Engineer, Project

Company Description

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 key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The primary job function of this position is to act as a project engineer, working with little or no supervision, applying project management and engineering knowledge and ingenuity to complete medium‑size projects from concept through project closure within or across disciplines.

• Shares responsibility for the design, construction, and/or maintenance of the physical facilities, equipment, processes, control systems, or utilities at the Wyandotte site.
• Coordinates technical projects and engineering processes to support manufacturing operations and customer service goals, while maintaining strict compliance with FDA regulations.
• Performs economic analysis and feasibility studies for the installation of new equipment and/or modification and revision of existing equipment and facilities.
• Investigates, develops, and recommends alternatives for design, procurement, and installation of new equipment or systems for optimal utilization and control of resources.
• Assists in the design of process equipment or systems for optimum performance.
• Compiles and evaluates design and test data, prepares technical specifications, and determines appropriate limits and variables for product, process, or materials specifications.
• Conducts qualification and validation studies for manufacturing processes, equipment, utilities, and cleaning validation.
• Provides support/assistance to other functions, including quality assurance, on a project or as‑needed basis.
• Provides reliability engineering expertise in support of reliability‑centered maintenance programs at the site, supporting activities such as asset performance monitoring, root cause analysis of equipment failure, development of solutions to repetitive failures, and calculation of metrics related to equipment reliability.
• Attends all required training and complies with all responsibilities associated with the Process Engineer position, as detailed in Standard Operating Procedures. Performs other related duties as assigned, develops RCEs for engineering projects, and maintains the project budget.

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or a scientific discipline.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and ability to solve related issues and provide effective solutions that support overall engineering/operational objectives.
• Prior operations experience in a GMP‑regulated environment desirable.
• Ability to balance priorities and/or resources to ensure immediate demands are achieved without sacrificing long‑term operational strategies.
• Ability to write policies, procedures, and communications to regulators and management.
• Ability to conduct effective training as necessary for the operation of facilities/equipment.
• Uses standard office programs (Microsoft) for daily communications and project work.
• Has experience with or is willing to learn programming of PLCs (Modicon) and DCS (Emerson Delta V System).

• 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.

Abb Vie 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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