Associate - Health, Safety, and Environmental

Eli Lilly and Company; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 66,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly in Concord, North Carolina, is seeking a Health, Safety and Environmental Associate to collaborate with cross functional teams across operations, engineering, maintenance, quality and HSE to develop and continuously improve health and safety programs. The role focuses primarily on HSE programs with some environmental overlap.

Key duties include supporting investigations, CAPA, and changes, providing floor support, and coaching staff on safety culture and practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of science in scientific, engineering, or HSE‑related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a full time health and safety role in manufacturing.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

Responsibilities

• Engage site resources in achieving an interdependent safety culture.
• Develop, establish, and sustain HSE systems, processes, and programs.
• Support HSE event investigations, CAPA and change control processes.
• Provide floor support to multiple operations, including auditing and data collection.
• Evaluate site equipment and processes against standards to identify improvements.
• Navigate complex systems to accomplish tasks efficiently.
• Coach and train HSE staff and leadership on technical aspects and culture.

Skills

Health and Safety

Manufacturing experience

GMP environment

Incident investigation

Ergonomics/practice

Safety permits/Lockout

Veeva/Intellex

Education

Bachelor of science in scientific/engineering/HSE

Tools

Veeva

Intellex

Job description

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life‑changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, self‑less work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us.

Company Overview

At Lilly, we serve an extraordinary purpose. We make a difference for people around the globe by discovering, developing and delivering medicines that help them live longer, healthier, more active lives. Not only do we deliver breakthrough medications, but you also can count on us to develop creative solutions to support communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Position Overview

Lilly has built a state‑of‑the‑art, highly automated campus in Concord, North Carolina, with warehousing & logistics, operations including parenteral, medical device assembly, and packaging, QC laboratories, and support teams to produce medicines for an unmet patient need. If you ever wanted to have a direct impact on building a team’s culture and on how the team operates, now is the perfect opportunity! The Health, Safety and Environmental associate collaborates with cross functional team members in operations, engineering, maintenance, quality, and HSE to develop, implement and continuously improve technical and cultural health and safety programs. This position will focus mainly on health and safety programs, although there may be some overlap into environmental systems.

Key Objectives/Deliverables

• Engage site resources in achieving an interdependent safety culture.
• Partner with site HSE and cross functional teams to develop, establish, and sustain HSE systems, processes, and programs to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements and provide ongoing technical support.
• Understand and support HSE event investigations, CAPA and change control processes, and influence application of the hierarchy of controls to reduce risk, driving toward site and company goals to achieve an injury free workplace
• Provide floor support to multiple operations (this includes auditing, data collection, trending, and supporting local safety teams)
• Evaluate site equipment and processes against industry and internal standards to identify and prioritize improvements.
• Navigate complex systems and internal processes to accomplish tasks in an organized and efficient manner.
• Coach and train other HSE staff, leadership, and technical resources on both HSE technical aspects and culture development.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of science in scientific, engineering, or HSE‑related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a full time health and safety role in a manufacturing environment.
• 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 or 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

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Experience in GMP manufacturing environments.
• Hands on, practical experience with common safe work practices, such as safe work permits, lock out tag out, working at heights.
• Practical experience evaluating and improving ergonomic employee concerns and injuries.
• Experience with incident investigation and root cause analysis
• Experience working with Veeva and Intellex platforms.

Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (BE@Lilly), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$66,000 - $171,600

Full‑time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company‑sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well‑being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities). Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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