Senior Specialist Environmental Health & Safety

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

For years, Abbott’s medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive. Whether it’s glucose monitoring systems, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents.

Our location in Temecula, CA, currently has an opportunity for a Senior EHS Specialist.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

An EHS professional who, working with little or no supervision, applies established EHS principles, practices, regulations and internal standards, interacts with customers and is solutions minded in planning, directing and completing EHS assignments. 

Core Job Responsibilities

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

Project Management:

·     Independently plans and conducts assigned projects;

·     Manages multiple, often concurrent, projects and meets deadlines;

·     Facilitates the definition of a project scope with stakeholders;

·     Independently performs feasibility studies related to project alternatives;

·     Develops schedules (with metrics if required) and seeks concurrence from stakeholders;

·     Responsible for achieving the project's targets or deliverables.

·     Maintains project scope, cost and schedule; develops EHS strategy and executes contingency, if necessary.

Technical:

·     Applies technical knowledge/skills to EHS programs and systems.

·     Anticipates future business/EHS needs and develops new skills as appropriate.

·     Benchmarks internally and externally.

·     Independently executes, and/or directs others in the planning and execution of projects.

·     Designs and leads projects. Reports findings.

·     Prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans.

·     Presents technical information in an understandable format to non-technical audiences.

·     Has recognized expertise in theories, principles and analytical tools.

Problem Solving / Innovation:

·     Produces value added and cost-effective results.

·     Identifies, analyzes and resolves existing/new EHS challenges.

·     Integrates EHS solutions across the business within regulatory constraints.

·     Conducts investigations and root cause analysis.

·     Provides recommendations as appropriate.

·     Develops solutions to a wide range of complex problems where in-depth analysis is required.

·     Anticipates future trends, obstacles and barriers as they relate to technical expertise and develops strategies to address.

Organizational Interface:

·     Mentors others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.

·     Interfaces with regulatory agencies, trade groups and peers from similar organizations.

·     Represents the company in external meeti