Senior Manager, Electrical

About Abb Vie

Abb Vie'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 Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Linked In, Facebook, Instagram, X and You Tube.

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At Abb Vie, we bring together talented people and innovative science to develop medicines that help patients. Now, we’re bringing that commitment to Durham, North Carolina, with a new manufacturing campus that will expand our ability to produce medicines and create opportunities in the Research Triangle.

The campus will integrate advanced manufacturing, laboratory technologies and AI to support the production of immunology, oncology and neuroscience medicines. The first phase will include manufacturing facilities, next-generation laboratories, a warehouse, administrative offices and employee wellness facilities.

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We are now recruiting our Senior Manager, Electrical as part of the core start up leadership team
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The job leads technical work streams and contributes to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborating with cross-functional partners to integrate technical solutions throughout the lifecycle, and advising on complex technical decisions and risks.
Designs site-level processes and improvements by defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria that support efficient, high-quality production.
Leads process improvement and optimization work streams, defining the technical approach, coordinating trial execution with production, and documenting results.
Conducts process validation and troubleshooting for manufacturing processes manufacturing processes by analyzing performance data, investigating deviations, and drafting corrective actions and supporting documentation for review and approval
Establishes technical standards for process documentation and change execution, ensuring methods, assumptions, and evidence are complete.
Guides engineers through technical decisions by running working sessions, documenting decision logic, and tracking actions to closure.
Delivers high-quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; defines and validates methods, documents results and key assumptions, ensures adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicates technical progress, impacts and recommended mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.

1. Electrical Design Basis & Power Distribution Strategy

• Own the electrical Basis of Design and overall power distribution philosophy for the SVPprogram.
• Establish and maintain electrical load lists, connected/demand load assessments, single-line diagrams, voltage levels and distribution architecture.
• Coordinate the utility interface, site substation, medium-voltage distribution, building substations and low-voltage distribution.
• Ensure the design incorporates appropriate capacity and flexibility for future campus expansion.

The current concept identifies a new utility substation supplying 12.47 kV distribution to the CUB, with underground feeders serving unit substations in the major buildings.

2. Reliability, Redundancy & Critical Power

• Lead development of the program's normal, standby, emergency and UPS power philosophy.
• Define critical electrical loads with Process, Manufacturing, Automation,…