Safety Specialist

hace 14 horas


Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica Abbott Laboratories A tiempo completo
About Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories is a global leader in healthcare, creating breakthrough science to improve people's lives. We're driven by a passion for innovation, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

We offer our employees the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow, and learn, care for themselves and their families, be their true selves, and live full lives. At Abbott Laboratories, you'll have access to:

  • Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
  • A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
  • A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

This position works out of our Electrophysiology Division in Costa Rica. In Abbott's Electrophysiology business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

The Opportunity

As the Sr Safety Specialist, you'll be responsible for managing the implementation and sustaining of all Safety programs according to local and external regulations and standards. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Ensuring that the Safety Management System is established and deployed within Abbott in accordance with recognized international standards.
  • Proposing, developing, monitoring, and improving policies, procedures, and work instructions to ensure that the company meets and complies with all applicable corporate and local Safety Standards and regulations.
  • Assuring appropriate corrective action is taken where health and safety hazards exist.
  • Managing training of employees and contractors.
  • Ensuring Management and full compliance of Abbott Safety technical and managerial standards.

You'll also be responsible for:

  • Assuring compliance of Abbott EP/SH Costa Rica with Safety local government authorities, certification entities, and/or corporate officers.
  • Managing the Inspection and Compliance verification program of the facility (Check List), in order to identify potential hazards or legal findings, analyzing operating records and reports, documenting all inquiries regarding safety, or industrial hygiene issues, implementing corrective action where necessary.
  • Ensuring that established procedures are followed by ALL contractors.
  • Leading the contractor's management - Safety performance continuous improvement process.
  • Leading the Site shutdown's EHS support and ALL expansion projects assuring safety first.
  • Coordinating with the business leading partner for operations in the implementation and sustaining of ALL Safety programs in order to reduce workplace injuries/illnesses and potential impacts, ensuring that established procedures are followed by all contractors.
  • Supervising the Safety Staff in order establish, support, and maintain the Health and Safety programs for Abbott.
  • Reporting to Senior EHS management on the performance and outcomes of the Safety programs for review.
Required Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Health & Safety Engineering.
  • +8 years in Environmental, Health and Safety field
  • +5 years Safety Management Systems
  • +5 years Safety Regulatory Compliance, developing Safety policies and procedures in Safety, assuring their alignment with Safety governmental regulations.
  • Critical hazards control, sound technical knowledge; Must have knowledge in OSHA Industry Standards.
  • Experience with emergency response, life safety and LOTO/Machine guarding.
  • Computer skills. Use PowerPoint, Excel spreadsheets, and/or Microsoft Project.
  • Advance command of English Language


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