Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

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

This position will develop, implement and maintain global EHS programs and provide technical expertise to AbbVie’s global organization within the scope of responsibility. This position may also serve as a Program Manager for Energy and Environmental Sustainability initiatives.  

Responsibilities:

•Develop, implement and maintain EHS Global standards, policies, systems and programs applicable to area of responsibility with a special emphasis on contractor/construction safety and internal permitting requirements and processes (hot work, working at heights, confined space, etc).
•Provide EHS leadership and direction for management, professional, technical and support staff in area of responsibility
•Ensure systems are in place to enable area of responsibility to operate in legal and ethical compliance with regard to EHS issues.
•Provide business perspective, strategic and tactical direction to develop and implement EHS initiatives for the EHS Long range plan
•Authority to represent AbbVie externally on matters related to EHS with external regulatory agencies and non-government organizations
•Maintain a broad understanding of local, regional and global EHS regulations and practices for area of responsibility
•Maintain and update IT reporting databases and generate monthly and quarterly EHS performance reports to area management.
•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.
•Creates a safety culture by setting direction to reduce or