Director, Engineering, Utilities and Electrical

Job overview

The Director, Engineering, Utilities and Electrical role is full-time and onsite in North Chicago, IL. Compensation is not specified. AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver medicines and solutions addressing serious health issues. The director provides strategic technical and organizational leadership for electrical and utilities engineering across AbbVie’s global manufacturing network and capital investments. The role establishes standards, guides technical decisions and project assurance, and develops a global team to support safe, compliant, reliable, and sustainable manufacturing infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Own and deploy global engineering standards and governance for electrical power systems, clean and black utilities, energy infrastructure, reliability, maintainability, and electrical safety
• lead technical decisions and strategic capital investment engineering
• direct technical reviews and risk resolution
• lead and develop a global team
• oversee portfolio and external engineering partner governance
• collaborate with operations, quality, EHS, validation, site engineering, sustainability, and other functions
• support commissioning, qualification, and operational readiness
• travel globally as required.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of engineering

utilities

electrical engineering

global engineering

capital projects

power distribution

clean utilities

black utilities

manufacturing infrastructure

north chicago il

abbvie

gmp

electrical safety

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Global discipline leadership spanning electrical power, clean and black utilities, capital investment governance, and team development in regulated manufacturing.

About the employer

AbbVie is hiring for this role. Industry: Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing. Sector: 32.