Director, Safety, Health, Environment (SHE), Facilities & Security

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Are you a Safety Health and Environment (SHE) leader who excels at balancing strategic program management with active daily engagement on the lab floor We are seeking a technical Director of SHE Facilities & Security to lead our sites resilience regulatory compliance and workplace safety culture.

In this role you will bridge site-level resilience with corporate strategy guiding a small dedicated team while working directly alongside our leadership scientists and facility staff to maintain a safe resilient and compliant research environment.

If you bring 12 years of progressive operational leadership in life sciences and a track record of driving business-aligned safety and facilities programs we invite you to lead our team.

The Opportunity

• Strategic & Regulatory Leadership: Translate global directives quality standards and national/international regulations (OSHA EPA DOT REACH NFPA) into seamless business-enabling local site policies.

• Executive Collaboration & Business Alignment: Represent SHE on site leadership teams and committees to influence corporate policy align cross-functional business units and support site expansion and product development initiatives.

• Facilities & Critical Infrastructure Management: Oversee end-to-end site maintenance facilities engineering and capital projects while ensuring 100% operational readiness of critical power systems emergency generators and monitoring solutions.

• Business Continuity & Incident Command: Drive site-wide disaster recovery frameworks serving as the primary Safety Officer and Incident Commander during facility disruptions environmental events and emergencies.

• Comprehensive SHE Portfolio Ownership: Lead a high-complexity safety portfolio including industrial hygiene biosafety (BSL 1 & 2) chemical safety assessments exposure monitoring dangerous goods logistics and hazardous waste management for a Large Quantity Generator.

• Inspection Readiness & Regulatory Governance: Direct all official interactions reporting and audits with municipal federal and international regulatory bodies to ensure the site maintains perpetual inspection readiness.

• Team Leadership & Capability Building: Direct mentor and develop a small high-performing team fostering technical growth and driving a proactive safety culture.

Who You Are

• Education: Bachelors degree in Physical/Life Sciences Safety Engineering Industrial Hygiene or a related field (Masters degree strongly preferred).

• Professional Credentials: Professional certification highly preferred (e.g. Certified Safety Professional CSP Certified Industrial Hygienist CIH or Professional Engineer PE).

• Operational Leadership: 12 years of progressive operational management experience within diagnostics pharmaceuticals biotechnology or high-complexity industrial environments.

• Management Expertise: 5 years of direct people management experience leading cross-functional teams managing matrixed stakeholders and developing organizational capability.

• Technical & Regulatory Mastery: Deep expertise in regulatory analysis Management of Change (MOC) hazard identification property loss control and building code/safety standards.

• Emergency Response Readiness: Demonstrated capability to command critical incidents (chemical spills major power outages) with the flexibility for executive escalation and after-hours response.

• Strategic Business Acumen: Proven ability to translate complex technical risks into clear executive insights balance regulatory requirements with business velocity and lead continuous improvement initiatives.

This position is not eligible for relocation.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Washington is $129500 - $240500 USD Annual. Actual pay will be determined based on experience qualifications geographic location and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities foster creativity and keep our ambitions high so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Lets build a healthier future together.

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