Manager, Environmental Health & Safety

Company Description

Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

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

• 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 Abb Vie 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 ) 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 eliminate operations-related injuries or accidents, damage/loss of product or equipment, and unnecessary costs by ensuring that all equipment and facilities are maintained consistent with the safety, security, hygiene and standards set by Abb Vie.

• Bachelor’s Degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 5 – 12 years of EHS related experience or Master’s Degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 5 – 10 years of EHS related experience. EHS related experience in manufacturing or R&D environments are required. Experience in a chemical plant operations or Oil and Gas environments is preferred, but not required. EHS or Engineering professional certification is preferred, but not required.
• Working experience in implementing EHS regulations, conducting incident investigations, interacting with regulatory agencies and external organizations and managing cross functional teams.
• Development of practical, applicable standards and/or policies that meet business objectives. Technical expertise in the EHS functions as well as technical writing and business communications.
• 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.

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…