Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

EHS Specialist

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents.

Our location in Santa Clara, CA, currently has an opportunity for an EHS Specialist.

An EHS professional who applies established EHS principles, practices, regulations and internal standards, interacts with customers and is solutions-minded in completing EHS assignments.

What You'll Work On:

• Project Management: Plans and conducts assigned projects. Coordinates and monitors activities/projects. Assists planning and monitoring status of implementation for those assigned to project. Makes judgments regarding quality of implementation. Facilitates the definition of a project scope with stakeholders. Estimates and coordinates resources needed to accomplish assigned individual tasks. Jointly responsible for achieving the project's EHS targets in support of business objectives.
• Technical: Applies technical knowledge/skills to EHS programs and systems. Benchmarks internally across the organization. Participates and/or assists other professionals and management in the application of standard EHS theories, concepts, and techniques. Investigates and performs analysis. Reports findings. Prepares and communicates recommendations and action plans.
• Problem Solving/Innovation: Interprets problems/recommends solutions. Analyzes patterns/trends, interprets data and makes recommendations. Make suggestions to improve methods/designs/processes. Recognizes and implements good ideas/innovations. Consistently generates/adopts original solutions to problems and reduces them to practices.
• Organizational Interface: Establishes contacts with immediate supervisor, project leaders, and other professionals. Prepares written communication. Conveys information effectively through formal and informal documents and meetings with team members, both internal and external to Abbott, using appropriate communication protocols, e.g. develops proposals. Conducts reviews. Provides audience targeted content. Prepares project summaries. Obtains approval to proceed with proposed action plans. Contributes willingly and incorporates the ideas of others. Shares resources, knowledge, and accountability to benefit the objectives of the business, understands own limitations. Establish and build relationships, good communication and ensure stakeholder satisfaction. Initiates and cultivates open, professional relationships with stakeholders by establishing rapport, developing an understanding of others' needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments.
• Compliance: Supports compliance with all applicable regulations and internal standards. Assists in the identification of potential EHS risks and consequences of new and modified processes/systems/regulations and takes appropriate action. Stays current on changing technical requirements, regulations and internal/external standards. Generates and communicates EHS performance data. Responsible for achieving or contributing towards EHS targets.
• Additional Responsibilities: Develops and maintains procedures and standards. Coordinates with technical support personnel to conduct EHS assessments. Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources. Performs tasks such as assisting in the completion of Requests for Capital Expenditures (RCEs), EHS checklists, project scope documents, risk assessments, etc. Assists in the resolution of EHS problems. Provides training.

Education and Experience You'll Bring:

Minimum Education:

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years): In EHS, Occupational Health, Engineering, Science, Nursing or closely related discipline is desired. OR An equivalent combination of education and work experience

Masters Degree (± 18 years): Masters Nursing Degree preferred

Minimum Experience / Training Required:

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) In EHS, Occupational Health, Engineering, Science, Nursing or closely related discipline is desired OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience Masters Degree (± 18 years) Masters Nursing Degree preferred
• Minimum 2 years Relevant experience. Professional certification(s) desirable. Demonstrate competencies within the following; Set Vision & Strategy, Anticipate, Innovate, Build and Deliver Results.
• Technical experience plus demonstrated competence.

The base pay for this position is $81,500.00 – $141,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.