Senior Manager, Electrical

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

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At AbbVie, we bring together talented people and innovative science to develop medicines that help patients. Now, we’re bringing that commitment to Durham, North Carolina, with a new manufacturing campus that will expand our ability to produce medicines and create opportunities in the Research Triangle.

The campus will integrate advanced manufacturing, laboratory technologies and AI to support the production of immunology, oncology and neuroscience medicines. The first phase will include manufacturing facilities, next-generation laboratories, a warehouse, administrative offices and employee wellness facilities.

To learn more about this investment, please visit https://www.abbvie.com/abbvie-north-carolina-manufacturing.html

We are now recruiting our Senior Manager, Electrical as part of the core start up leadership team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The job leads technical workstreams and contributes to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborating with cross‑functional partners to integrate technical solutions throughout the lifecycle, and advising on complex technical decisions and risks.

Designs site-level processes and improvements by defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria that support efficient, high-quality production.

Leads process improvement and optimization workstreams, defining the technical approach, coordinating trial execution with production, and documenting results.

Conducts process validation and troubleshooting for manufacturing processes manufacturing processes by analyzing performance data, investigating deviations, and drafting corrective actions and supporting documentation for review and approval

Establishes technical standards for process documentation and change execution, ensuring methods, assumptions, and evidence are complete.

Guides engineers through technical decisions by running working sessions, documenting decision logic, and tracking actions to closure.

Delivers high‑quality technical outputs for complex projects and programs; defines and validates methods, documents results and key assumptions, ensures adherence to applicable standards and controls, and communicates technical progress, impacts and recommended mitigations to project leads and stakeholders.

1. Electrical Design Basis & Power Distribution Strategy

• Own the electrical Basis of Design and overall power distribution philosophy for the SVP program.
• Establish and maintain electrical load lists, connected/demand load assessments, single-line diagrams, voltage levels and distribution architecture.
• Coordinate the utility interface, site substation, medium-voltage distribution, building substations and low-voltage distribution.
• Ensure the design incorporates appropriate capacity and flexibility for future campus expansion.

The current concept identifies a new utility substation supplying 12.47 kV distribution to the CUB, with underground feeders serving unit substations in the major buildings.

2. Reliability, Redundancy & Critical Power

• Lead development of the program's normal, standby, emergency and UPS power philosophy.
• Define critical electrical loads with Process, Manufacturing, Automation, HVAC, Utilities, Quality and equipment SMEs.
• Establish appropriate redundancy and backup-power requirements based on operational and GMP impact.
• Ensure critical systems such as controls, isolators, monitoring and data systems receive appropriate backup power.

The current Durham scope identifies UPS, emergency generation, power redundancy and critical-load philosophy as areas still requiring definition. The current project scope also identifies normal, standby and emergency generation plus UPS for critical controls, isolators, monitoring and data systems.

3. Process Equipment, Utilities & Building Systems Integration

• Own electrical interfaces with filling equipment, formulation/compounding systems, HVAC, clean utilities, black utilities, warehouse systems, laboratories and automation.
• Coordinate equipment electrical requirements with vendors and engineering disciplines, including loads, voltage, feeders, disconnects, controls interfaces and backup-power classification.
• Ensure vendor electrical requirements are incorporated into the facility design and electrical load model.
• Drive resolution of electrical interfaces between the CUB, filling buildings, admin/lab, warehouse and campus infrastructure.

These interfaces are significant because the program includes three filling buildings plus warehouse, laboratory/administration, central utilities and supporting campus loads.

4. Electrical Safety, Standards & Design Governance

• Provide technical governance for electrical design and ensure applicable corporate engineering requirements, codes and project criteria are incorporated.
• Lead reviews of single-line diagrams, equipment specifications, electrical room layouts, grounding, lightning protection, arc-flash considerations and electrical safety requirements.
• Drive closure of electrical technical decisions, design risks, assumptions and deviations.
• Coordinate hazardous-area assessments with Process and EHS where applicable.

The current engineering proposal specifically calls for an Electrical Basis of Design, load assessments, single-line diagrams, emergency power, generator and UPS strategies, arc-flash study basis and lightning-protection strategy.

5. Procurement, Construction, Commissioning & Startup

• Provide electrical technical leadership from design through procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and startup.
• Establish specifications and technical requirements for major electrical equipment and support technical bid evaluations/vendor reviews.
• Identify long-lead electrical equipment early and ensure design information supports timely procurement.
• Support installation inspections, energization planning, testing, turnover, commissioning and resolution of field issues.
• Coordinate electrical system readiness with CQV, Automation, Facilities and Manufacturing to support overall SVP startup.

• You will have in-depth knowledge typically obtained through advanced education and experience; with a Bachelors degree in Engineering or similiar related discipline and 8 + years relevant industry experience.
• Experience in drug substance, drug product, biologics and/or aseptic sterile fill finish is required
• You will have demonstrated your ability to partner cross functionally with successful teams in a GMP manufacturing environment and prior experience in a start up facility is preferred

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. 

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.​

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