Specialist, EHS Staff

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

Under the direction of the EHS Director, provide guidance on personnel EHS matters to employees and contractors and exercise communication, training, and consultation skills to successfully implement programs, policies, and positive safety culture. Responsible for the development, implementation, support and maintenance of specific environment, health and safety (EHS) programs as assigned to ensure regulatory compliance and conformance with the company’s EHS Management System. This position will create programs, policies, procedures, hazard assessments, and training materials in an early-stage discovery R&D laboratory facility.

Responsibilities:

•Assists in the development and implementation of strategic programs, plans, policies and procedures to protect all personnel, facilities and the environment.
•Interprets, communicates and implements programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable external EHS regulations and internal corporate standards.
•Implements and leads EHS programs and initiatives including, but not limited to:

• Hazard identification/risk assessment and planning/implementation of controls
• Laboratory safety programs (biological, chemical, radiation)
• Ergonomic job safety analysis
• Environmental Sustainability   
• Contractor / construction EHS management 
• Industrial hygiene and hazard communication
• Emergency preparedness and response
• High hazard control (Lockout Tagout, confined space, work permits, machine guarding, electrical safety, fall protection)

 
•Investigates incidents and injuries to determine root cause; contributes to analysis and reporting of leading and lagging safety perf