Cluster Head EHSS Hyderabad

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Cluster EHSS Head

Job Location: Syngene Scientific Solutions Hyderabad

About Syngene: Syngene () is an innovation-led contract research development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability including following safety guidelines procedures and SOPs in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Ensure overall adherence to safe practices and procedures by oneself and aligned teams.
• Contribute to the development of procedures practices and systems that ensure safe operations and compliance with the companys integrity and quality standards.
• Drive a corporate culture that consistently promotes an Environment Health Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) mindset and operational discipline in the workplace.
• Ensure the safety of self teams and lab/site operations by strictly always following EHSS protocols and requirements.
• Ensure timely completion of all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity health and safety by all team members including self.
• Maintain continuous compliance with Syngenes quality standards.
• Hold oneself and team members accountable for achieving safety goals.
• Monitor and review safety metrics regularly to ensure continuous improvement.
• Champion effective EHSS practices across the organization and ensure compliance within all Syngene operations.
• Foster a corporate culture that upholds an EHSS mindset and the highest standards of quality integrity and compliance.
• Place people at the core of success by providing clear active leadership aligned with the Syngene Leadership Framework.

Core Purpose of the Role:

To provide strategic leadership and governance for Environment Health Safety & Sustainability (EHSS) across the Hyderabad Cluster ensuring compliance with all statutory and corporate requirements protection of people and assets effective risk management operational excellence and sustainable business growth. The role serves as the single point of accountability for EHSS performance regulatory compliance emergency preparedness stakeholder engagement and the development of a strong safety culture across all Hyderabad operations.

Role Accountabilities

Cluster Head - EHSS is accountable for providing strategic leadership and governance for Environment Health Safety and Sustainability across the Hyderabad Cluster ensuring full compliance with statutory regulatory and corporate requirements. The role drives risk management operational safety occupational health environmental stewardship and emergency preparedness while fostering a strong safety culture and operational discipline. It serves as the primary interface with regulators customers auditors and business leadership ensuring timely management of licenses permits statutory submissions and compliance obligations. The incumbent enables safe business growth by supporting projects facility expansions and operational changes through effective EHSS oversight and decision-making. Additionally the role leads the EHSS team drives continuous improvement initiatives and safeguards people assets environment reputation and business continuity across the Hyderabad Cluster.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

• Excellence
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

1. Experience
2. Demonstrated Capability
3. Education

Experience

15-20 years of progressive experience in Environment Health Safety & Sustainability (EHSS) including at least 5-7 years in a senior leadership role managing large multi-functional manufacturing research laboratory pharmaceutical or life sciences operations. Demonstrated experience in regulatory compliance process safety occupational health hazardous chemical management emergency response sustainability and stakeholder engagement with regulators customers and senior business leaders.

Skills and Capabilities

Proven ability to lead EHSS strategy and governance for complex operations drive a strong safety culture manage regulatory and compliance obligations and deliver measurable improvements in EHSS performance. Demonstrated capability in risk assessment incident investigation emergency preparedness operational excellence management systems (ISO 14001 & ISO 45001) team leadership change management and enabling business growth while maintaining high standards of safety compliance and sustainability

Education

Bachelors degree in engineering Environmental Science Occupational Health & Safety Industrial Safety Chemical Engineering or related discipline. A Postgraduate qualification in Industrial Safety Environment Management Occupational Health Sustainability Professional certifications such as NEBOSH CSP CMIOSH Lead Auditor (ISO 14001/45001) Industrial Hygiene or Process Safety Management certifications will be an added advantage.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local addition Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.