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AbbottPosting location: Avon · United StatesIndependent fictional example, not company material.

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Charles Edwards

Junior EHS Specialist · Avon · United States

Junior EHS Specialist with experience in site risk assessments, chemical records, safety training, and corrective-action follow-up. Practical work includes Risk assessments, SDS, EHS training, Incident investigation.

Experience

Abbott

Avon · United States

Junior EHS Specialist

Jul 2025 - now

  • With a senior colleague reviewing the change, updated distribution-center risk assessments with operations after an equipment layout change, checking chemical inventory and current SDS records against observed work areas; assigned owners to missing records and unresolved hazards before the next readiness review.
  • Within an assigned workstream, reworked EHS training for receiving and warehouse teams around site-specific scenarios, documenting attendance, knowledge checks, and follow-up corrective actions; separated course completion from demonstrated understanding when planning refresher sessions.
  • Within the assigned scope, walked the work area with operators to identify exposure and energy-isolation hazards, checked the selected controls during the task, and followed training gaps through supervisor confirmation.
  • Within the assigned scope, owned an EHS risk-assessment follow-up using SDS and permit requirements, resolved missing chemical controls and completed corrective-action evidence before area reopening.
  • Within the assigned scope, published EHS training using observed maintenance hazards, reduced overdue safety actions by 27% and verified environmental controls with the responsible site specialist.

Rockwell Automation

Milwaukee · United States

EHS Specialist Project Contributor

Mar 2024 - Jun 2025

  • With supervisor review, tracked inspection and incident-investigation actions with due dates and evidence required for closure; kept actions open when only a planned fix, not a verified change, had been reported.
  • Within the assigned scope, checked a revised work instruction against the drawing and test method, observed its use on the equipment, and corrected a measurement ambiguity before approving the revision.
  • Within the assigned scope, verified a corrective action against the original incident investigation, observed the revised task at the worksite, and checked that the new control reduced exposure without creating a different safety hazard.

Selected project

Emergency-plan document review

Project team member

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025

  • With supervisor review, coordinated emergency-plan document reviews and updated site contact and responsibility records. gave shift leaders a current reviewed version instead of conflicting local copies.
  • Used Risk assessments and Site inspections to compare the source record with the proposed result; documented exceptions, the reviewer, and the acceptance decision before handoff.
  • Built a training inspection sheet from public specifications and synthetic measurement results; separated instrument variation from an out-of-tolerance condition and kept the measurement method beside each reading.
  • Compared a proposed process change with the original setup, documented the drawing or instruction revision affected, and wrote an acceptance checklist that required repeatable evidence before recommending release.
  • Owned the bench validation using the original failure conditions, resolved a specification mismatch and completed a traceable test record with calibrated measurement references.

Education

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio · United States

B.S. Environmental Engineering

Sep 2021 - Jun 2025

Relevant coursework: Water treatment, environmental chemistry, air pollution control, hazardous waste management

Skills

Role expertise

Risk assessments · SDS · EHS training · Incident investigation · Corrective actions

Publications

  • Published an independent engineering note using the training test record, explaining tolerance, measurement uncertainty and why a passed bench test is not a production qualification.

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Abbott

EHS Specialist, Distribution Center

Avon · United StatesMid-level

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  • In the posting
      • risk assessments
      Term in work evidence

    Performs tasks such as assisting in the completion of Requests for Capital Expenditures (RCEs), EHS checklists, project scope documents, risk assessments, etc.

    In this resume
    With a senior colleague reviewing the change, updated distribution-center risk assessments with operations after an equipment layout change, checking chemical inventory and current SDS records against observed work areas; assigned owners to missing records and unresolved hazards before the next readiness review.
    Junior EHS Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • SDS
      Term in work evidence

    Review and maintain SDS database and site chemical inventories.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, owned an EHS risk-assessment follow-up using SDS and permit requirements, resolved missing chemical controls and completed corrective-action evidence before area reopening.
    Junior EHS Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • EHS training
      • Corrective actions
      Term in work evidence

    Ensures that the required EHS training is provided for Abbott employees in a timely fashion.

    Implement and maintain EHS procedures to ensure compliance with all Abbott, local, state and federal health and safety standards. · Research, determine applicability and implement plan for compliance with health and safety regulations · Provide EHS employee training · Conduct EHS inspections, assist with implementation of corrective actions and track observations to closure Serve as center of expertise in Lockout/Tagout, Hot Work, Emergency Preparedness, Hazard Communication, Fire Prevention, Industrial Hygiene, Contractor Safety, Hazard Communication, Personal Protective Equipment, Electrical Safety, Biological Safety, Working at Heights, Machine Guarding, Powered Industrial Vehicles, and Ergonomics.

    In this resume
    Within an assigned workstream, reworked EHS training for receiving and warehouse teams around site-specific scenarios, documenting attendance, knowledge checks, and follow-up corrective actions; separated course completion from demonstrated understanding when planning refresher sessions.
    Junior EHS Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • compliance
      • permits
      Evidence not found

    Responsible for ensuring compliance with all EHS permits and licenses required for Abbott site operations.

    In this resume

    No supporting experience found. Do not add this keyword unless your own work supports it.

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  • In the posting
      • safety
      • environmental
      • maintenance
      Term in work evidence

    Implement and maintain EHS procedures to ensure compliance with all Abbott, local, state and federal health and safety standards. · Research, determine applicability and implement plan for compliance with health and safety regulations · Provide EHS employee training · Conduct EHS inspections, assist with implementation of corrective actions and track observations to closure Serve as center of expertise in Lockout/Tagout, Hot Work, Emergency Preparedness, Hazard Communication, Fire Prevention, Industrial Hygiene, Contractor Safety, Hazard Communication, Personal Protective Equipment, Electrical Safety, Biological Safety, Working at Heights, Machine Guarding, Powered Industrial Vehicles, and Ergonomics.

    Formulate, implement, manage and improve ALL programs related with the Environmental, Health and Safety scopes.

    Supports EHS management in the maintenance of the facility’s Emergency Response and Fire Plans.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, published EHS training using observed maintenance hazards, reduced overdue safety actions by 27% and verified environmental controls with the responsible site specialist.
    Junior EHS Specialist · Abbott
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