Health, Safety and Environment Specialist

About the role

The Health, Safety and Environment Specialist contributes to improving Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) performance in the assigned area of responsibility to cultivate a high-performance culture with a strong focus on HSE. Supports the business by applying in-depth HSE knowledge and offering solutions and advice. Ensures effective risk management through HSE excellence along the ABB value chain.

Work model: Onsite, Mebane, NC

Reports to: HSE Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead HSE risk assessment activities with line management, ensuring identified hazards are mitigated through effective preventive and corrective actions while promoting a proactive safety culture.
• Ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements and ABB HSE standards by implementing policies, supporting audits, and advising leaders on HSE responsibilities, obligations, and best practices.
• Drive incident management processes by facilitating investigations, conducting root cause analyses, and developing corrective action plans to reduce risk and prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and report HSE performance metrics, incidents, KPIs, and training effectiveness, providing actionable insights, lessons learned, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Champion HSE engagement, training, and improvement initiatives by partnering with employees, managers, customers, suppliers, and external stakeholders to strengthen safety performance, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• High school Diploma with 2+ years of relevant experience
• Expertise to work with diversified functions to deploy policies in the HSE domain preferred
• Knowledge of state-specific safety programs such as North Carolina Safe Star preferred

Benefits

• Choice between two medical plan options: PPO Copay Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid; ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program
• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
• 11 paid holidays
• Salaried exempt positions: vacation under a permissive time away policy