Senior EHS Specialist (Onsite)

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Worcester, MA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
The Senior EHS Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing EHS programs, conducting incident investigations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and promoting safety throughout the organization.
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Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose

The primary responsibility of this site-based role is to develop, coordinate, and implement environmental, health, and safety improvement programs, elevating facilities to best practice standards, and promoting safety throughout the organization within the scope of responsibility.

The ideal candidate will have solid EHS or Engineering technical background and/or pharmaceutical plant experiences. 

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement robust EHS programs and systems, training initiatives, and policies to reduce incidents and ensure compliance with regulations and company requirements.
  • Conduct incident investigations, identify root causes, and implement improvement/action plans to prevent similar incidents from occurring.
  • Participate and/or lead PHA, RA, and JSA programs to determine safety controls in order to prevent incidents and work with cross functional stakeholders to ensure they are implemented.
  • Implement Process Safety elements as per project development stages for both Engineering and Maintenance capital projects.
  • Monitor regulatory requirements/trends, conduct impact analysis, and implement programs to ensure compliance with both regulatory and internal standards.
  • Actively identify and promote process improvements or new processes that strengthen the EHS function and the overall organization and minimizes/eliminates risks.
  • Communicate compliance status, key performance Indicators, trends, priority issues and business impact to key stakeholders.
  • Lead and/or participate in cross functional teams to represent EHS objectives related to the subject matter and meet the team’s overall objectives and deliverables.
  • Ensures compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulatory requirements which include but are not limited to OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) and EPA's Risk Management Planning (RMP) rule (40 CFR 68), Mechanical Integrity programs, PCI, DOT, EPA etc.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 5+ years of industry experience.
  • Safety or engineering professional certification is preferred but not required.
  • Working experience in implementing EHS regulations, conducting risk assessments, root cause analysis, incident investigations, interacting with regulatory agencies and external organizations.
  • Ability to establish measurable project goals and implementation plans.
  • Ability to develop practical, applicable standards and/or policies that meet business objectives. Technical expertise in EHS or Engineering functions as well as technical writing and business communications.
  • Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal/ external colleagues and stakeholders, and resolve conflicts.
  • Ability to successfully manage projects and programs.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​
  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
50,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.

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