Associate Shift Technical Engineer

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.

About the Role

Associate Shift Technical Engineer (rotating shifts)

Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance with applicable regulations and standards for Quality, Environment, Health, and Safety (EH&S) Global Policies, AbbVie Engineering Standards, and other governance areas.
• Identifies areas of risk with respect to compliance.
• Assists in the development and revision of procedures and manufacturing directions.
• Assists with projects in manufacturing process areas to achieve process efficiencies such as increased process yield, quality improvements, cycle time/throughput, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Plans own work, manages several, often concurrent, tasks to accomplish assigned tasks to meet or exceed expectations.
• Plans and conducts small-sized assigned projects (continuous improvement, cost reduction, capacity increase, etc.) that lead to process remediation and improvement requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment.
• Implements plans; initiates execution of own work plan; monitors executions for adherence to plan, documenting work status and reporting to management.
• Coordinates with technical support personnel to conduct prototype or experimental runs of products or processes.
• Provides technical support in the resolution of technical and automation issues and executes assigned tasks as required by the operational area.
• Assists in the training of personnel required for the operation of facilities, processes, and equipment.
• Establishes contacts with supervisor, project leaders, and other professionals in the group.
• Investigates, gathers data, performs preliminary analysis, reports findings, and prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans for process issues.
• Gathers and analyzes process data using statistical process control methodology.
• Supports the development of action plans to increase process robustness, prevent product loss, and control quality impact.
• Applies standard engineering principles and methodologies to interpret, draw conclusions, and recommend solutions for problems considering a broad range of factors.
• Improves methods/designs/processes.
• Recognizes and implements innovations and cost reductions.
• Builds relationships, initiates and cultivates open, honest relationships with colleagues, customers, contractors, and vendors by establishing rapport, developing an understanding of others’ needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments.
• Conveys information effectively through verbal, written, and presentations to stakeholders and team members, both internal and external to AbbVie, using appropriate communication protocols.
• Identifies ways to increase customer (operator) satisfaction.
• Documents agreements and commitments and keeps direct customers informed throughout the project or initiative.

Note: 4-week rotations; 6:45 AM-7:15 PM & 6:45 PM – 7:15 AM

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or related discipline is desired or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence.
• Entry level position, less than two years of experience is typical.
• Ability to quickly gain knowledge, understanding, or skill and willingly absorb and comprehend AbbVie processes, policies, and methods.
• Possesses good human relation skills in both implementing and coordinating efforts involved across several disciplines.
• Interacts well with diverse groups within engineering and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Ability to listen to and understand others’ points of view and articulate 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.
• Ability to recognize risks versus the relative gains associated with actions.

Key Stakeholders

• Manufacturing
• Quality
• Engineering
• Technical Operations
• EH&S
• Engineering Management
• Operations Management
• EH&S Management
• R&D Management