AbbVie

Packaging Engineer

AbbVie$90K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, science, or related field; equivalent experience acceptable.
  • 2+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated competency within a relevant engineering discipline.
  • Proficient in applying engineering concepts and procedures to moderate scope problems.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
  • Preferred technical background in healthcare, medical devices, or pharmaceuticals.
  • Experience in cosmetic packaging is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute small to medium engineering projects, ensuring compliance with policies.
  • Estimate and coordinate resources such as materials, budget, and personnel for project tasks.
  • Independently design and modify products or processes, applying engineering theories and techniques.
  • Review implementation plans and employ contingency strategies for project management.
  • Generate innovative solutions and methods to improve designs and processes.
  • Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on projects.
  • Direct work efforts of technicians and manage external resources effectively.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive package including paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance available for eligible employees.
  • Eligibility for short-term incentive programs such as bonuses or commissions.
  • 401(k) plan provided for retirement savings.
Full Job Description
An engineering professional who applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to a specific technical field or discipline. 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. • Plans and conducts small- to medium-size assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment. Coordinates and monitors activities/projects. Reviews plans and monitors status of implementation for those assigned to project; makes judgments regarding quality of implementation within discipline; employs contingency plans to recover from schedule slippage and financial overruns when appropriate. • Estimates and coordinates resources needed (materials, budget, time and people) to accomplish assigned individual tasks. Anticipates future directions. Benchmarks internally and externally. Recognizes changes in the environment and present resources as indicators of future problems and opportunities; prepares for such eventualities. • Independently executes the design of products/processes/equipment/systems/facilities by applying standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the discipline. Independently investigates, conducts tests or experiments. • Creates/modified designs for intermediate problems. Designs/modifies more complex components/processes; writes detailed design specifications. Predicts patterns/trends. Grasps complexities and sees relationships among data; determines consequences and alternatives; makes recommendations. • Improves methods/designs/processes. Recognizes and implements good ideas/innovations/costs reductions; consistently generates/adopts original solutions to problems and reduces them to practices. • Mentors others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance. Resolves underlying problems. 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. • Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources. Performs tasks such as writing Requests for Capital Expenditures (RCEs), safety/quality checklists, scope documents, etc. Develops and executes validation protocols. Qualifications • A Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 2+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience. Additional post-graduate education may contribute towards the desired years of experience. • Has demonstrated competency within a discipline. • Possesses a working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures. Ability to work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable 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. • 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, pharmaceutical, biologics, or similar industries (preferred). • Cosmetic packaging experience (preferred) 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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Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$288.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$4.6 billion
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+17%
Revenue
$45.8 billion
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