Engineering Project Delivery Manager - Casa Grande, AZ Nutrition Plant

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Engineering Project Delivery Manager, Casa Grande, AZ

Primary Function:

• Ensuring technical project delivery meets performance, safety, quality, and budget targets while following all Abbott Nutrition Policies and Standards.
• Coordinating field construction teams to ensure timely objectives are met.
• Leading cross-functional teams during plant maintenance outages to ensure it’s a seamless transition from construction through start-up.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. 
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. 

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Casa Grande, Arizona location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Casa Grande, Ariz., is one of Abbott’s leading nutrition manufacturing plants in the U.S., reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellence. But we’re more than just a company, we’re a family. Working here you’ll be part of a family that works together to make a difference and enhance the lives of millions worldwide.

You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

What You'll Work On:

• Oversee full lifecycle of engineering and capital projects from concept through closeout
• Oversee construction activities, perform site inspections, and resolve field issues.
• Facilitate design coordination between internal engineers and customers (e.g. Quality, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Manufacturing department leads)
• Coordinate construction managers and superintendents to execute fieldwork safely and efficiently.
• Develop critical path schedules and resource plans specific to shutdown windows.
• Manage pre-shutdown readiness reviews, outage coordination, and post-outage closeout
• Present project updates to executives using dashboards and presentations.
• Conduct post-project reviews and lessons-learned sessions.
• Promote a strong safety culture across all project phases.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required; preference will be given to engineering, construction management or related technical field.
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in engineering or construction project management, including direct responsibility of field teams and shutdown coordination.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in regulated industry (preferably infant formula, pharma, food, or biotech).
• Strong knowledge of GMP, FDA regulations, clean construction practices, and validation coordination
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, dashboards), Word, PowerPoint (executive-level presentations, charts, animations) and Outlook for planning, reporting and collaborating.
• Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (e.g. Maximo, JD Edwards, Oracle, SAP)
• Strong leadership, planning, presentation, and communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of engineering principles, construction methods, and project delivery syste