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

Purpose

Under the direction of the Research and Development Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) management, this individual will provide guidance on EHS matters and EHS training to employees and contractors in AbbVie South San Francisco. The EHS staff specialist will communicate and collaborate with business stakeholders and other EHS team members to implement and align programs and EHS policies which drive change and build a positive safety culture at our South San Francisco campus. This position will create programs, policies, procedures, hazard assessments and training materials to ensure compliance with the company’s EHS Management System, as well as with local county and state EHS regulations.

Responsibilities

• Interprets, communicates, and implements programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable local EHS regulations and AbbVie technical and management standards.
• Develops and delivers EHS training on a wide variety of general safety topics such as hazard communication, contractor safety, emergency response and various physical safety programs.
• Implement EHS programs and initiatives including, but not limited to 1) Hazard risk assessment and implementation of controls 2) High hazard control and critical safe work such as lockout tagout, confined space, working at heights 3) Industrial hygiene studies.
• Conduct Injury/illness investigations and root cause analysis, as well as report safety performance indicators and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Assists in the development and implementation of strategic programs, plans, policies, and procedures to protect all personnel, facilities, and th