Senior Facilities Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Facilities 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. You’ll 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](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and [FreeU](https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 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

This position works out of our Westfield, IN location in the Structural Heart division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

The Senior Facilities Engineer will provide design and construction management services as directed by the Manager of Facilities Engineering. They will develop Site LRP Space Strategy. May determine the overall energy usage at the entire site (specifically power). This person will work on CFT to develop Facilities Financial LRP. They may determine the equipment and processes that primarily contribute toward the utility budget, then strive to keep the utilities below the budget by optimizing the functioning of the operations and processes

What You’ll Work On

• Conduct feasibility studies as directed for projects.
• Write RCE's and implement projects.
• Investigate state of the art equipment being introduced into the market for energy conservation.
• Write specifications and call for bids for best pricing and installation.
• Write RCE for projects and coordinate with Accounting for DCF and post completion audits.
• Select vendor/contractor to do the job after detailed contractor evaluation.
• Coordinate with vendor/contractor and the Facilities Shop for requirements, planning and installation of project through completion, based on manufacturing schedule and least process downtime.
• This position requires a high degree of interaction with all functional managers and operating department managers across the site.
• In order to establish operating parameters, knowledge of the use of manufacturing equipment and the number of shifts being worked is imperative. This can only be achieved through constant interaction with the operational managers.
• All operating conditions and environmental specifications required for GMP should be communicated clearly and understood by all concerned.
• The incumbent should have the ability to work closely with the different functional groups/trades in the Facilities Shop to communicate the scope of the work and to arrive at the correct budget and precise schedule for proper interaction and precise execution of the different functional groups.
• The position requires the ability to interact at the Corporate level with all the Corporate Engineering departments.
• At the external level, the position requires effective communication with outside engineering consultants, vendors and contractors.
• All engineering projects need to be communicated extensively with the consultants and vendors for proper costing and scheduling.
• All projects need detailed coordination through planning and implementation. This requires interaction and working with all levels from supervisory to non-exempt personnel.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of plant engineering experience.
• In depth knowledge of HVAC equipment and its operation.
• Good working knowledge of power termination, distribution and back-up generation equipment.
• Overall knowledge of electrical systems.
• Should possess analytical skills to determine site electrical rate structure and be in a position to negotiate the best deal for Abbott.
• Should possess some degree of negotiating skills to deal with contractors and consultants.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of facilities operations, including HVAC systems and general facility equipment
• Experience managing facilities-related projects (e.g., infrastructure upgrades, site improvements)
• Proven project management skills, including: timeline management, budget ownership and tracking and resource planning and coordination
• Experience managing and coordinating multiple external vendors