AbbVie: Director, Process Safety and Design — North Chicago, IL, United States

About AbbVie

AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical business focused on discovering and delivering medicines and related health solutions. Its employer introduction identifies immunology, oncology and neuroscience among its therapeutic areas, alongside the Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. The organisation's stated mission connects current health problems with the development of treatments for future medical needs. Its activities therefore have both scientific and product-delivery dimensions, with different functions supporting research, medicines and services within the named therapeutic and aesthetics areas.

The position and its setting

AbbVie lists Director, Process Safety and Design in North Chicago, IL, United States, under reference R00152411. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Brands: AbbVie

Responsibilities and work described

• Be a trusted partner and establish process safety strategy for the global manufacturing network, providing Leadership with regular updates on the manufacturing sites and continuous improvement initiatives related to Process Safety Management (PSM)
• Successfully engaging globally across all manufacturing sites, collaborating with site leadership to create defined timelines for the implementation of process safety recommendations and continuous improvement goals
• Have joint responsibility with Site Directors to ensure that timelines are achieved
• With your team of SMEs, you will be accountable to drive global network Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) efforts, capital project design reviews, process safety training and other process safety initiatives
• Design, develop, implement and monitor the process safety roadmap for the global network with an overarching focus to drive standardized processes, reduce risk, eliminate failure modes and ensure global compliance
• Leveraging your background in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or related technical field, provide technical support to global network of sites on design and process safety related issues
• Drive continuous improvement process safety culture across the network
• Be a visible leader for AbbVie’s Zero
• Believe it
• Achieve it.(ZBA) philosophy
• Leadership: process safety reviews, during design and start-up for major capital projects across the global network
• Leadership: the hazard screening process for Tech Transfers and New Product Introductions
• Development: network dashboard of process safety related KPIs to measure continuous improvement progress
• Maintenance: currency with industry best practices, Best Available Technologies (BAT), and trends
• Share this knowledge with peers and leadership
• With your team, support the process safety element of internal EHS audits to ensure compliance with applicable standards and policies, adoption of best practices to identify and manage risk, and conformance to company directives

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Chemical Engineering, or other technical field preferably in engineering or life sciences
• Experience leading and coaching a diverse team to success, adapting your leadership style as needed to excel
• Partner with, influence and guide decision making at global senior leadership level
• 15+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical and/or chemical industries in engineering or manufacturing support environment
• Demonstrated experience in process engineering, process design or a technical safety discipline
• 30% travel with this role due to the global nature of the position

Education and qualification routes

• Degree / qualification: Master's degree not required, but preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: North Chicago, IL, United States

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Pay and application dates

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How to apply to AbbVie

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Practical preparation: Excel

Excel examples should identify the task, the data and the checks used to avoid an incorrect result. Explain whether you built a reporting workbook, reconciled records, automated a process or maintained an existing model.

Relevant skills

• Excel
• manufacturing
• safety management
• chemistry
• audit
• compliance
• training
• pharmacy