Principal Engineer, Onsite

at AbbVie in North Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

A licensed (PE) engineering professional who applies advanced scientific and engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete complex design assignments related to facilities and design projects in laboratory and R&D areas.

+ Responsible for compliance with applicable policies and procedures. Ensures quality and effectiveness of critical 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.

+ Identifies, plans, and conducts medium- to large-size projects within engineering specialty requiring custom, risk-managed execution plans, investigations, and equipment. Manages multiple, often concurrent, projects and meets deadlines.

+ Maintains project controls and reporting for cost, scope and schedule; develops execution strategy including procurement; balances multiple demands within an Understands the business needs of the company, and has a thorough knowledge of the customer and clinical needs when developing a project scope. Incorporates business foresight of emerging technological trends.

+ Works with marketing, product development, and manufacturing to establish scope, priorities, and schedules on multiple projects. – Independently performs economic analysis and feasibility studies related to complex and often multiple competing project alternatives. Responsible for achieving the project’s financial targets in support of business objectives.

+ Analyzes major market business forces (customers, suppliers, competitors, technologies, government regulations) to identify trends and recommend responses. Independently executes and directs others in designing products/processes/equipment/systems/facilities by applying novel engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the disciplines. Experiments, often with multiple variables, gather data and perform detailed analysis. A

+ Designs and leads complex experiments, often with multiple variables, gathers data, and performs detailed analysis. Assesses relevance. Conceptualizes complete solutions. Creates or coordinates the design solutions for novel or complex problems; integrates regulatory and operational needs; assesses cost benefit. Explores multiple alternatives. Structures studies and integrates cross-disciplinary and cross-functional issues to arrive at optimal causes of action.

+ Applies technology in innovative ways. Combines technologies to anticipate or address customer needs; shares solutions across sites; employs proven solutions to increase the effectiveness of engineering methodology or manufacturing process. Mentors others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.

+ Where appropriate, provides tasks/project assignment opportunities for employee development and evaluates performance. Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.

+ Interacts with senior management and external personnel on significant technical matters, often requiring coordination between organizations. Submits articles for internal or external publication. Acts as a trusted advisor. Balances the project’s bottom-line objectives with the customer’s long-term interests. Is identified as a Subject Matter Expert in the discipline. Participates in internal teams to develop and align procedures and standards. It may influence the validation strategy.

+ Travel Requirements: 10% domestic as per business needs.

Qualifications

+ A Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 8+ 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.

+ Licensing: Profesional Engineer(PE) License required

+ Has a career history and technical contributions and contribution to facilitates and utilities design projects.

+ 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. Exercises judgment and advises management as to the appropriate actions.

+ 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, pharmaceuticals, biologics, or similar industries (preferred).

+ Has demonstrated competency in financial systems and fiscal control.

Key Stakeholders:

Engineering Management, Operations Management, EH&S Management, R&D Management, Task Force Sponsors, and Senior Management.

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. ?

+ This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs?

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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 committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.