Senior Quality Risk Management Engineer

AbbVie; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Quality Engineer to lead Manufacturing Quality Assurance activities, investigate deviations, manage risk assessments, and ensure cGMP compliance at the plant. You will oversee calibration, CAPA, and QA programs while supporting cross-functional teams and regulatory readiness.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in manufacturing quality or engineering, strong communication, problem-solving and negotiation skills, and knowledge of API/Drug manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry or Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Quality or Engineering.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of quality / compliance management as well as regulations affecting API, Bulk Drug or Finished goods manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the site liaison between the Quality Risk Management Center of Excellence (QRM COE) and local stakeholders to support deployment of global QRM processes and communication of site feedback.
• Provide QRM SME oversight and guidance for risk management activities, such as FMEAs and other risk assessments specified in local and/or global procedures, by supporting cross-functional teams with methodology, procedural expectations, documentation quality, and risk-based rationale
• Provide QRM training and guidance as required, facilitate assignment of appropriate QRM training curricula to site personnel based on their risk-related responsibilities, and promote QRM best practices.
• Support Management Review activities by compiling and presenting required QRM metrics, site plans for upcoming FMEAs or other relevant risk assessments, significant residual risks, upcoming and past due mitigation actions.
• Monitor the site Quality Risk Management program to support adherence to global QRM procedures, risk outputs, and mitigation action status.
• Participate in global and local QRM documentation changes and change control activities by assessing site impact and providing QRM input as applicable.
• Participate in the Validation Review Board discussions as the QRM SME, providing risk-based input to support validation, commissioning, qualification, and change-related decisions.
• Support the ensure that all quality goals are met, and all practices and procedures comply with company policies and applicable regulations for the Quality areas under his/her responsibility.
• Own and maintain applicable site-level Quality Risk Management documents and provide QRM expertise for the development, review, and facilitation of risk assessments used to support risk-based decisions, quality event investigations, and other site or product-specific risk evaluations.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Quality compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry or 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

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.

Job Description

The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for carrying out Manufacturing Quality Assurance functions within the plant including resolution of deviations, performance of product impact analysis and corrective and preventive action for events, leading and participating in investigations, approval of standard operating procedures, oversight of the plant calibration program, quality improvement programs, and assurance of cGMP and Abbott policy compliance for the manufacturing plant.

Supports the Quality Engineering group by auditing of commissioning and validation documentation completed by others, authoring and execution of newly identified qualification/validation protocols, review and approval of critical planned maintenance routines, and other quality assurance tasks assigned by the MQA Section Manager and/or the Plant QA Manager.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the site liaison between the Quality Risk Management Center of Excellence (QRM COE) and local stakeholders to support deployment of global QRM processes and communication of site feedback.
• Provide QRM SME oversight and guidance for risk management activities, such as FMEAs and other risk assessments specified in local and/or global procedures, by supporting cross-functional teams with methodology, procedural expectations, documentation quality, and risk-based rationale
• Provide QRM training and guidance as required, facilitate assignment of appropriate QRM training curricula to site personnel based on their risk-related responsibilities, and promote QRM best practices.
• Support Management Review activities by compiling and presenting required QRM metrics, site plans for upcoming FMEAs or other relevant risk assessments, significant residual risks, upcoming and past due mitigation actions.
• Monitor the site Quality Risk Management program to support adherence to global QRM procedures, risk outputs, and mitigation action status.
• Participate in global and local QRM documentation changes and change control activities by assessing site impact and providing QRM input as applicable.
• Participate in the Validation Review Board discussions as the QRM SME, providing risk-based input to support validation, commissioning, qualification, and change-related decisions.
• Support the ensure that all quality goals are met, and all practices and procedures comply with company policies and applicable regulations for the Quality areas under his/her responsibility.
• Own and maintain applicable site-level Quality Risk Management documents and provide QRM expertise for the development, review, and facilitation of risk assessments used to support risk-based decisions, quality event investigations, and other site or product-specific risk evaluations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Biology, Chemistry or Engineering
• 6+ years of overall experience in Manufacturing, Quality or Engineering
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good problem solving and analytical skills
• Good interpersonal relations / communications skills
• Good negotiation skills
• Knowledge of quality / compliance management as well as regulations and standards affecting API, Bulk Drug or Finished goods manufacturing.

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 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.

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.

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