Engineer, Plant Support - AbbVie

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An engineering professional that works with a cross-functional team of engineers and technicians to provide technical support to the API Pilot Plant.  The API Pilot Plant supports the pharmaceutical pipeline through process development and manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) for pre-clinical toxicology studies, clinical trials, formulation development, and registration runs.

The primary objective of this role is to ensure that the API Pilot Plant facilities, equipment and utilities are maintained in such a manner to enable the API Pilot Plant to safely and effectively deliver AbbVie’s pharmaceutical pipeline.  This role partners with cross-functional peers and departments such as Operations, Engineering, Validation and EHS to ensure the success of plant goals and objectives. 

Responsibilities:

• Assists the Maintenance Section Manager in maintaining the maintenance budget (~$1MM), developing appropriate engineering and maintenance strategies aligned with the business, and ensuring personnel work in a safe environment with the proper safety tools and procedures.
• Ensures equipment/facilities are properly maintained in the areas of responsibility.  Recommends and establishes spare parts and maintenance schedules. Troubleshoots equipment problems, performs root cause analysis and identifies corrective actions. 
• Participates in PHAs and ensures the Mechanical Integrity Program is maintained and updated.
• Assists the plant Validation group in the preparation and execution of commissioning and qualification protocols within areas of responsibility.
• Plans and conducts small- to medium-size assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment. Coordinates and monitors activities/projects.  Reviews plans and monitors status of implementation for those assigned to project; makes judgments regarding quality of implementation within discipline; employs contingency plans to recover from schedule slippage and financial overruns when appropriate.
• Estimates and coordinates resources needed (materials, budget, time and people) to accomplish assigned individual tasks. Anticipates future directions.  Benchmarks internally and externally.  Recognizes changes in the environment and present resources as indicators of future problems and opportunities; prepares for such eventualities.
• Independently executes the design of processes/equipment/systems/facilities by applying standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the discipline.  Independently investigates, conducts tests or experiments.
• Creates/modified designs for intermediate problems.  Designs/modifies more complex components/processes; writes detailed design specifications.  Predicts patterns/trends.  Grasps complexities and sees relationships among data; determines consequences and alternatives; makes recommendations.
• Improves methods/designs/processes.  Recognizes and implements good ideas/innovations/costs reductions; consistently generates/adopts original solutions to problems and reduces them to practices.
• Mentors others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.  Resolves underlying problems.  Identifies full range of customer/client needs and proposes solutions to address them; makes alterations in products or services to better meet (recognized or unrecognized) customer need.
• Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources.  Performs tasks such as writing Requests for Capital Expenditures (RCEs), safety/quality checklists, scope documents, etc.

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, science or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 2+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience.  Additional post-graduate education may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
• Possesses a working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures.  Ability to work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.  Demonstrates judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within engineering and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Listens to and understands others' points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully one's own perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Has a technical background in health care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics, or similar industries (preferred).
• Has an understanding of process control systems such as Emerson DeltaV and/or Allen Bradley PLCs (preferred).

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

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Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable 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 AbbVie’s 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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