Manager, Environmental Health & Safety- Select Agents and Toxins Biosafety/ Biosecurity
- Employer
- AbbVie
- Location
- Irvine, CA
- Start date
- Sep 4, 2024
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- Discipline
- Administration, Clinical, Manufacturing & Production
- Required Education
- Bachelors Degree
- Position Type
- Full time
- Hotbed
- Biotech Beach, Best Places to Work
Job Details
Company Description
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 immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,YouTubeandLinkedIn.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Approval as ARO through Federal Select Agent Program. Support ARO team and RO ensuring compliance with US 42 CRF Part 73.
Working independently or with general guidance from supervisor:
- Develop and maintain EHS standards, policies, systems and programs applicable to area of responsibility to ensure systems are in place to enable operating in legal and ethical compliance with regard to EHS issues.
- Provide EHS leadership and direction for management, professional, technical and support staff in area of responsibility, including biosafety and biosecurity.
- Provide business perspective, strategic and tactical direction to develop and implement EHS initiatives for the EHS Long range plans focused on AbbVies toxin programs
- Authority to represent AbbVie externally on matters related to EHS with external regulatory agencies and non-government organizations
- Maintain a broad understanding of local, regional and federal EHS regulations and practices for area of responsibility
- Monitor regulatory requirements/trends, conduct impact analyses, and implement programs to ensure compliance with both regulatory and internal standards.
- Coordinate EHS-SAT activities across organizational boundaries, including GEMBA walks, inventory checks, electronic inventory control, and drills. Advise site management on the status of EHS systems.
- Track, manage and communicate compliance status, key performance indicators, trends, priority issues and business impact to key stakeholders. Create plans to address issues identified.
- Conduct incident investigations, identify root causes, and implement improvement/action plans to prevent similar incidents from occurring; manage incident responses and CAPAs.
- Participate and/or lead cross functional teams to represent EHS-SAT objectives related to the subject matter and meet the teams overall objectives and expectations. Develop and conduct training course material to meet the needs of the learner or business.
- Identify and promote process improvements that strengthen the EHS-SAT functions and the overall organization and minimizes/eliminates risk.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree (EHS related, biology, chemistry, Engineering) plus 5+ years of EHS related experience
- or Masters Degree (EHS related, biology, chemistry, Engineering) plus 3 years of EHS related experience.
- EHS (CBSP, RBP, CSP, CIH) or Engineering professional certification is preferred, but not required.
- Working experience with Federal Select Agent Program desired and with implementing EHS regulations, conducting incident investigations, and managing cross functional teams in R&D or manufacturing.
- Laboratory experience working with biological agents.
- Ability to establish measurable project goals and implementation plans, balance conflicting work demands, and develop action plans.
- Ability to develop standards and/or policies that meet business objectives.
- Ability to actively listen, build, and maintain effective working relationships with internal/ external colleagues and stakeholders and resolve conflict constructively. Working experience in implementing EHS regulations, biosafety programs, conducting incident investigations and interacting with regulatory agencies.
- Ability to successfully manage projects, programs, training, drills, and electronic document administration
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:
The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms.
This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms
Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
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Company
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
Stock Symbol: ABBV
Stock Exchange: NYSE
- Website
- http://www.abbvie.com/
- Phone
- 1-800-255-5162
- Location
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1 North Waukegan Road
North Chicago
Illinois
60064
US
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