EHS Manager - Industrial Hygiene and Lab Safety (onsite daily)

AbbVie

Worcester, MA

Pay: $109,500-$208,500/yr

Shift: Full time

**Company 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.

**Job Description**

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.

**Qualifications**

• 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