Principal Project Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

• This is not a remote opportunity

• Relocation assistance is not authorized for this position.

Our location In Chicago, IL currently has an opportunity for a Principal Project Engineer.  The Principal Project Engineer is responsible for overseeing large size and/or complex engineering/technical projects and ensuring their successful delivery. Applies leadership behaviors, project management knowledge, engineering knowledge and ingenuity to complete projects from concept through closure, across disciplines and locations.

This position works out of our Chicago, IL location in the CoreLab Division.  

What You’ll Work On

• Develops, plans, coordinates and directs engineering aspects of projects across multiple locations that are of major scope and importance.
• Understands the business needs and has a thorough knowledge of the customer when developing a project scope.
• Leads development of Project Charter and documents the requirements that satisfy the stakeholder’s needs and expectations.
• Establishes engineering project objectives and technical criteria for evaluating project results.
• Develops project plan documenting the actions necessary to define, prepare, integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans.
• Uses established PM tools and techniques (FEP, Cash Flow Projections, Scope / Schedule Control, etc.) to stay within authorized budget limits and achieve the overall project and organizational objectives.
• Closes the project by finalizing all activities across all the Project Management Process Groups to formally complete the project or phase.
• Monitors and controls project work to meet the performance objectives defined in the project plan.
• Focuses on cost and milestone achievement to optimize resource utilization.
• Reviews change requests, manages and approves changes to the deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project plan.
• Coordinates with corporate or divisional purchasing for procurement of equipment and / or services and contracting.
• Effectively leverages and manages services and suppliers.
• Anticipates and mitigates areas of risk with mitigation strategies.
• Directs others in the execution of the design of products / processes / equipment / systems / facilities by applying engineering methods, concepts and techniques.
• Ensures the project design complies with all engineering standards, project objectives and customer needs.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering, Science or closely related discipline
• Minimum 6 years of experience in engineering, project management, and/or operational experience and experience in leading large projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• PM qualification preferred.
• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.
• Technical or Engineering background in medical devices, pharmaceutical or other regulated sector is preferred.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Lead various project activity components (development of scope, schedule, budgets, risk register, etc.) among multiple locations

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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