Commission Functional Safety Engineer Jobs in Raleigh, NC

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
In this exciting new role, the Associate Director of EHS - Strategic Projects will collaborate with a cross functional team (Engineering, Operations, etc.) to ensure EHS is built into the design & engineering phase of our North Carolina site from design to manufacturing.
Key Objectives/Deliverables:

• Act as the EHS liaison with Project stakeholders and Global EHS
• Partner with cross functional teams to develop, establish, and sustain EHS systems, processes, and programs.
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance, e.g. evaluating environmental Impacts
• Safety by Design - Anticipate and eliminate potential issues in design & engineering phases.
• Ensure innovation with Artificial Intelligence and new technologies have highest level safety considerations imbedded.
• Engage site resources in achieving an interdependent safety culture.
• Provide EHS technical support.
• Consistent implementation of AbbVie internal technical standards across all projects. Implement best practices from across AbbVie's EHS network.
• Introduce automated tools and technology for safety compliance, analysis, and evaluation
• Partner with construction company to ensure highest standard of Construction / contractor employee health & safety.

Responsibilities:
• Think strategically and ensure deliverables are aligned with broader organization and create awareness of this direction with affected members/business functions.
• Visualize beyond short-term deliverables and expectations; monitor trends and practices external to own organization (both inside and outside of company) and facilitate continuous improvements that have long-term business value.
• Monitor regulatory requirements and enforcement trends, conduct impact analyses, implement action plans for compliance, and monitor global compliance.
• Identify organizational issues and underlying causes to make judgments; develop and recommend viable alternatives that support the EHS strategy; create new models or systems to apply to problems or opportunities.
• Develop and implement appropriate programs, policies and procedures for global implementation.
• Develop and report key performance indicators on EHS program implementation.
• Summarize and report compliance status, strengths and priority issues, and recommendations for various levels of management and ensure the implementation of corrective actions.
• Provide leadership and direction to direct staff through the promotion of teamwork, empowerment, coaching and development; and manage team performance to ensure organizational objectives are met.
• Lead and/or participate on cross functional teams to represent EHS objectives related to the subject matter and to meet the team's overall strategic objectives and deliverables.
• Scope of position has global reach, represents company with external organizations, prepares or contributes to sustainability related reports for external viewing, prepares or contributes to reports for regulatory agencies, minimizes company liability related to EHS impacts, and investigates EHS related incidents.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree (EHS related, Science, Engineering) plus 10+ years of EHS related experience or Master's Degree (EHS related, Science, Engineering) plus 8-10 years of EHS related experience.
• Working experience implementing EHS regulations, conducting incident investigations, interacting with regulatory agencies and external organizations, and managing cross functional teams.
• Ability to plan against business targets, review and approve plans developed by other areas, and balance resources to achieve key business targets and strategic plan.
• Ability to define scope and magnitude of problem, provide rapid and detailed assessment, coordinate response, present short-and long-term options, and develop procedures to minimize likelihood of re-occurrence.
• Ability to actively listen, build/maintain effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues/resources and resolve conflict.
• Ability to create a motivating environment, make decisions, influence outcomes, and negotiate to achieve agreements while successfully representing EHS in a decision situation.
• Ability to successfully manage projects and programs.
Additional Skills/Preferences:

• Experience presenting EHS KPIs to Senior leadership.
• Experience in GMP manufacturing environments.
• Experience with major capital projects and Greenfield sites.
• Professional Certifications: e.g., Project management preferred.
• Certification within EHS: CSP, CIH preferred.
• EHS related experience in manufacturing/R&D environments is preferred.
• EHS Professional certification is preferred but not required.

Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of thisposting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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