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.