Director, Global Environment and Health – Safety

Role Overview

• Responsible for environmental, health, and safety oversight of Abbott Division’s Supply Chain, global manufacturing sites, distribution centers and office complexes.
• Ensure compliance with all corporate, divisional, local, state and federal regulations pertaining to Environmental, Health and Safety.
• Responsible for strategy development, compliance, training and incident support.
• Responsible for Commercial EHS support to Division's Commercial functions.
• Responsible for strategy development, compliance, training and incident support for environmental, health, safety AV division.
• Solid understanding of the global threat environment and innovative strategies.
• Oversees capital improvement projects related to EHS for AV main sites.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements (i.e.; FDA, EU MDR, OSHA, EPA, Homeland Security and OEC, etc).
• Develop effective environmental, health, safety, procedures, projects and programs to ensure AV operates in a safe, secure, compliant manner.
• Global EHS to ensure effective EHS are established, maintained and improved.
• Identify and execute large scale global projects to reduce personnel and regulatory risk as well as improve employee well-being across Abbott Division.
• Develop business continuity strategies to ensure AV can maintain supply to our customers.
• Lead, Direct, and Manage cross functional teams to achieve business objectives and implement EHS programs.
• Interface with regulators, agency, and trade organizations to influence regulations, requirements, and performance expectations.
• Staff, retain, and develop regional and site EHS talent to ensure compliance needs are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 10+ years EHS experience.
• Executive level leadership and communication skills managing teams in a global environment.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and SME’s.
• Strong stakeholder and project management capability is critical.
• Knowledge of EHS regulations and compliance standards.
• Experience in project management systems and utilization of project management tools.
• Experienced at developing business continuity plans.
• Demonstrated ability to build long range strategic plans and execute per plan.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit
• an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.