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
This position is responsible for managing the development, implementation/maintenance, global oversight, and governance of environmental, health and safety (EHS) programs within the scope of responsibility. Take action to minimize risk to employees and facilities and to minimize EHS liability for the company.

Responsibilities

Owner and Subject Matter Expert (SME) on GEHS Technical Standards and Procedures, ensuring that standards and procedures are in place and maintained as appropriate to provide the foundation for standardized company EHS Programs, and to minimize EHS risk.Development of training courses to complement GEHS Technical Standards and enhance understanding of requirements across the enterprise.EHS SME for Engineering Standards, providing technical EHS input to standards as required.Participate in environmental, health and safety audits.Implement/manage back-office process for EHS Audit Program such as, but not limited to, provision of technical clarifications, data trending, audit metrics, action plan follow-ups, etc.Support of the Environmental, Health and Safety Documentation Program which consists of the Global EHS Management / Technical Standards and EHS Training.Monitor regulations and enforcement trends, conduct impact analyses, implement action plans for compliance and monitor global compliance.Implement and/or provide oversight for various EHS programs as assigned such as, but not limited to, EHS company-wide educational campaigns, EHS training/education for EHS teams’ enterprise wide, EHS Excellence Awards, and etc.Think strategically and ensure deliverables are aligned with broader organization and create awareness of this direction with affected members/business functions.Strategize beyond short-term deliverables and expectations; monitor trends and practices externally to own organization (both inside and outside of the company) and facilitate continuous improvements that have long-term business value.Lead and/or participate in cross functional teams to represent EHS objectives related to the subject matter and to meet the team’s overall strategic objectives and deliverables.Scope of position has global reach, represents company with external organizations, prepares or contributes to reports for regulatory agencies, and minimizes company liability related to EHS impacts.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science, EHS, Industrial Safety, or related/equivalent degree. Master's degree preferred. EHS or Engineering professional certification is preferred, but not required.At least 10 years of EHS related experience, or combined experience managing environmental, health, safety, and sustainability. Experience in a Manufacturing and/or R&D environment is preferred. Prior experience implementing EHS regulations and internal EHS Management/Technical Standards, EHS auditing, conducting incident investigations, interacting with external organizations and managing cross functional teams.Ability to plan against business targets, review and approve functional area plans to achieve key business targets and strategic plan.Ability to define scope and magnitude of problem, provide rapid and detailed assessment, coordinate response, present short-and long-term options, and develop procedures to minimize likelihood of re-occurrence.Ability to actively listen, build, and maintain effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues and stakeholders, and resolve conflict.Ability to successfully manage project and programs according to schedule and within approved operational budget.General understanding of general industry safety and health standards (NIOSH, ANSI) is required. 10-15% travel required globally. 
Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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