Head of Environmental, Health, and Safety

1 week ago

Canada Biogen Full time

About This Role

As the Head of Environmental, Health, and Safety, you will play a critical role in ensuring the compliance of our Solothurn Operations with all relevant laws and regulations, identifying and mitigating environmental, health, and safety risks, and managing our environmental footprint. Our Solothurn site is a large-scale biologics manufacturing operation with significant physical, chemical, and ergonomics risks associated with everyday operations. You will be responsible for assessing and mitigating risk at the site to minimize lost time due to injuries, illnesses, or business interruptions related to EHS compliance. In addition, you will implement relevant sustainability-focused programs and look for opportunities to improve the site's environmental footprint.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Oversee the compilation, updating, and analysis of EHS programs and data to ensure proper compliance with government regulations and to provide for a safe and healthy workplace, community, and environment.
  2. Partner with site leadership to review and interpret current and future environmental demands in connection with business requirements and pending legislation. Recommend necessary programs to ensure appropriate and timely action based on this information.
  3. Provide leadership and supervision of EHS personnel at both sites. Team with senior and site management to establish site EHS professional performance goals and review performance against those goals.
  4. Define both short-term and long-term EHS goals and objectives. Successfully team with site management, manufacturing, engineering, and human resources to achieve defined objectives.
  5. Forecast and plan department/business group requirements for EHS expenses, capital, and personnel. Review all capital appropriation requests and engineering, manufacturing, or temporary change orders for EHS concerns.
  6. Coordinate plant and departmental efforts in planning for potential emergency situations that could adversely affect employees, facilities, production, the community, and the environment.

Requirements

You have environment, health, and safety experience leading a site, where you are responsible for managing all aspects of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) to ensure compliance, risk mitigation, and environmental sustainability. Your experience and knowledge involve leading EHS programs, collaborating with site leadership, setting EHS goals, managing budgets, and preparing for emergency situations, with a focus on reducing injury, illness, and business interruptions at our large-scale biologics manufacturing facility.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in EHS, life sciences, environmental management, environmental engineering, or other similar field required. Advanced degree strongly preferred.
  • Professional certification in engineering or EHS-related discipline highly desirable.
  • 10+ years of environment, health, and safety experience, preferably in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other healthcare industries.
  • In-depth knowledge of drug development process with particular emphasis on large-scale biologics manufacturing and associated support functions, highly desirable.
  • Strategic planner and influencer, creative thinker and problem solver, innovator, visionary leader, resilient, passion for EHS, driven, entrepreneurial, cultural acuity, business acumen, charming relationship builder.
  • Experience in crafting EHS programs aimed at influencing individuals throughout all levels of a major manufacturing site (plant manager through individual contributors).
  • Experience dealing with complex and sensitive issues related to manufacturing of biologics in Switzerland.
  • Experience coaching, developing, and managing a staff of professional employees.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills focused on collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and communication.
  • Skilled presenter and speaker in executive settings.

About Biogen

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.

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