Staff Specialist EHS

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:

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care Division where we are focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. 

As the Staff Specialist EHS you will be responsible for conducting the environmental, health and safety performance and identifying risks or areas for improvement as well as investigating environmental or safety incidents.

What You’ll Work On

• Keep informed on current environmental, health and safety regulations and legislation and recommend policy changes. Learn Abbott Global Technical Standards.

• Support EHS management in the gathering of data for the establishment of report metrics pertinent to EHS activities.

• Assist in the implementation of assigned Technical Standards

• Support EHS and lab teams in the management of all hazardous material and hazardous waste activities including the collection, transportation and disposal of all hazardous waste in compliance with all applicable regulations.

• Conduct office and lab ergonomic assessments and ergonomic lab sessions. Support with maintaining incident tracking sheet and post-ergonomic assessment follow-up.

• Review new hazardous materials and check incoming material for safety data sheets (SDSs), unique usage and storage characteristics. Work with end user to ensure proper usage and disposal. Review and maintain chemical inventory and SDS management system.

• Support EHS/OH team in conducting Emergency Response Team (ERT) training.

• Assist in gathering information about dangerous goods shipped from site for the annual Dangerous Goods Report

• Assist with conducting machine guarding assessments.

• Assist with developing equipment-specific lockout/tagout procedures

• Assist with accident/incident investigation and corrective actions.

Note: This job description is not to be considered an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements and does not limit the assignment of additional duties for this role

Required Qualifications

Associates Degree

1 year of Environmental Health and Safety experience

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Science or Chemistry

DOT Hazardous Materials  Shipping Certification

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