Associate Director, Environmental Health & Safety

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

Purpose

Responsible for compliance oversight of Global EHS programs through EHS regulatory monitoring and impact assessment, establishing global EHS standards(procedures) and training, and Global EHS auditing programs to minimize EHS liability for the company and minimize risk to employees and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor EHS regulatory requirements for the enterprise and enforcement trends, conduct impact analyses, implement action plans for compliance, and monitor global compliance.
• Complete annual OSHA and BLS regulatory reporting for the Lake County site and provide assistance, where necessary, for U.S. and Puerto Rico based sites.
• Responsible for the oversight and execution of the Global EHS Document Management Program (DMP) which consists of the Global level EHS Policies, Management Standards, Technical Standards and procedures that are implemented across the enterprise.  This includes, but is not limited to, developing new documents and maintenance of existing documents, document translations, management of cross functional teams, and ensuring effective communications. Lake County based support is also provided.
• Develop and implement global EHS training that aligns with programs/procedures and promotes understanding and retention of concepts.  This includes, but is not limited to, developing new training and maintenance of existing training, translations, content development and delivery, and interaction with cross functional teams.  Lake County based support is also provided.
• Provide vision and oversight for the Global EHS auditing program which consists of varying audit types such as Comprehensive EHS audits, Preventing Catastrophic Incidents audits, Environmental audits as well as the annual EHS Data Assurance Review certification audit.
• Summarize and report compliance status, strengths and priority issues, and recommendations for various levels of management and ensure implementation of corrective actions.
• Think strategically and ensure deliverables are aligned with broader organization and create awareness of this direction with affected members/business functions.
• Visualize beyond short-term deliverables and expectations; monitor trends and practices external to own organization (both inside and outside of company) and facilitate continuous improvements that have long-term value.
• Provide leadership and direction to direct staff through the promotion of teamwork, empowerment, coaching and development, and manage team performance to ensure organization objectives are met.
• Lead and/or participate on cross functional teams to represent EHS objectives related to the subject matter and to meet the team’s overall strategic objectives and deliverables.
• Scope of position has global reach, represents company with external organizations, prepares or contributes to sustainability related reports for external viewing, prepares or contributes to reports for regulatory agencies, minimizes company liability related to EHS impacts, and investigates EHS related incidents.

• Bachelor’s Degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 10+ years of EHS related experience or Master’s Degree (EHS related, Engineering) plus 8-10 years of EHS related experience.  EHS related experience in operations or R&D environmental preferred.  EHS professional certification is preferred, but not required.
• Working experience implementing EHS regulations, conducting incident investigations, interacting with regulatory agencies and external organizations, and managing cross functional teams.
• Ability to plan against business targets, review and approve plans developed by other areas, and balance resources to achieve key business targets and strategic plan.
• Ability to define scope and magnitude of problem, provide rapid and detailed assessment, coordinate response, present short-and long-term options, and develop procedures to minimize likelihood of re-occurrence.
• Ability to actively listen, build/maintain effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues/resources, and resolve conflict.
• Ability to create a motivating environment, make decision, influence outcomes, and negotiate to achieve agreements while successfully representing EHS in a decision situation.
• Ability to successfully manage projects and programs.

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

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• 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 (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

• Pay grades my differ by country.

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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