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.

The Opportunity

An engineering professional who, working with little or no supervision, applies project management knowledge, engineering knowledge and ingenuity to support medium size projects from concept thru project closure, across disciplines and locations.

What You'll Do

• This role focuses primarily on process of project planning and providing execution support to manufacturing capital projects.

• Support the development of capital project scope by working with quality, manufacturing, and engineering teams.

• Responsible for developing multiple alternate options to evaluate and choose the best business case for the organization by working with multiple area budgetary and finance teams.

• Utilize 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 timeline.

• This role focuses primarily on process of project development and implementations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.

• 5+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience.

• Approximately 2 years' experience in capital project management

• Mechanical, chemical, and industrial engineering experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Mechanical, Chemical or Industrial Engineering degree is preferred.

• Healthcare Industry Experience Preferred

• PMP Certification

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority.

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance

• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans

• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs, Medical Benefits start day 1

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• Vacation - 3 weeks of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 3 personal days + 10 paid holidays

• Company Paid Pension Plan

• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match

• 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities.

The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 - $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.