Facilities Engineer

Allergan; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to apply engineering and scientific knowledge to lead projects with minimal supervision. The role emphasizes planning, budgeting, and coordinating with internal and external teams to meet business objectives while maintaining compliance.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical background in healthcare or related industries, with extensive collaboration across diverse groups and staff development responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is required or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of engineering or operational experience preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to work with diverse groups and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct small- to medium-size engineering projects within engineering specialty; manage execution.
• Ensure compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Balance cost, scope and schedule; develop execution strategy including procurement.
• Oversee design work of internal and external consultants; coordinate with stakeholders.
• Represent engineering on corporate task forces and collaborate with internal/external teams.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

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, XandYouTube.

Job Description

An engineering professional who, working with little or no supervision, applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to a specific technical field or discipline. A Facilities Manager has general knowledge of other related disciplines beyond their own area of expertise.

• Responsibilities of this engineering grade level inherently include and expand upon the responsibilities established for lower engineering grade levels.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Independently plans and conducts small- to medium-size assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment. Manages multiple, often concurrent, projects and meets deadlines. Responsible for achieving the project's financial targets in support of business objectives. Maintains project controls and reporting for cost, scope and schedule; develops execution strategy including procurement. Balances multiple demands.
• Produces unique and cost-effective results. Establishes alternate use possibilities and incorporates flexibility; balances system costs with benefits provided; oversees design work of internal and external consultants, Creates/modified designs for intermediate problems. Integrates financial with technical data. Analyzes complex interdisciplinary problems and identifies their impact; establishes probabilities; draws conclusions reflecting broad business needs.
• Represents engineering on corporate task forces. 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. Monitors the improvement of other engineer and may participate in the evaluation of assigned staff/project team members and in the identification of development needs. May supervise other engineers or technicians.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 5+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience. A post-graduate education/degree is desired, and may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
• Has demonstrated competency within a discipline.
• Possesses a strong technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures. Works on problems of complex scope where analysis of situations or data involves multiple competing 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, pharmaceutical, biologics, or similar industries (preferred).
• Has demonstrated competency with financial systems and in fiscal control.

Additional Information

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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