Senior Facilities Engineer

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AbbVie Bioresearch Center in Worcester, MA is seeking a Senior Facilities Engineer to join the Facilities Engineering group. The Senior Facilities Engineer will play a key role in helping ensure safe, reliable, compliant, and efficient facility operations through technical leadership, problem solving, and collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors. This role will support the planning, coordination, and execution of facility improvement projects and maintenance activities across a multi-site campus that includes biomanufacturing, research, administrative, and warehouse environments. In addition, the position will assist the department manager with program management activities, including long-range planning, stakeholder engagement, and work prioritization, while also contributing to process improvements and the development of SOPs and policies that strengthen work management and operational consistency across the site. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead the planning and execution of facility improvement projects and maintenance activities across a multi-site campus, including scope development, prioritization, scheduling, budgeting, and coordination with internal stakeholders and external contractors. Partner with stakeholders and end users to define needs, clarify requirements, and support solution development. 
• Support the department manager with program management activities, including long-range planning, stakeholder engagement, prioritization of work, and department representation on key initiatives and discussions. 
• Manage the work order lifecycle, including creation, planning, coordination, execution, documentation, and closeout in the CMMS system, while helping improve the effectiveness and consistency of work management processes. 
• Host vendors and contractors on site, coordinate work activities, and ensure adherence to site expectations, standards, and operational requirements. 
• Conduct site walks, field assessments, surveys, and investigations to define scope, identify issues, verify field conditions, and review technical information as needed to support maintenance, project, and repair activities. Develop practical remediation approaches and coordinate execution through internal resources and external vendors. 
• Assist in troubleshooting facility and utility-related issues and coordinate corrective actions with internal teams and external vendors. Provide prompt response to reported issues and support effective resolution in a cGMP environment. 
• Lead or contribute to process improvement efforts related to project management, work management, and facility operations, with a focus on efficiency, consistency, and reliability. 
• Support the development, revision, and implementation of SOPs, policies, and procedures that strengthen work execution and operational consistency across the site. 
• Monitor project and work management metrics, financial tracking, and status reporting to support informed decision-making and effective prioritization of resources. 
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, safety expectations, and compliance requirements, while building strong working relationships and delivering high-quality service to internal and external partners. 

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 5+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience. A post-graduate education/degree is desired, and may contribute towards the desired years of experience.
• Has demonstrated competency within a discipline.
• Possesses a strong technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures. Works on problems of complex scope where analysis of situations or data involves multiple competing factors. Demonstrates judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within engineering and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Listens to and understands others' points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully one's own perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Has a technical background in health care, medical devices, pharmaceutical, biologics, or similar industries (preferred).
• Has demonstrated competency with financial systems and in fiscal control.

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 roleat  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors  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 isearned,  vested,  and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits thatare 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 andabsolute discretion,  consistent with applicable law. 

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