Engineering Standards Manager - Altavista, VA

Abbott • Altavista, VA

6d • $99,300 - $198,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Standards Manager is accountable for establishing and sustaining engineering standards, asset management practices, and long-range capital planning frameworks that enable safe, compliant, and cost-effective manufacturing operations. The role ensures alignment between site execution, division strategies, and enterprise engineering expectations by translating business needs into standardized, risk-based, and value-driven engineering practices. This position exists to strengthen capital governance, asset lifecycle management, and technical consistency while supporting long-term site performance and regulatory readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial,, or related discipline)
• Minimum 5 years Progressive experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience in engineering leadership, asset management, capital planning, or operational excellence roles within regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems, utilities, infrastructure, and process equipment.
• Experience with capital portfolio governance, lifecycle planning, and risk-based investment decision making.
• Familiarity with regulated quality and validation environments.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Engineering (MBA) or related field preferred.
• Lean, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, or Project Management (PMP) training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support development of the site’s long-range capital plan, including asset condition assessment, lifecycle strategies, and capital prioritization aligned to business objectives.
• Establish, own, and continuously improve engineering standards, specifications, and governance processes to ensure technical consistency, compliance, and scalability.
• Provide capital portfolio governance, partnering with Finance and site leadership to monitor scope, cost, schedule, risk, and benefit realization.
• Provide strategic oversight of engineering-related validation and compliance practices, ensuring alignment with quality systems and regulatory expectations.
• Drive operational excellence and change management through standard work, performance metrics, structured problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Lead and develop engineering staff through coaching, performance management, and talent development.
• Collaborate with division and enterprise engineering networks to deploy enterprise strategies at the site level.
• Meet compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Benefits

• 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 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 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager