Manager, Environmental, Health and Safety
About The Position
The EHS Manager – Warehouse Operations leads Environmental, Health, and Safety programs across the company’s warehouse and distribution operations. The role develops and implements strategies to 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 position provides visible leadership in a pharmaceutical or similarly regulated environment that may involve raw materials, finished products, chemicals, hazardous materials, controlled substances, temperature-sensitive products, and regulated waste.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an EHS-related field or Engineering and at least 5 years of EHS-related experience, or a master’s degree and at least 3 years of EHS-related experience.
- Experience 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 that identify resource requirements.
- Ability to develop standards and policies that meet business objectives.
- Ability to actively listen, build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external colleagues and stakeholders, and resolve conflict constructively.
- Ability to manage projects and programs independently.
Nice To Haves
- EHS or engineering professional certification.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain EHS programs, procedures, standards, and objectives for warehouse operations, ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local 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 safety indicators and trends and present findings and recommendations to leadership.
- Promote a proactive safety culture centered 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; identify hazards in warehouse activities and support regulatory readiness and agency representation.
- Manage environmental programs for warehouse operations, including hazardous and 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; support emergency drills, coordinate with the site emergency response team, and ensure emergency equipment is available, inspected, maintained, and accessible.
- Manage the warehouse safety training program, including developing and delivering EHS training for all warehouse functions.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick leave.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k).
- Eligibility to participate in long-term incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
