Senior Specialist, EHS

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.

About the role

Provides leadership for contractor and construction safety programs and day-to-day EHS operational support, with primary responsibility for AbbVie operations and projects within Lake County, Illinois. Develops, implements, and maintains contractor safety, construction safety, and related EHS programs to ensure regulatory and internal compliance, reduce risk to employees and contractors, and support safe project execution and ongoing operations. Assesses risk and develops practical programs, policies, procedures, assessments, training, and field-based solutions. Provides technical support to other AbbVie locations or teams as business needs arise.

Responsibilities

• Lead contractor and construction safety programs for Lake County, Illinois, including program strategy, governance, procedures, tools, performance expectations, and continuous improvement.
• Provide day-to-day EHS support to construction projects, facilities activities, maintenance work, and site operations by identifying hazards, evaluating risk, and recommending practical controls.
• Partner with project managers, engineering, facilities, operations, contractor hosts, procurement, and contractor organizations to integrate EHS requirements into planning, contractor selection, onboarding, mobilization, execution, and project closeout.
• Conduct field observations, inspections, audits, and work reviews; verify compliance with regulatory and AbbVie requirements; and drive timely correction of identified gaps.
• Support high-risk work planning and execution, including contractor prequalification, site orientation, pre-job planning, permitting, control-of-work activities, and escalation of significant risks.
• Monitor regulatory requirements, industry practices, internal standards, and program performance trends; assess business impacts and implement actions necessary to maintain compliance and strengthen contractor and construction safety performance.