AbbVie

Senior Facilities Engineer

AbbVie$90K — $120K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, science, or a closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience, with a preference for 5+ years in engineering or operations.
  • Demonstrated competency within a relevant engineering discipline.
  • Strong technical knowledge and application of relevant concepts and practices.
  • Effective collaboration with diverse groups and strong relationship management with internal and external teams.
  • Strong interpersonal skills for negotiation and conflict resolution within a collaborative environment.
  • Preferred background in healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics, or related industries.
  • Competent with financial systems and fiscal control.

Responsibilities

  • Lead facility improvement projects and maintenance across a multi-site campus by developing scopes, prioritizing, scheduling, budgeting, and coordinating with stakeholders and contractors.
  • Support program management activities including long-range planning and representation in key initiatives.
  • Manage the work order lifecycle in the CMMS system, focusing on planning, execution, and documentation.
  • Coordinate vendor and contractor activities on site, ensuring compliance with operational standards.
  • Conduct assessments and investigations to inform maintenance and project scopes, identifying issues and developing remediation approaches.
  • Troubleshoot facility issues, coordinating corrective actions with internal and external resources for prompt resolution.
  • Drive process improvements in project and work management to enhance efficiency and reliability.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick days).
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance offerings.
  • 401(k) plan for eligible employees.
  • Participation in short-term incentive programs.
Full Job Description
AbbVie Bioresearch Center in Worcester, MA is seeking a Senior Facilities Engineer to join the Facilities Engineering group. The Senior Facilities Engineer will play a key role in helping ensure safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient facility operations through technical leadership, problem solving, and collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors. This role will support the planning, coordination, and execution of facility improvement projects and maintenance activities across a multi-site campus that includes biomanufacturing, research, administrative, and warehouse environments. In addition, the position will assist the department manager with program management activities, including long-range planning, stakeholder engagement, and work prioritization, while also contributing to process improvements and the development of SOPs and policies that strengthen work management and operational consistency across the site. Responsibilities • Lead the planning and execution of facility improvement projects and maintenance activities across a multi-site campus, including scope development, prioritization, scheduling, budgeting, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external contractors. Partner with stakeholders and end users to define needs, clarify requirements, and support solution development. • Support the department manager with program management activities, including long-range planning, stakeholder engagement, prioritization of work, and department representation on key initiatives and discussions. • Manage the work order lifecycle, including creation, planning, coordination, execution, documentation, and closeout in the CMMS system, while helping improve the effectiveness and consistency of work management processes. • Host vendors and contractors on site, coordinate work activities, and ensure adherence to site expectations, standards, and operational requirements. • Conduct site walks, field assessments, surveys, and investigations to define scope, identify issues, verify field conditions, and review technical information as needed to support maintenance, project, and repair activities. Develop practical remediation approaches and coordinate execution through internal resources and external vendors. • Assist in troubleshooting facility and utility-related issues and coordinate corrective actions with internal teams and external vendors. Provide prompt response to reported issues and support effective resolution in a cGMP environment. • Lead or contribute to process improvement efforts related to project management, work management, and facility operations, with a focus on efficiency, consistency, and reliability. • Support the development, revision, and implementation of SOPs, policies, and procedures that strengthen work execution and operational consistency across the site. • Monitor project and work management metrics, financial tracking, and status reporting to support informed decision-making and effective prioritization of resources. • Ensure all work is performed in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, safety expectations, and compliance requirements, while building strong working relationships and delivering high-quality service to internal and external partners. Qualifications • Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 5+ 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. • 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). • 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 roleat the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors 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 isearned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits thatare 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 andabsolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

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