Capital Project Engineer

Company Description

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose

Abbvie Bioresearch Center in Worcester, MA is seeking a Project Engineer to be part of the Capital Project Engineering group.  The selected candidate will be responsible for the engineering, management, and execution of capital projects involving the design, installation, and/or renovation of biopharmaceutical process equipment, facilities, and utilities in an FDA/GMP regulated environment. 

Responsible for the engineering and management of capital projects involving biologics related equipment, facilities, and utilities, including the following:

Responsibilities

• Providing overall management of capital projects through the entire project life-cycle including scope management, scheduling, budgeting and coordinating activities interdepartmentally and with contractors.
• Project scope development based on customer requirements, cost estimation, request of capital expenditure and preparation of financial defense package, scheduling, resource allocation, vendor and contractor management, and status reporting.
• Conducting design reviews including specifications, procurement, fabrication management, and installation of equipment, facilities, and utilities related to the manufacture of biologics bulk drug substance including basic unit operations involving fermentation, cell culture and protein purification and related equipment. 
• Development of user requirements, biologics equipment P&ID’s (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams), technical/functional specifications to support automation programming and processes.
• Performing engineering calculations required to size process lines, equipment, and instrumentation, procurement and fabrication management involves reviewing and