Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie seeks an Environmental, Health and Safety Manager for warehouse operations to lead EHS programs that protect staff, products and the environment while ensuring compliant, efficient distribution activities.

The role partners with AbbVie Global EHS, Supply Chain, Quality and Facilities to identify hazards, strengthen safety culture, and drive continuous improvement in a regulated pharmaceutical setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EHS or Engineering with 5+ years of related experience (or Master’s with 3+ years).
• Experience implementing EHS regulations and incident investigations.
• Ability to establish measurable goals and action plans.
• Ability to develop standards/policies aligned with business objectives.
• Strong relationship-building and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS programs for warehouse operations and ensure compliance.
• Provide EHS guidance during planning, changes, and installations.
• Set annual EHS goals, track KPIs, present to leadership.
• Promote proactive safety culture through engagement and continuous improvement.
• Conduct job hazard analyses, risk assessments, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and safety observations.
• Manage environmental programs including waste and chemical storage.
• Lead or support investigations of injuries, near misses, spills, and other events.
• Develop and maintain warehouse emergency response plans and drills.
• Manage warehouse safety training program.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Incident investigations

Training delivery

Hazard analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in EHS/Engineering

Master’s degree in EHS/Engineering

Job description

Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 109500
• Salary Max: 208500
• Workday Global Grade: 18
• Compensation: USD 109,500 - USD 208,500 - yearly

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 – Warehouse Operations, is responsible for leading Environmental, Health, and Safety programs within the company’s warehouse and distribution operations. This role develops and implements strategies that protect employees, contractors, visitors, products, equipment, and the environment while supporting safe, compliant, and efficient warehouse performance.

The EHS Manager partners with Warehouse Operations, AbbVie Global EHS, Supply Chain, Quality, Facilities, Human Resources, Security, and other functions to identify hazards, reduce risk, strengthen safety culture, maintain regulatory compliance, and support continuous improvement. The role is expected to provide visible leadership in a pharmaceutical or similarly regulated environment where materials may include raw materials, finished products, chemicals, hazardous materials, controlled substances, temperature-sensitive products, and regulated waste.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain EHS programs, procedures, standards, and objectives for warehouse operations and ensure warehouse activities comply with applicable federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety laws, regulations, permits, and company requirements.
• Provide EHS guidance during warehouse planning, process changes, equipment installations, layout changes, expansions, and operational improvements.
• Establish annual EHS goals, performance metrics, action plans, and improvement priorities. Analyze and assess key performance indicators, safety trends, and present findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Promote a proactive safety culture based on employee engagement, hazard prevention, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct and oversee job hazard analyses, risk assessments, ergonomic evaluations, industrial hygiene assessments, and safety observations. This includes identifying hazards associated with material handling, powered industrial trucks, loading docks, conveyors, racking, storage systems, lifting, packaging, shipping, and receiving activities, ensuring regulatory readiness and agency representation.
• Manage environmental programs applicable to warehouse operations, including hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, universal waste, recycling, spill prevention, and chemical storage.
• Lead or support investigations of injuries, illnesses, near misses, property damage, vehicle incidents, spills, fires, and other EHS events.
• Develop and maintain warehouse emergency response plans including the support of emergency drills, coordinating with site emergency response team and ensuring that emergency equipment is available, inspected, maintained and accessible.
• Manage the warehouse safety training program to include developing and delivering EHS training for all warehouse functions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 5+ years of EHS related experience or master’s degree plus 3 years of EHS related experience. 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.
• 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 actively listen, build and maintain effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues and stakeholders, and resolve conflict constructively.
• Ability to success manage projects and programs independently.

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

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.

This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.