Sr. Principal - HSE Occupational Hygiene/Safety

Eli Lilly and CompanyUs, IN
Onsite

About The Position

The Global Facilities Management and Engineering Services (GFMES) Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) department provides technical expertise and solutions to a broad and diverse customer base to identify and mitigate workplace HSE risk. We collaborate with business areas to understand their challenges and partner with them to implement right sized operational compliance strategies, management systems and best practices in an effective and efficient manner. We combine high quality counsel with decades of practical experience across a wide variety of industries. Our mission is to engage both Lilly employees and our contract partners in the company’s goal of achieving an injury-free workplace and ensuring that our business operations contribute to a cleaner, safer environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering (prefer chemical, electrical or mechanical) or HSE discipline.
  • Minimum 7 years of HSE experience in industrial and construction/contractor work environments.
  • Work experience in managing contracts.
  • Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
  • Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1

Nice To Haves

  • Experience working with contractors in the field of construction, maintenance, demolition and specialty.
  • Experience in a positive safety culture or in helping to improve a safety culture.
  • Effective interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Effective project, organization, and time management skills.
  • Familiarity with Lilly Indianapolis sites; Lilly Corporate Center, Lilly Technology Center, and business areas at each site.
  • Computer skills proficiency (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Sharepoint, PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
  • Professional certification/license (e.g., PE, CSP, etc).

Responsibilities

  • Oversee various safety and health programs as assigned (e.g., equipment/machine guarding, fall prevention and protection, crane/hoist/rigging, legionella, safe work permit, etc).
  • Lead the development, execution, and sustainment of the Safety Culture Improvement Plan (DSS+ Surveys, etc).
  • Lead the Behavior Based Safety Program.
  • Lead the SafeStart Now Program.
  • Lead the Safety Recognition Program.
  • Serve as the primary safety and health support for the Manufacturing Quality Learning Center.
  • Serve as the primary safety and health support for the Lilly Aviation Facility.
  • Serve as the primary health and safety liaison between GFMES and LRL for the Greenwood Innovation Center.
  • Assist with the execution of the Contractor Health, Safety and Environmental Management Program (CHSEMP) aspects as assigned (e.g., field audits/inspections, etc).
  • Serve as a project manager for safety and health initiatives as assigned.
  • Develop systems and training to eliminate and/or reduce workplace risk.
  • Serve as Co-System Administrator/back-up and trainer for HSE software applications or platforms (e.g., Benchmark-Gensuite, Intelex BSafe, OneQMS, etc).
  • Perform self-assessments for safety and health and programs assigned as the Program Owner/Subject Matter Expert.
  • Lead/support special safety initiatives (e.g. injury prevention, new hire, safety technologies, etc).
  • Provide expert safety and health regulatory and policy consulting to Lilly business area customers.
  • Function as a safety representative supporting large capital and small projects following HSE functional and engineering design standards and procedures.
  • Conduct safety and health compliance audits and drive corrective measures to completion as needed.
  • Serve as root cause analysis (RCA) investigator, investigate incidents and document in OneQMS as assigned.
  • Lead person for tracking external safety and health regulatory changes and assessing impacts on GFMES business area (GFMES HSE Management System Section 3.2.2).

Benefits

  • company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance)
  • company-sponsored 401(k)
  • pension
  • vacation benefits
  • medical benefits
  • dental benefits
  • vision benefits
  • prescription drug benefits
  • flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
  • life insurance
  • death benefits
  • certain time off and leave of absence benefits
  • well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
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