Company Description

About AbbVie

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.

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Job Description

As a Reliability Engineer at our Westport Site, you will play a key role in supporting the Maintenance Excellence Program (MEP) through advanced reliability engineering methods. You will be an individual contributor and technical problem-solver in the AbbVie Westport team.

Develop a reliability road map for own business unit and receive endorsement from the Senior Leadership Team.
Drive reliability culture by leading Reliability Centred Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis, Preventive Maintenance Optimisation and Reliability Improvement Project initiatives.
Evaluate and expand the predictive maintenance program to identify and prevent emerging failures and maintain a rolling yearly log of cost savings.
Analyse highly automated machinery to generate a top 10 bad actor profile and identify, execute and report on actions taken for the top 3 high value detractors.
Link actions to financial benefit and align priorities with the largest opportunities for the business.
Build strong relationships with Global Engineering and local engineering and maintenance teams.
Be a key contributor in the reliability engineering community of practice and smart maintenance initiatives.
Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and regulatory standards.
Champion good EHS practices and support the site safety culture.

Qualifications

Third-level qualification in Engineering.
3+ years experience within a regulated and/or highly automated environment.
Strong data analytics skills.
Reliability engineering and continuous improvement experience and/or certification desirable. (Green belt and/or CRMP or CRL preferred).
Demonstrated ability to analyse machinery, conceptualise, implement and quantify significant improvements in OEE.

Additional Information

AbbVie 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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Where We Work

Role is exclusively performed at a site or office and onsite presence is required. Employees who are site/office-based and can occasionally perform their role virtually work both in the office and remotely*, following the policies and regulations in place at their location. US Employees must be in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Three days in the office is the minimum; some individuals or teams may require more in-office days due to meetings, business/project needs or their role.