Associate Engineer, Technical Development Program

About the Role

The AbbVie Technical Development Program is a three-year rotational program designed to develop future leaders within AbbVie's Operations. The program offers three separate work assignments in various functional areas within Operations. The first year involves working as a Biologics Manufacturing Technician on the production floor. Subsequent years will be spent in one of the functional areas within Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and standards for Quality, Environment, Health, and Safety (EH&S) Global Policies, AbbVie Engineering Standards, and other governance areas.
• Identify areas of risk related to compliance.
• Assist in the development and revision of procedures and standards.
• Facilitate the definition of project scope with stakeholders.
• Convert goals into tasks and steps, planning and managing concurrent tasks to meet or exceed expectations (cost, quality, time).
• Participate in basic economic analysis and feasibility studies related to project alternatives under guidance.
• Share responsibility for achieving project financial targets in support of business objectives.
• Plan and conduct small-sized assigned projects requiring conventional plans, investigations, or equipment.
• Implement plans, initiate execution of own work plan, and monitor adherence to the plan.
• Document work status and report to management with appropriate frequency.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance, Validation, Engineering, and technical support personnel for qualification activities (e.g., EFU qualification, cleaning validation), prototype, or experimental runs.
• Assist in training personnel required for the operation of facilities, processes, and equipment.
• Establish contacts with supervisors, project leaders, and other professionals.
• Stay informed about the changing technical and competitive environment relevant to the business and share information with colleagues.
• Participate in or assist team members in the design of products, processes, equipment, systems, or facilities by applying standard engineering/science theories, concepts, and techniques.
• Investigate, conduct tests, gather data, perform preliminary analysis, report findings, and prepare/communicate recommendations and action plans.
• Interpret problems and create or modify design solutions.
• Review existing layouts and standards and create proposed designs.
• Apply standard engineering/science principles and methodologies to interpret, draw conclusions, and recommend solutions, considering a broad range of factors.
• Improve methods, designs, and processes.
• Recognize and implement innovations and cost reductions.
• Build relationships and initiate/cultivate honest relationships with colleagues, customers, contractors, and vendors by establishing rapport, understanding needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments.
• Convey information effectively through verbal, written, and presentation formats to stakeholders and team members, using appropriate communication protocols.
• Identify ways to increase customer satisfaction.
• Document agreements and commitments and keep direct customers informed throughout projects or initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science, or a closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence.
• Ability to quickly gain knowledge, understanding, or skill and absorb AbbVie processes, policies, and methods.
• Good human relation skills for implementing and coordinating efforts across several disciplines.
• Ability to interact well with diverse groups within engineering and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Ability to listen to and understand others’ points of view and articulate one’s own perspective tactfully and respectfully.
• Ability to work well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced, goal-driven environment.
• Interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Ability to recognize risks versus the relative gains associated with actions.