Health and Safety Partner

Are you passionate about ensuring a safe and healthy workplace? Are you eager to guide the way in a rapidly expanding organization where each day brings new possibilities? Then you might be interested in taking up the position of Health & Safety Partner in Novo Nordisk Algeria. Keep reading!

The Position

In this role, you will support in identifying and assessing Health & Safety (HS) risks, ensuring compliance with local and legal requirements, and contributing to the effective implementation of HS management systems in Local Manufacturing Algeria (LMA).

The position will be based in Blida with round trips to Tizi Ouzou.

The main responsibilities include:

• Support the EHS Associate Manager to identify gaps in the HS management system and align with local regulations and Novo Nordisk standards.
• Facilitate HS processes, including workplace assessments (WPA), safety inspections (SI), and process controls (PC), ensuring standardized implementation.
• Manage HS risk analysis by mapping risks, conducting assessments, implementing mitigation actions, and supporting contractor activities from an HS perspective.
• Provide ongoing support to HS representatives through direct engagement, shop floor visits, and board meetings, while regularly evaluating and improving HS setups across the organization.
• Contribute to incident and near-miss investigations, manage accident reporting, and support major investment projects by assessing process risks and driving HS initiatives. 

Qualifications

• An academic degree in Health & Safety, life science, biology, chemistry, engineering, or another related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Health & Safety preferably from the pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical industry or similar regulated industry.
• Experience with risk assessments.
• Full control of Algerian legislation & Standard requirement of HS.
• Proactive with great communication, presentation and relationship building skills.
• You are a go-to person and have ability to engage stakeholders effectively.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English & French.

About the department

The EHS department belongs to Business Support main department including all support functions to the production such as IT, Supply Chain, Finance, cLEAN & Strategy, Souring and Procurement.

Working at Novo Nordisk:

Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we're working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it's a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we're life-changing. 

Contact

Click apply online, we are looking forward to receiving your application.

Deadline

20 December 2024.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.