise-level transformation within a manufacturing organisation.
• Experience applying Lean, Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement / operational excellence methodologies, including waste reduction and sustainable performance improvement.
• Formal Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement qualifications.
• Experience working within a complex global or matrix organisation and partnering with regional or global HSE functions.
  

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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