Facilities Engineer

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Barceloneta location in the Vascular division.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

The Facilities Engineer plans, designs, and supervises the construction of new, or existing, facilities in support of Company goals by utilizing available resources in the most efficient and effective manner possible while complying with time and budget constraints.  Projects range from small to mid-sized and have moderate impact on overall company goals. Performs investigations and implements corrective actions in support of Exception

process for both moderate and major CAPAs affecting the facility. Documents results per Abbott rubrics.

Shift: 1st- Monday to Friday. This is an exempt role.

What You’ll Do

• Oversees the planning, design, construction, reconfiguration, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other facilities.
• Plans and coordinates periodic shutdown to service and maintain equipment, hurricane season preparation activities/planning.
• Responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and planning preventative maintenance, repairs and services

for facilities, equipment, systems and building.

• Lead and support facilities/maintenance projects to maximize efficiency and utilization of facilities and equipment.
• Responsible for maintaining facilities operation including facilities equipment, areas conditions, utilities, and amenities.
• Investigate unplanned events affecting facility operations and takes appropriate corrective and preventive actions to preclude recurrence.
• Develops criteria and performance specifications for facilities and equipment required to meet unique operating requirements and building and safety codes.
• Assists in development and maintenance of short-term and long-term facilities plan.
• May be responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and planning preventative maintenance for facilities, equipment, and pest control services.
• Prepares bid sheets, scope of work and contracts for construction, maintenance and facilities services.
• Responsible for maintaining updated plant, office and production equipment layouts/engineering drawings and ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Reviews and estimates of design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation, and other related costs.
• Follows diverse procedures and problems require consideration of many different approaches. Solutions are selected from alternatives using past experience.
• Facilities and equipment emergency repairs to maintain site operations or area conditions.
• Determines own priorities and may deviate from established procedures. Monitoring of work results is usually indirect.  When assigned work, provided guidance on results expected and timeline.
• Task prioritization. Planning and coordination activities pertaining to facilities department.
• Decisions on contracting, managing, and planning of design, construction, and maintenance services for Facilities and Equipment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's in engineering.
• Minimum 2-5 years of related work experience.
• Experience with cGMP and cGLP practices and projects preferred.   Will

perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately

perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.

• Works on problems of significant scope where analysis of situations or data

requires a review of identifiable factors.

• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. Has a good knowledge of technical alternatives and an strong understanding of facilities and utilities systems and how they impact the environment.

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The base pay for this position is

$54,300.00 – $109,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Facilities & Maintenance

DIVISION:AVD Vascular

LOCATION:Puerto Rico > Barceloneta : PR-17

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

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