Facilities Engineer II

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is a global healthcare leader seeking a Manufacturing Facilities Engineer II for its Infectious Disease Developed Markets unit in Scarborough, Maine. The role focuses on maintaining facilities systems, driving approved changes, and delivering mid-scale projects in a regulated manufacturing environment.

You will troubleshoot, improve processes and facilities, and collaborate with engineering, technicians, production staff, quality, and operations to meet timelines and regulatory

Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal agencies.
• Manages and completes QMS actions related to facility processes and equipment.
• Enforces safety protocols for staff and contractors on projects.
• Coordinates with other departments to meet project timelines.
• Owns critical facilities systems and ensures performance, compliance, and reliability.
• Leads root cause investigations and drives corrective/preventive actions.
• Develops and maintains facilities standards, SOPs, and design docs.
• Reviews drawings, calculations, validation docs and change impacts for regulatory compliance.
• Serves as primary technical interface with vendors/contractors for assigned systems.
• Leads medium-scale facilities projects and system upgrades with cross-functional teams.
• Supports commissioning and validation activities, including test strategy and data analysis.
• Evaluates existing systems for process suitability, capacity, and risk; develops improvement plans.
• Manages change control activities through Agile PLM or equivalent systems.
• Provides technical guidance and mentorship to junior Facilities Engineers and Technicians.
• Participates in audits and inspections as a system SME.
• Complies with FDA regulations, ISO, and other regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Maintains positive, cooperative communications across all levels of staff, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Facilities Engineer II

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.


• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.


• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.


• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.


• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

About Abbott

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott's Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The position of Manufacturing Facilities Engineer II is within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets Business Unit located in Scarborough, Maine. This role will be responsible for maintaining assigned facilities systems, creating and implementing approved changes, and executing mid-scale projects. Working with engineering, technicians and production staff, this role troubleshoots and improves process and facilities related issues. Working with engineering, technicians and production staff, this role troubleshoots and improves process and facilities related issues with limited supervision, exercising sound engineering judgment in a regulated manufacturing environment.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal agencies.


• Manages and completes QMS (Quality Management System) actions and items related to facility processes and equipment as needed.


• Adheres and enforces all relevant safety protocols and philosophies for internal staff members and the actions of vendors working on relevant projects.


• Works closely with other departments to define, coordinate, and execute project actions to meet established timelines.


• Owns one or more critical facilities systems, ensuring performance, compliance, and reliability across their lifecycle.


• Leads structured root cause investigations for complex or recurring equipment and system failures, driving corrective and preventive actions.


• Develops, reviews, and maintains facilities system standards, specifications, SOPs, and design documentation.


• Reviews drawings, calculations, validation documentation, and change impacts to ensure technical accuracy and regulatory compliance.


• Serves as the primary technical interface with vendors and contractors for assigned systems, including scope definition and technical decision-making.


• Leads execution of medium-scale facilities projects and system upgrades, coordinating with engineering, technicians, quality, and operations.


• Supports and leads commissioning and validation activities, including test strategy development and data analysis.


• Evaluates existing systems for process suitability, capacity, and risk; develops improvement plans as needed.


• Manages and supports change control activities through Agile PLM or equivalent systems.


• Provides technical guidance and informal mentorship to Facilities Engineers I and Facilities Technicians.


• Participates in audits and inspections as a system subject matter expert.


• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.


• Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies and procedures.


• Demonstrates commitment to the development, implementation and effectiveness of applicable Quality Processes as per ISO, FDA, and other regulatory agencies.


• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.


• Responsibility to understand and maintain awareness of the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of their speci