Principal Engineer - Capital Projects

About the role

AbbVie is looking for a Principal Engineer to lead its capital strategy program and master plan. The engineer drives the capital long-range plan and annual capital plan, ensures financial compliance, and leads a team of engineers in implementing facilities, utilities and equipment capital projects.

Key responsibilities

• Drive the site capital long-range plan from development to submission and develop the strategic plan for the next fiscal year capital plan.
• Manage multiple, often concurrent projects, meeting deadlines and maintaining project controls for budget, cost, scope and schedule.
• Develop execution strategies including procurement, and independently perform economic analyses and feasibility studies for competing project alternatives.
• Ensure quality and effectiveness of major projects through sound design, early risk assessment and fallback strategies, and act as the prime technical contact on contracts and projects.
• Work with marketing, product development and manufacturing to set scope, priorities and schedules, and interact with senior management and external partners.
• Design and lead complex experiments and projects, mentor others, share technical expertise, and submit articles for publication.
• Keep engineering and commissioning documents in the Technical Library and CAD repository up to date, and may influence validation strategy.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, with 8+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience; a post-graduate degree is desired.
• Demonstrated competency in a discipline, with strong technical knowledge and judgment, and ability to advise management.
• Technical background in healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics or similar industries preferred.
• Formal project management training preferred.
• Must be fully bilingual, written and spoken, in English and Spanish.

Required skills

• Competency with financial systems and fiscal control.
• Project accounting experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment.

What we offer

• Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick leave).
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) for eligible employees.
• Eligibility for long-term incentive programs.