AbbVie · 1 month ago
Engineer, Process Safety
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expAbbVie is a company dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions for serious health issues. The Engineer, Process Safety will participate in risk assessments, develop safety guidance documents, and support site audits to ensure compliance with safety requirements and best practices.
BiotechnologyFinancial ServicesHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Participate in the PHA program across the network, determine needs additional layers of protection/ safeguard needed in order to prevent major incidents at sites and work with sites to ensure they are implemented
Develop Process Safety guidance documents to define AbbVie’s best practice for individual operations/engineering design with respect to Process Safety
Aid in the application of Process Safety elements as per the project development stages for both Engineering Capital Projects and New Process Introduction/Tech Transfer
Represents MES Process Safety on assigned Tech Transfer or Capital Project. Provide input for Requests for Capital Expenditure (RCE) to ensure that significant Process Safety aspects are properly integrated during the entire Front-End Planning Design Process for new product introduction, Product-transfer from site to site, site to Third Party Manufacturing (TPM), TPM to site and changes/upgrades to existing processes and equipment
Support on site audits, to ensure that on key EHS Technical programs, site comply with applicable Process Safety requirements and corporate policies, utilize best-industrial practices and best available techniques to identify and manage risk, and conform to company directives and standards
Complete and reviews process safety incident investigation and risk assessment screening for management of change
Collect process safety metrics, develop site dashboard for key program, monitors EHS improvement of assigned processes
Champion a culture of Process Safety excellence
Key Programs include: Technical Transfers (TT) and New Product Introduction (NPI), Engineering Capital Projects, EHS Change Management, Process Safety Management, Hazard identification and Risk Assessment: Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and Layer of Protection Assessment (LoPA), Inert Gas, Atex Area Classification and Chemical safety
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, and 3-5 years related industry experience
Demonstrated experience in process safety and process safety management systems is required
Experience working within a regulatory environment is required
Positive track record of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal, external clients and customers
Demonstrated ability to successfully negotiate with peers, and customers, is required
Strong problem-solving skills
Preferred
Training or experience with PHA an advantage
Working experience as a process/project projects in a chemical or pharmaceutical setting is preferred
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
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