Senior Manager, HVAC

AbbVie; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Long-term incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is bringing a new manufacturing campus to Durham, North Carolina, to expand production of immunology, oncology and neuroscience medicines. The Sr.

Manager, HVAC will lead site‑level HVAC design, start‑up, qualification, and ongoing maintenance in a GMP environment, partnering with cross‑functional teams to meet performance and compliance goals. This role drives process improvements, validation, and documentation standards, ensuring safety, reliability, and energy efficiency across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in drug substance, drug product, biologics and/or aseptic sterile fill finish is required.
• GMP manufacturing environment experience and cross‑functional partnership; startup facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead HVAC technical workstreams and advise on complex decisions.
• Design site-level HVAC processes by defining operating ranges and acceptance criteria.
• Lead process improvements and document results across projects.
• Conduct validation and troubleshoot manufacturing processes and deviations.
• Establish technical standards for process documentation and change execution.
• Guide engineers through decisions and track actions to closure.
• Deliver high-quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs.
• Provide leadership for HVAC systems including AHUs, cleanrooms, filtration, controls.
• Lead start-up, commissioning, and qualification activities for HVAC systems.
• Ensure ongoing maintenance, energy optimization, and lifecycle management.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job 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, X and YouTube.

Company Description

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, X and YouTube.

Job Description

New to North Carolina. Known for pursuing breakthroughs in medicine.

Ready to join our team?

At AbbVie, we bring together talented people and innovative science to develop medicines that help patients. Now, we’re bringing that commitment to Durham, North Carolina, with a new manufacturing campus that will expand our ability to produce medicines and create opportunities in the Research Triangle.

The campus will integrate advanced manufacturing, laboratory technologies and AI to support the production of immunology, oncology and neuroscience medicines. The first phase will include manufacturing facilities, next‑generation laboratories, a warehouse, administrative offices and employee wellness facilities.

To learn more about this investment, please visit https://www.abbvie.com/abbvie-north-carolina-manufacturing.html

Sr. Manager, HVAC

We are now recruiting our Sr. Manager, HVAC.

Key Responsibilities

• The job leads technical workstreams and contributes to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborating with cross‑functional partners to integrate technical solutions throughout the lifecycle, and advising on complex technical decisions and risks.
• Designs site‑level processes and improvements by defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria that support efficient, high‑quality production.
• Leads process improvement and optimization workstreams, defining the technical approach, coordinating trial execution with production, and documenting results.
• Conducts process validation and troubleshooting for manufacturing processes manufacturing processes by analyzing performance data, investigating deviations, and drafting corrective actions and supporting documentation for review and approval.
• Establishes technical standards for process documentation and change execution, ensuring methods, assumptions, and evidence are complete.
• Guides engineers through technical decisions by running working sessions, documenting decision logic, and tracking actions to closure.
• Delivers high‑quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; defines and validates methods, documents results and key assumptions, ensures adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicates technical progress, impacts and recommended mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise for the design and implementation of pharmaceutical HVAC systems, including air handling units, cleanroom air distribution, HEPA filtration, temperature and humidity control, room pressurization, exhaust systems, and building automation/HVAC control systems supporting GMP manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and support areas.
• Lead HVAC design reviews and provide operational input throughout project execution, ensuring systems and facility zoning strategies meet process requirements, contamination‑control objectives, applicable GMP requirements, and industry standards, while incorporating appropriate capacity, redundancy, maintainability, energy efficiency, and lifecycle considerations.
• Provide technical leadership for cleanroom environmental control and contamination‑control strategies, including pressure cascades, air‑change requirements, airflow patterns, filtration, temperature and relative‑humidity requirements, recovery performance, room classification, and segregation of manufacturing processes and personnel/material flows.
• Lead HVAC start‑up, commissioning, and qualification activities, including equipment start‑up, testing and balancing, controls verification, commissioning, cleanroom certification, environmental performance testing, qualification protocol execution, deviation resolution, punch‑list management, and turnover of systems from the project organization to site operations.
• Establish and manage the HVAC operating and maintenance program following system turnover, including standard operating procedures, preventive and predictive maintenance, HEPA filter management, calibration requirements, alarm management, critical spare parts, operator/technician training, system monitoring, and ongoing cleanroom certification and requalification activities.
• Ensure sustained safe, compliant, and reliable performance of HVAC and environmental‑control systems, partnering with Manufacturing, Quality, Validation, Engineering, Maintenance, Automation, and EHS to manage deviations, investigations, change controls, system performance, reliability improvements, energy optimization, capacity planning, and continuous improvement throughout the facility lifecycle.

Qualifications

• You will have in-depth knowledge typically obtained through advanced education and experience; with a Bachelors degree in Engineering or similiar related discipline and 8 + years relevant industry experience.
• Experience in drug substance, drug product, biologics and/or aseptic sterile fill finish is required
• You will have demonstrated your ability to partner cross functionally with successful teams in a GMP manufacturing environment and prior experience in a start up facility is preferred

Additional Information

• 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 long‑term incentive programs.

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 and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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