Senior Specialist, EHS
AbbVie
August 15, 2026
On-site
Worcester, MA
$84,500 - $162,000 USD yearly
Corporate Functions
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement EHS programs, training, and policies to reduce incidents and ensure compliance with regulations and company standards.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative occupational hygiene risk assessments and exposure monitoring.
- Develop sampling strategies, technical reports, and recommendations to reduce risk.
- Perform ergonomic assessments and process design risk reviews and provide recommendations to reduce risk.
- Develop and deliver occupational hygiene and ergonomics training.
- Ensure compliance with legal, ethical, and company EHS requirements.
- Lead incident investigations, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Participate in process safety reviews and risk assessments for lab and process safety risks.
- Support and implement EHS improvement projects.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
- Identify and promote process improvements that strengthen EHS performance and reduce risk.
- Communicate compliance status, KPIs, trends, and key issues to stakeholders.
- Lead or support cross-functional teams to achieve EHS objectives.
- Monitor regulatory changes, assess impact, and implement required updates to ensure compliance.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Chemical Engineering and 3–5 years related industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience in process safety and process safety management systems (required).
- Training/experience with PHA (advantage).
- Working experience in a chemical or pharmaceutical setting as a process/project projects (preferred).
- Experience working within a regulatory environment (required).
- Positive track record establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal/external clients.
- Ability to negotiate with peers and customers (required).
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to influence, motivate, and empathize with peers, supervisors, middle management, and vendors; strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Sound judgment; communication skills (English); excellent interpersonal/consulting skills; good organizational and computer skills; positive customer orientation.
- Develop and implement EHS programs, training, and policies to reduce incidents and ensure compliance with regulations and company standards.
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative occupational hygiene risk assessments and exposure monitoring.
- Develop sampling strategies, technical reports, and recommendations to reduce risk.
- Perform ergonomic assessments and process design risk reviews and provide recommendations to reduce risk.
- Develop and deliver occupational hygiene and ergonomics training.
- Ensure compliance with legal, ethical, and company EHS requirements.
- Lead incident investigations, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
- Participate in process safety reviews and risk assessments for lab and process safety risks.
- Support and implement EHS improvement projects.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant policies, regulations, and industrial processes.
- Identify and promote process improvements that strengthen EHS performance and reduce risk.
- Communicate compliance status, KPIs, trends, and key issues to stakeholders.
- Lead or support cross-functional teams to achieve EHS objectives.
- Monitor regulatory changes, assess impact, and implement required updates to ensure compliance.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Chemical Engineering and 3–5 years related industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience in process safety and process safety management systems (required).
- Training/experience with PHA (advantage).
- Working experience in a chemical or pharmaceutical setting as a process/project projects (preferred).
- Experience working within a regulatory environment (required).
- Positive track record establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal/external clients.
- Ability to negotiate with peers and customers (required).
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to influence, motivate, and empathize with peers, supervisors, middle management, and vendors; strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Sound judgment; communication skills (English); excellent interpersonal/consulting skills; good organizational and computer skills; positive customer orientation.