Reference Number:R2872638

Position title: Head Environment

Location: Toronto, ON

About the job

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life‑changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

About Sanofi

We’re an R&D-driven;, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

Main Responsibilities:

- Ensure the site’s activities compliance to all relevant Environment & Sustainability regulations and standards (local, state, and company).
- Support the HSE Head to maintain the environment permits.
- Serve as the primary point of contact with site related environmental regulatory agencies and ensure timely submission of required reports and documentation.
- Develop and implement site plans in alignment with Sanofi Setting & Sustainability Planet Care policies (Eco-Design, Climate change, waste circularity, water stewardship, Biodiversity…).
- Conduct assessments and mitigate environmental impacts associated with the site’s operations: Identify, assess and manage environmental impacts and opportunities.
- Monitor the environmental performance of the site and oversee the monitoring of environmental parameters, such as air pollution, water and wastewater quality, waste management, and GHG emissions.
- Lead initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the site,



including Eco-design, water stewardship, waste, Biodiversity, ….
- Support the engineering team to optimize the use of the resources and reduce the site’s environmental footprint (Energy, PIE, Water efficiency roadmap, etc).
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement initiatives and drive innovation in environmental practices and process improvements to maintain a competitive edge.
- Lead investigations into environmental severe impacts, incidents, and near‑misses to determine root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Lead & promote proactive HSE Culture on environmental topics by developing and delivering training programs on Environment & Sustainability for all employees and stakeholders to guarantee that all employees have the knowledge and capabilities needed for their tasks.
- Engage with environmental external experts (consulting, academies, labs, …) to ensure that the site have all the environmental capabilities in line with the site responsibilities on environmental topics.
- Monitor/Report Environment & Sustainability local performance and trend (incl culture maturity index) to the SLT and above the site senior management to identify trends, assess performance, and make data‑driven decisions.




- Ensure quality and timeliness of the reporting of environmental data.
- Lead and manage the Environment team including hiring, training, coaching, capabilities developing and performance evaluation which drive an excellence operating mindset.
- Accountable for fostering site‑wide employee awareness of environmental and sustainability programs while owning the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives and projects that drive quantifiable progress toward Sanofi’s environmental goals.
- Perform additional Health, Safety, and Environment duties as assigned to support organizational HSE objectives and compliance requirements.

Key involvement in Decision Making process Key roles (D, A, I)

- A: Advice on Environmental & Sustainability Compliance Issues.
- A: Support Site HSE Head on Environmental‑related regulatory strategies and compliance issues.
- A: Support compliance with regulatory and company Environment requirements
- A: Advice on Regulatory Compliance.
- D: Develop local Environmental & Sustainability Policies and programs.
- A/D: Validate the site’s budget and stratplan to allocate sufficient resources to achieve the environmental programs)
- I: Implement Process Improvements.
- D: Decide on Sustainability Initiatives.
- I: Follow progress on Environment improvement projects and initiatives.
- A: Recommend Resource Management Strategies.
- D: Approve the final reports and recommendations following safety incident investigations.

About You

Education/Experience/Technical Skills:

- Minimum of 3 years of experience in Health/Safety/Environmental field
- Bachelors degree; preferred major: Environmental Science or Engineering
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📌 Head Environment (Toronto)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Toronto