Director, Facilities & EHS

Abbott Laboratories; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 344,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is recruiting an experienced EHS leader to drive global environmental, health and safety performance within the Division. You will partner with Operations to ensure regulatory compliance, implement Abbott's EHS policies, and lead a matrix team across multiple plants worldwide.

The role emphasizes governance, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement in safety, compliance, and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EHS or related field required; master’s preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of related experience in EHS.
• Extensive technical expertise in EHS and plant-level EHS.
• Managerial experience leading senior professionals.
• Experience in Division or Corporate management and international contexts.
• Strong relationship-building with internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish SLAs with Corporate EHS&E Regional Support for Division Ops as appropriate.
• Lead development and implementation of Global Division’s position on EHS emerging issues.
• Interface with regulators and trade organizations to influence regulations and expectations.
• Collaborate with Abbott EHS leaders to understand trends and business impacts.
• Communicate issues, solutions, and implications to internal stakeholders.
• Provide tactical direction to develop and implement the EHS strategic plan.
• Keep current on emerging technologies and regulatory issues affecting the business.
• Staff, retain, and develop qualified EHS positions to meet needs.

Skills

EHS leadership

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Staff management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in EHS or related field

Master’s Degree in Environmental/Health & Safety Sciences or Management

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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

• Direct accountability for EHS performance throughout Division.
• Provide indirect management of Global, Divisional EHS plant personnel and coordination of all EHS for Division worldwide.
• Actively partner with Division Operations to ensure regulatory compliance, and consistent, effective EHS program implementation throughout Division Operations worldwide.
• Partner with EHS&E Corporate Regional Support to provide consistent, effective EHS service to facilitate program implementation throughout Division Operations worldwide.
• Responsible for successful completion of regulatory EHS inspections within all global Division plants.
• Contribute to the development of a global EHS vision and strategy; implement action to comply with established governance system processes, and metrics.
• Direct the implementation of tools and processes that enable the consistent application of Abbott's EHS global policies, programs, and systems within Global Division Operations.

What You’ll Work On

• Establish effective service level agreements with Corporate EHS&E Regional Support for Division Ops as appropriate.
• Lead the development and implementation of Global Division’s position on EHS emerging issues.
• Interface with regulators, agencies, and trade organizations to influence direction of regulations, requirements, and performance expectations.
• Collaborate with Abbott EHS leaders to understand trends, issues, and business impacts.
• Communicate to internal Division stakeholders on issues, solutions, and implications to the business.
• Provide Division business perspective and tactical direction to collaboratively develop and implement the EHS strategic plan.
• Keep current on emerging technologies and regulatory issues that may impact the business.
• Provide innovative, achievable, and practical solutions to Division Operations.
• Understand regional and global business drivers/regulations.
• Balance priorities and resources to meet needs locally while being consistent with the EHS global charter.
• Staff, retain, and develop qualified, regional and plant Division EHS positions to ensure compliance and program needs met.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; preferred field of study in EHS or related.
• Minimum 12 years of related experience.
• Extensive technical expertise in EHS and plant-level EHS experience required.
• Managerial experience required, leading a staff of senior level professionals.
• Division or Corporate management experience required.
• Division Operations experience preferred.
• International experience preferred.
• Team leadership experience involving cross-divisional and cross-functional participants is required.
• Positive track record of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external clients/resources; demonstrates ability to successfully negotiate with peers, customers, regulators and governmental officials.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Environmental/Health & Safety Sciences or Management preferred.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $172,000.00 – $344,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Engineering DIVISION: CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management LOCATION: United States > Sylmar : 15900 Valley View Court ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next‑generation diagnostics, life‑changing devices, science‑based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

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We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

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