EHS Manager - Industrial Hygiene and Lab Safety (onsite)

AbbVie Inc.; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. seeks an EHS Manager to lead site environmental, health, safety, and industrial hygiene programs. You will partner with site leadership to ensure regulatory compliance, reduce risk, and promote a strong EHS culture across a highly regulated manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of combined EHS experience, with strong exposure to industrial hygiene, regulatory requirements, and cross-functional collaboration. This role is site-based in Worcester, MA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Industrial Safety, or related/equivalent degree.
• At least five years of combined experience managing environmental, health, safety, and sustainability programs to assure compliance with government regulations and company policies.
• Experience implementing EHS regulations, developing programs, incident investigations, EHS metrics, and interfacing with regulatory agencies.
• Ability to establish measurable project goals, implement plans, balance conflicting demands, and manage cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in English, both oral and written.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve site EHS programs, management systems, procedures, standards, and training initiatives.
• Maintain systems supporting compliance with local, regulatory, ethical, and company policies.
• Monitor local, regional, national, and global EHS requirements and translate changes into site actions.
• Support the site EHS strategic plan and long-range improvement roadmap.
• Promote a proactive safety culture by identifying hazards and strengthening controls.
• Lead the Industrial Hygiene program and exposure-assessment strategies.
• Coordinate incident investigations, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Facilities, and other functions to embed EHS requirements.
• Develop and deliver EHS training tailored to job risks.

Skills

EHS Leadership

Industrial Hygiene

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Assessment

Training & Engagement

Technical Writing

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Science, or related field

Job description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

The EHS Manager is a site-based professional responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving environmental, health, safety, and industrial hygiene programs. This role partners with site leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to maintain regulatory and company compliance, reduce risk, improve operational performance, and promote a strong EHS culture.

The successful candidate will bring a solid technical foundation in EHS and/or Industrial Hygiene, preferably with experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities

EHS Program Leadership

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve site EHS programs, management systems, procedures, standards, and training initiatives.


• Maintain systems that support legal, regulatory, ethical, and company-policy compliance within the assigned area of responsibility.


• Monitor applicable local, regional, national, and global EHS requirements and translate changes into practical site actions.


• Support the development and execution of the site EHS strategic plan and long-range improvement roadmap.


• Promote a proactive safety culture by identifying opportunities to eliminate hazards, strengthen controls, and improve EHS performance.

Industrial Hygiene

• Lead the site Industrial Hygiene program, including the development and execution of exposure-assessment strategies.


• Plan, conduct, and manage Industrial Hygiene studies involving chemical, biological, physical, ergonomic, and other workplace hazards, as applicable.


• Evaluate exposure-monitoring results and recommend appropriate controls using the hierarchy of controls.


• Partner with Occupational Health and other stakeholders on medical-surveillance requirements, employee communication, and follow-up activities, as applicable.


• Maintain Industrial Hygiene records, technical reports, assessments, and documentation in accordance with regulatory and company requirements.


• Verify the effectiveness of engineering, administrative, and personal protective-equipment controls.

Risk Management and Incident Prevention

• Lead or participate in risk assessments, job safety analyses, management-of-change activities, and process-safety reviews, as applicable.


• Conduct or coordinate incident investigations, determine root and contributing causes, and develop corrective and preventive actions.


• Partner with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Facilities, Maintenance, and other functions to embed EHS requirements into new and modified processes.

Training and Engagement

• Develop and deliver EHS and Industrial Hygiene training appropriate to job responsibilities and identified risks.


• Promote employee engagement, reporting of hazards and near misses, and continuous improvement.

Performance Management and Communication

• Communicate compliance status, significant risks, performance trends, priority issues, and business impacts to key stakeholders.


• Prepare clear technical reports, presentations, procedures, and business communications.


• Lead or participate in cross-functional teams to deliver EHS objectives and organizational priorities.

Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Industrial Safety, or related/equivalent degree.

At least five (5) years of combined experience managing environmental, health, safety, and sustainability, project management, systems administration programs to assure compliance with government regulations and company policies.

Work experience in implementing EHS regulations, developing programs, conducting incident investigations, EHS metrics, interacting with regulatory agencies and external organizations and managing cross functional teams.

Ability to establish measurable project goals and implementation plans, balance conflicting work demands, and develop action plans including the identification of resource requirements. Ability to develop standards and/or policies that meet business objectives. Ability to manage complex data sets and produce usable outputs. Ability to manage responsibilities over a large geographic region.

Physical; Walking, sitting and standing. Ability to work with computers, database, and integration of information tracking systems. Fluent in English, both oral and writing.

General knowledge of Quality regulations and standards affecting chemical, biological and medical devices (i.e. Quality Systems and FDA regulations) is desirable. Position requires knowledge on local, state, and OSHA and EPA regulation. General understanding of general industry safety and health standards (NIOSH, ANSI) is required. Understanding of fleet vehicle and/or transportation safety is preferred. Demonstrated data management skills preferred.

Problem Solving

Describe the complexity of analytical or innovative thought required to perform this role, placing particular emphasis on the most challenging aspects of the role or unique environmental aspects (include specific examples).

Business Environment

Working conditions, frequency. Work is mostly performed in an office environment and plant environment. Also, work may require flexible schedules at different shifts and extended work hours when performing EHS evaluations and training.

Preferred experience

• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), or equivalent professional certification.


• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, medical-device, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments.

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.

Benefits

• 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 long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.

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