Senior Manager, Electrical

AbbVie•Durham, NC

6d•$124,500 - $236,500•Onsite

About The Position

AbbVie is recruiting a Senior Manager, Electrical for the core startup leadership team at its new manufacturing campus in Durham, North Carolina. The campus will support production of immunology, oncology, and neuroscience medicines and include manufacturing facilities, laboratories, a warehouse, administrative offices, and employee wellness facilities. The role leads technical workstreams and contributes to program outcomes through technical analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and guidance on complex decisions and risks. It also supports the design and improvement of site-level processes, process optimization and validation, troubleshooting, and technical documentation. The position owns the electrical Basis of Design and power-distribution strategy for the SVP program, including electrical load assessments, single-line diagrams, distribution architecture, utility coordination, and planning for campus expansion. It leads development of normal, standby, emergency, and UPS power strategies, defining critical loads and appropriate redundancy in collaboration with relevant technical and operational groups. The Senior Manager, Electrical owns electrical interfaces with manufacturing equipment, utilities, building systems, laboratories, warehouse systems, and automation. The role provides governance for electrical design and safety, reviews design documents and requirements, and drives resolution of technical decisions, risks, assumptions, and deviations. It provides electrical leadership across design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and startup, coordinating system readiness with CQV, Automation, Facilities, and Manufacturing. Travel is required 50% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a similar related discipline.
Eight or more years of relevant industry experience.
Experience in drug substance, drug product, biologics, and/or aseptic sterile fill-finish.
In-depth knowledge typically obtained through advanced education and experience.
Travel 50% of the time.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a startup facility.
Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with successful teams in a GMP manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Lead technical workstreams and contribute to program outcomes by developing actionable methods and analyses, collaborating with cross-functional partners, and advising on complex technical decisions and risks.
Design site-level processes and improvements by defining operating ranges, critical parameters, and acceptance criteria.
Lead process improvement and optimization workstreams, define technical approaches, coordinate trials with production, and document results.
Conduct process validation and troubleshooting by analyzing performance data, investigating deviations, and drafting corrective actions and supporting documentation.
Establish technical standards for process documentation and change execution, ensuring methods, assumptions, and evidence are complete.
Guide engineers through technical decisions by facilitating working sessions, documenting decision logic, and tracking actions to closure.
Deliver technical outputs for complex projects and programs, validate methods, document results and assumptions, adhere to applicable standards and controls, and communicate progress, impacts, and mitigations.
Own the electrical Basis of Design and power-distribution philosophy for the SVP program.
Establish and maintain electrical load lists, connected and 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 electrical design provides appropriate capacity and flexibility for future campus expansion.
Lead development of normal, standby, emergency, and UPS power philosophies.
Define critical electrical loads with Process, Manufacturing, Automation, HVAC, Utilities, Quality, and equipment subject-matter experts.
Establish appropriate redundancy and backup-power requirements based on operational and GMP impact, including for controls, isolators, monitoring, and data systems.
Own electrical interfaces with filling equipment, formulation and compounding systems, HVAC, clean and black utilities, warehouse systems, laboratories, and automation.
Coordinate vendor and discipline electrical requirements, including loads, voltage, feeders, disconnects, controls interfaces, and backup-power classification; incorporate them into facility design and the load model.
Resolve electrical interfaces among the central utilities building, filling buildings, administration and laboratory spaces, warehouse, and campus infrastructure.
Provide technical governance for electrical design and ensure 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.
Provide electrical technical leadership through design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning, and startup.
Establish specifications and technical requirements for major electrical equipment and support technical bid evaluations and vendor reviews.
Identify long-lead electrical equipment 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 startup.