Associate Director, HVAC (Hybrid)

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose:

The Associate Director of HVAC provides owner-side leadership and technical governance for the design, integration, and delivery of HVAC and mechanical infrastructure supporting large biopharmaceutical capital projects. This role serves as the Design Authority for HVAC and mechanical systems, ensuring that the systems are designed to meet manufacturing requirements, GMP standards, reliability expectations, and regulatory compliance. The incumbent provides oversight of EPC contractor engineering activities and ensures effective integration between process systems, utilities, automation, and facility infrastructure. Key systems of responsibility include HVAC, mechanical equipment, and facility support systems required for pharmaceutical and biologics manufacturing capital projects of total value > $2B. The role also supports implementation of technology with AI and digital innovation teams such as the Factory of the Future.  The incumbent will report to Director, Engineering in the Operations Transformation organization.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the owner’s senior engineering leader and design authority for HVAC and mechanical systems.
• Lead the owner’s utilities and mechanical engineering team and provide technical oversight of Engineering contractor’s design activities related to these disciplines.
• Establish engineering standards and execution strategies for utilities and mechanical systems.
• Provide governance and oversight for design of GMP critical and non-critical HVAC and mechanical systems such as HVAC systems for cleanrooms and controlled environments, Air handling units and environmental control systems, Mechanical equipment supporting manufacturing operations, mechanical piping systems, fire suppression, fire and heat detection systems
• Develop overall facility HVAC classification philosophy, pressure cascades and control philosophy, critical HVAC equipment including HEPA filtration, air flow concepts, AHU coverage of classified and non-classified areas
• Drive review and selection of vendors and contractors for HVAC and mechanical systems.
• Active review of specifications, RFP or bid packages for equipment, integrated skids or systems, construction, installation and commissioning and qualification scope including technical and commercial bid analysis, technical recommendations
• Adopt cradle to grave approach for HVAC and mechanical system including vendor deliverables review and approval, participation in FAT and SAT, installation and start-up of these systems on site,
• Ensure system design meets GMP, reliability, and operational requirements in addition to supporting contamination control, reliability and maintainability
• Ensure proper integration between process systems, clean and black utilities, automation, and facility infrastructure.
• Define system boundaries and system architecture including commissioning boundaries.
• Support energy efficiency and sustainability objectives, especially focusing on technology-assisted pressure and air supply control
• Actively participate and contribute to  multidisciplinary engineering design reviews.
• Review engineering deliverables including system descriptions, calculation…