Transformation Senior Process Engineer- API

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Transformation Senior Process Engineer to serve as the technical lead for process and equipment design on a Strategic Capital Project. You will drive design decisions, specify equipment, ensure design accuracy, and manage risk with guidance from the Project Engineering Lead and Project Director.

As an engineering professional, you will apply scientific and engineering knowledge with minimal supervision, aligning with cGMP needs and cross-functional expectations across Drug

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related discipline with 6+ years of significant engineering/operational experience.
• Strong technical knowledge with ability to apply concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication with internal/external collaborators.

Responsibilities

• Lead design decisions for process and equipment on Strategic Capital Projects.
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures and manage risk in designs.
• Plan and conduct high-impact engineering projects aligned with business objectives.
• Develop execution strategy including procurement and budgeting considerations.
• Support regulatory audits with documentation and presentation of information.

Skills

Engineering experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial systems knowledge

Communication & presentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Post-graduate degree

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn,Facebook,Instagram,XandYouTube.

Job Description

The Operations Transformation organization's mission is to accelerate future-ready Operations through purposeful transformation and drive excellence through new technology and enhanced cross-functional collaboration.

The Strategic Capital Deployment team leads AbbVie Operations' long-term strategic investments and investment roadmaps, while executing large-scale capital projects through optimized delivery, technology adoption, and cross-functional collaboration.

The Transformation Senior Process Engineer will serve as the technical lead for process and equipment design on a Strategic Capital Project. They are accountable to the Project Engineering Lead and Project Director and will be responsible for driving the design decisions, equipment specifications, design accuracy, and risk management for the project.

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 Senior Engineer has general knowledge of other related disciplines beyond their own area of expertise.

Responsibilities

• 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. Ensures quality and effectiveness of key results of major projects within function through sound design, early risk assessments, and implementation of fallback strategies. Has full awareness of the potential consequences (defects and failure modes) of design changes to established processes. Mitigates risk within functions through sound design, early risk assessments and implementation of fallback strategies.
• Independently plans and conducts high business impact projects within engineering specialty in the Drug Product Manufacturing or Packaging areas. 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; understands the business needs and has a thorough knowledge of the customer and cGMP needs when developing a project scope. Incorporates business foresight of emerging technological trends.
• Facility, Equipment, and Utilities SME responsibilities during Regulatory Agencies Audits. Responsible of preparing documentation packages and presenting information in front of regulatory agents.
• 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 6+ 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.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences in a fast paced, goal driven environment.
• 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 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 employer 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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