2025 Mechanical Reliability Co-Op (June - Dec)

AbbVie'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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Mechanical/Reliability Engineer Co-Op Overview:

Envision spending time working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie’s Co-Op's.

Engineering supports and enables all functions throughout the facility by operating the building utilities and control systems, maintaining the entire facility, providing technical support, managing capital projects, qualifying systems, and providing drafting support.

Key Responsibilities:

The Reliability Engineer Co-Op position reports to the Reliability Engineer or Reliability Manager and is responsible for: 

• Utilize our Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to direct the strategy and execution of facility systems, predictive and preventive maintenance.
• Supporting the development, execution, and maintenance of the site, asset reliability program, and associated projects.  
• Support reliability and engineering tools such as Life-Cycle costing, Pareto, and Root Cause Failure Analysis. 
• Apply predictive maintenance technologies such as Ultrasound and Vibration analysis on a variety of equipment and systems to identify potential equipment failures and recommend the appropriate corrective action.  

• Support the site reliability program including asset criticality, maintenance strategy and critical spare parts.  

• Works with maintenance and inventory personnel in development of asset critical spare parts strategy and continuous improvement efforts. 

• Work closely with Project Engineering, Controls Engineering, Site Operations, and Maintenance to fulfill primary job responsibilities, and will regularly interface with site engineering management regarding the status of the Reliability program. 

• Supports Asset Maintenance Plan to ensure adequate levels of sustaining effective maintenance job plans and critical spare parts for each plant asset. 

• Supports Reliability Engineer as needed. 

Minimum Qualifications  

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other related field. 

• Must be enrolled in school at the time of the Co-Op. 

• Must be able to commit to a 6-month program at AbbVie Bioresearch Center (ABC) in Worcester, MA
• Expected Graduation Date between May 2026 – Dec 2027

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Must have strong written and interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with various levels/grades within the organization. 

• Must have strong project planning, organizational, and time management skills. 

• Previous mechanical experience preferred.  

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite. 

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay
• Relocation support for eligible students
• Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time

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.

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. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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