Specialist EHS

Specialist EHS

Abbott

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.

An EHS professional who applies established EHS principles, practices, regulations and internal standards, interacts with customers and is solutions-minded in completing EHS assignments.

• Plans and conducts assigned projects.
• Coordinates and monitors activities/projects.
• Assists planning and monitoring status of implementation for those assigned to project.
• Makes judgments regarding quality of implementation.
• Facilitates the definition of a project scope with stakeholders.
• Estimates and coordinates resources needed to accomplish assigned individual tasks.
• Jointly responsible for achieving the project’s EHS targets in support of business objectives.
• Applies technical knowledge/skills to EHS programs and systems; benchmarks internally across the organization.
• Participates and/or assists other professionals and management in the application of standard EHS theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Investigates and performs analysis.
• Reports findings.
• Prepares and communicates recommendations and action plans.
• Interprets problems and recommends solutions; analyzes patterns/trends, interprets data and makes recommendations.
• Suggests improvements to methods, designs, and processes.
• Recognizes and implements good ideas/innovations; consistently generates and adopts original solutions to problems and refines them into practices.
• Establishes contacts with immediate supervisor, project leaders, and other professionals.
• Prepares written communication.
• Conveys information effectively through formal and informal documents and meetings with both internal and external team members, develops proposals, conducts reviews, and provides audience‑targeted content.
• Prepares project summaries.
• Obtains approval to proceed with proposed action plans.
• Contributes willingly and incorporates the ideas of others.
• Shares resources, knowledge, and accountability to benefit the objectives of the business; understands own limitations.
• Builds and maintains open, professional relationships with stakeholders, establishing rapport and understanding others’ needs to promote common goals and follow through on commitments.
• Supports compliance with all applicable regulations and internal standards; assists in identifying potential EHS risks and consequences of new and modified processes/systems/regulations and takes appropriate action.
• Stays current on changing technical requirements, regulations, and internal/external standards.
• Generates and communicates EHS performance data.
• Responsible for achieving or contributing toward EHS targets.
• Develops and maintains procedures and standards.
• Coordinates with technical support personnel to conduct EHS assessments.
• Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources.
• Assists in the completion of Requests for Capital Expenditures (RCEs), EHS checklists, project scope documents, risk assessments, etc.
• Assists in the resolution of EHS problems.
• Provides training.

• Bachelor’s Degree (± 16 years) in EHS, Occupational Health, Engineering, Science, Nursing, or a closely related discipline is desired. Equivalent combination of education and work experience is acceptable.
• Master’s Nursing Degree preferred.

• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Professional certification(s) desirable.
• Demonstrated competencies in Set Vision & Strategy, Anticipate, Innovate, Build and Deliver Results.
• Technical experience plus demonstrated competence.