Capital Project Engineer

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:

Capital Project Engineer

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. Youll 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 bachelors 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

The Abbott RMDx Infectious Disease (ID) Business is looking for a Capital Project Engineer for our Lake Forest, IL location. The role focuses primarily on the process of project development which includes planning per Abbotts Front End Planning process and providing execution support to manufacturing capital projects. This includes development of capital project scope by working with quality, manufacturing, and engineering teams.

The Capital Project Engineer will be responsible for developing multiple alternate options to evaluate and guide the leaders to choose the best business case for the organization by working with multiple area budgetary and finance teams. The role requires utilizing engineering knowledge to support Facilities, Utilities, Infrastructure and manufacturing equipment design by properly preparing requests for proposal documentation, updating equipment specifications, and having detailed equipment design conversations with equipment suppliers. Ability to manage several projects at the same time with multiple timelines and maintain adherence to internal process timelines will be essential for this position.

What Youll Work On

• Works closely with the ID sites to identify, scope, plan and conduct medium size to complex assigned projects. Communicate project progress and escalate issues to management in a timely manner.
• Understands the business needs and has a thorough knowledge of the customer when developing a project scope. Leads development of Project Charter and documents the initial requirements that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations. Establishes engineering project objectives and technical criteria for evaluating project results and activities of the project team.
• Monitors and controls project work to meet the performance objectives defined in the project plan. Focuses on cost and milestone achievement to optimize resource utilization.
• Identifies areas of risk and mitigates risks through early risk assessments and implementation of fallback / mitigation strategies.
• Identify, develop, and gather the resources to complete the project.
• This may include preparing engineering designs and work specifications, developing project schedules, budgets and forecasts, and selecting materials, equipment, project staff, and external contractors. Uses established PM tools and techniques to stay within authorized budget limits and achieve the overall project and organizational objectives. Understand Project Management tools and methodologies. Understand engineering principles, theories, concepts, practices and techniques.
• Direct the work of project team members, set goals and objectives, monitor progress on tasks.
• Conduct meetings and prepare reports to communicate the status of the project.
• Set priorities, allocate tasks, and coordinate project staff to meet project targets and milestones.
• Conduct financial and operational data analysis to evaluate savings potential, monitor project performance, and identify trends or risks impacting business continuity
• Synthesize data-driven insights from cross-functional reports to guide strategic planning, portfolio optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Prepares reports, publishes, makes presentations to communicate findings, and document lessons learned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree, preferably in mechanical, industrial, chemical, electrical, bio-medical or related discipline
• 5+ years of operations engineering experience.
• Approximately 2 years' experience in managing capital projects of varying complexity.
• Demonstrated experience with Technical Project Planning.
• Demonstrated clear, crisp and transparent communication style which conveys timely updates to leadership and key project stakeholders.
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills

Preferred Qualifications

• A Mechanical, Chemical or Industrial Engineering degree is preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing site engineering is preferred
• Project Cost Accounting experience
• Basic knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodologies
• PMP or other relevant project management certification

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The base pay for this position is

$75,300.00 $150,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Support Services DIVISION: ID Infectious Disease LOCATION: United States > Lake Forest : J55 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 20 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: EEO is the Law link - Espanol: