EHS Site Lead

At TAPI, we’re not just a company—we’re a community committed to advancing health from the core. As the world’s leading supplier of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), we partner with 80% of the top 50 global pharmaceutical companies. With a legacy spanning over 80 years and a portfolio of more than 350 products, as well as custom CDMO services, we’re shaping the future of health worldwide.

Our strength lies in our people—a team of over 4,200 professionals across 13 state-of-the-art facilities in Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Israel, Mexico, and India. Together, we innovate, solve problems, and deliver excellence. Join us and be part of a mission that transforms lives.

 

• Coordinates and leads the EHS&S organization of TAPI Hungary at the Debrecen and Sajóbábony sites.
• Ensures global policy, procedures, processes, standards, work processes, and compliance harmonization with local EHS&S laws & regulations.
• Provide guidance to site managers and employees, conduct internal and support external audits, to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements.
• Design corrective and preventative action plans. Identify EHS risks and define proactive mitigations. Ensure that investments and changes to processes, equipment, and systems comply with EHS‑by‑design principles, EHS requirements, and cGMP.
• Develop trusted and proactive relationships with regulatory agencies, local community and external suppliers to promote compliance and social responsibility, in TAPI’s business interest.
• In collaboration with the site leadership team, create, implement, monitor and update the site EHS plan. Meet EHS&S work plan objectives.
• Create and maintain an EHS culture throughout the site that inspires a proactive attitude.
• Develop and implement training programs, provide coaching, expertise and guidance to managers and employees of the site.
• Lead continuous improvement in EHS using OPEX principles and visible-felt leadership to achieve 'target zero' goals and to enable compliant operations and business effectiveness.
• Develop and retain qualified EHS professionals to provide EHS services to the site. Implement managerial practices to ensure the EHS team’s high performance, modeling TAPI’s values and leadership framework.
• Serve as an influential member of the site leadership team, who impacts decision making and takes an active role in promoting cross-site initiatives, team work and collaboration across site functions.
• Bring global best practices into the site and actively share site perspective, knowledge and lessons learned to contribute and support a best-in-class professional level of EHS globally.

• Minimum 10 years work experiences in EHS, preferably in the chemical or pharmaceutical industry.
• Proven leadership experience in managing EHS teams and cross-functional collaborations.
• University/college degree in the field of engineer of environmental protection or work safety.
• Knowledge of EHS&S’s network of legal, regulatory, authority relations.
• Certified auditor for ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 management systems.
• High proficiency with spoken and written English.
• Strategic thinking with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and negotiating skills.
• A team player with the capability to influence stakeholders while working in cross functional teams.

Make Your Mark with TAPI

Your journey with TAPI is more than a job—it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact on global health. If you’re ready to lead, innovate, and inspire, we’re excited to welcome you to our team. Together, let’s shape the future of pharmaceuticals. Apply on top of this page and our talent acquisition team will be in touch soon!