Sr. Director, Global Design and Construction
Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL, United States
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United States - Illinois - Abbott Parktime type:
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31146237Abbott 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.## **JOB DESCRIPTION:**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
student debt program and
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.**Job Title**Senior Director, Global Design and Construction**The Opportunity**The Senior Director, Global Design and Construction is accountable for the enterprise‐wide technical leadership, financial stewardship, and execution governance of Abbott’s global facilities, utilities, and infrastructure portfolio supporting Manufacturing, Warehousing, Commercial, and R&D operations. The role leads a globally distributed organization of approximately 40 engineering and project management professionals across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, with direct P&L responsibility of approximately $12M and capital delivery accountability approaching $1B across Abbott’s businesses. Acting as Abbott’s engineering design authority, the role owns the full lifecycle delivery of complex, high‐risk capital programs including greenfield facilities, large‐scale expansions, infrastructure and utility systems, and mission‐critical manufacturing environments. Responsibilities span including site master planning, A&E selection and oversight, construction management strategy, contract development and administration, field engineering governance, commissioning, qualification, and operational handover—ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly, on schedule, and within approved financial commitments.In addition, the role is the enterprise owner of Abbott’s Technical Center of Excellence (CoE) and the Abbott Global Engineering Standards, serving as the final technical authority for facilities, utilities, and infrastructure design and execution worldwide. This includes direct leadership of senior subject‐matter experts in mechanical systems, electrical and power distribution, automation and controls, architecture, fire protection, metallurgy, and industrial utilities. The role establishes global technical strategies for standardization, innovation, lifecycle cost optimization for new infrastructures and expansion, to support new product introductions, margin improvement initiatives, and long‐term asset sustainability. Through close partnership with IT, EHS, Security, Purchasing, Risk Management, Corporate Real Estate, and businesses site leadership, the position ensures consistent application of engineering rigor across regions and delivery models. The scale of fiscal responsibility, technical complexity, and execution risk inherent to this role requires deep, hands‐on engineering expertise, demonstrated success delivering large capital programs, and the credibility to make independent technical and investment decisions at the executive level.**What You’ll Work On*** Provide enterprise‐level leadership for a globally deployed organization of approximately 40 engineers and project professionals across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, accountable for regulated facilities, utilities, and infrastructure delivery supporting pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics businesses.* Own full operating P&L accountability for a global engineering services budget of approximately $12MM and direct capital execution accountability approaching $1B USD across multiple business units and geographies.* Serve as Abbott’s enterprise engineering design authority for facilities, utilities, and infrastructure, with final technical decision rights spanning conceptual design, detailed engineering, construction execution, and commissioning.* Direct front‐end planning and capital project development activities including feasibility studies, site selection, master planning, basis of design development, scope definition, and execution strategy selection to establish robust project foundations.* Lead the end‐to‐end technical governance of complex capital programs, including greenfield sites, major expansions, utility central plants, and infrastructure upgrades from FEP‐1 through FELP‐3, construction, and operational readiness.* Engage and influence executive leadership through clear communication of capital strategy, risks, investment options, and engineering recommendations.* Own and lead Abbott’s Technical Center of Excellence, providing authoritative engineering leadership across mechanical systems, electrical power distribution, automation and controls, architecture, fire protection, metallurgy, industrial utilities, and building systems.* Function as global owner and steward of Abbott Engineering Standards, accountable for their technical integrity, constructability, lifecycle performance, and regulatory compliance across all capital projects and engineering activities.* Maintain engineering standards in continuous alignment with evolving global regulatory, code, and industry requirements including but not limited to FDA and CBER regulations, EU MDR/IVDR and notified bodies, MHRA, BSI, ANVISA, INVIMA, ISO standards, NFPA, Factory Mutual, and local Authorities Having Jurisdiction.* Establish formal governance mechanisms to assess regulatory, code, and industry changes and translate those requirements into updated engineering standards, standard details, specifications, design criteria, and construction execution requirements through the Abbott Engineering Standards Program.* Ensure regulatory intent and compliance expectations are embedded into facility layouts, utility architectures, equipment selection, control strategies, and commissioning plans approaches during design rather than remediated during construction, qualification, or validation.* Maintain technical currency and depth of Technical Center of Excellence subject‐matter experts through structured training programs, advanced professional certifications, external technical forums, standards committees, and engagement with industry and regulatory bodies.* Ensure Technical Center of Excellence expertise is embedded directly in capital execution by mandating participation in front‐end planning, design reviews, constructability analyses, value engineering, hazard and operability reviews, and lifecycle cost evaluations.* Continuously assess evolving engineering service needs across Abbott businesses and proactively evolve the Technical Center of Excellence by developing new technical capability offerings aligned with increasing operational and technological complexity.* Build in‐house emerging capabilities to address complex engineering evolving challenges such as high‐speed #J-18808-Ljbffr
United States - Illinois - Abbott Parktime type:
Full timeposted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date: April 10, 2026 (9 days left to apply)job requisition id:
31146237Abbott 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.## **JOB DESCRIPTION:**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
student debt program and
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.**Job Title**Senior Director, Global Design and Construction**The Opportunity**The Senior Director, Global Design and Construction is accountable for the enterprise‐wide technical leadership, financial stewardship, and execution governance of Abbott’s global facilities, utilities, and infrastructure portfolio supporting Manufacturing, Warehousing, Commercial, and R&D operations. The role leads a globally distributed organization of approximately 40 engineering and project management professionals across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, with direct P&L responsibility of approximately $12M and capital delivery accountability approaching $1B across Abbott’s businesses. Acting as Abbott’s engineering design authority, the role owns the full lifecycle delivery of complex, high‐risk capital programs including greenfield facilities, large‐scale expansions, infrastructure and utility systems, and mission‐critical manufacturing environments. Responsibilities span including site master planning, A&E selection and oversight, construction management strategy, contract development and administration, field engineering governance, commissioning, qualification, and operational handover—ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly, on schedule, and within approved financial commitments.In addition, the role is the enterprise owner of Abbott’s Technical Center of Excellence (CoE) and the Abbott Global Engineering Standards, serving as the final technical authority for facilities, utilities, and infrastructure design and execution worldwide. This includes direct leadership of senior subject‐matter experts in mechanical systems, electrical and power distribution, automation and controls, architecture, fire protection, metallurgy, and industrial utilities. The role establishes global technical strategies for standardization, innovation, lifecycle cost optimization for new infrastructures and expansion, to support new product introductions, margin improvement initiatives, and long‐term asset sustainability. Through close partnership with IT, EHS, Security, Purchasing, Risk Management, Corporate Real Estate, and businesses site leadership, the position ensures consistent application of engineering rigor across regions and delivery models. The scale of fiscal responsibility, technical complexity, and execution risk inherent to this role requires deep, hands‐on engineering expertise, demonstrated success delivering large capital programs, and the credibility to make independent technical and investment decisions at the executive level.**What You’ll Work On*** Provide enterprise‐level leadership for a globally deployed organization of approximately 40 engineers and project professionals across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, accountable for regulated facilities, utilities, and infrastructure delivery supporting pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics businesses.* Own full operating P&L accountability for a global engineering services budget of approximately $12MM and direct capital execution accountability approaching $1B USD across multiple business units and geographies.* Serve as Abbott’s enterprise engineering design authority for facilities, utilities, and infrastructure, with final technical decision rights spanning conceptual design, detailed engineering, construction execution, and commissioning.* Direct front‐end planning and capital project development activities including feasibility studies, site selection, master planning, basis of design development, scope definition, and execution strategy selection to establish robust project foundations.* Lead the end‐to‐end technical governance of complex capital programs, including greenfield sites, major expansions, utility central plants, and infrastructure upgrades from FEP‐1 through FELP‐3, construction, and operational readiness.* Engage and influence executive leadership through clear communication of capital strategy, risks, investment options, and engineering recommendations.* Own and lead Abbott’s Technical Center of Excellence, providing authoritative engineering leadership across mechanical systems, electrical power distribution, automation and controls, architecture, fire protection, metallurgy, industrial utilities, and building systems.* Function as global owner and steward of Abbott Engineering Standards, accountable for their technical integrity, constructability, lifecycle performance, and regulatory compliance across all capital projects and engineering activities.* Maintain engineering standards in continuous alignment with evolving global regulatory, code, and industry requirements including but not limited to FDA and CBER regulations, EU MDR/IVDR and notified bodies, MHRA, BSI, ANVISA, INVIMA, ISO standards, NFPA, Factory Mutual, and local Authorities Having Jurisdiction.* Establish formal governance mechanisms to assess regulatory, code, and industry changes and translate those requirements into updated engineering standards, standard details, specifications, design criteria, and construction execution requirements through the Abbott Engineering Standards Program.* Ensure regulatory intent and compliance expectations are embedded into facility layouts, utility architectures, equipment selection, control strategies, and commissioning plans approaches during design rather than remediated during construction, qualification, or validation.* Maintain technical currency and depth of Technical Center of Excellence subject‐matter experts through structured training programs, advanced professional certifications, external technical forums, standards committees, and engagement with industry and regulatory bodies.* Ensure Technical Center of Excellence expertise is embedded directly in capital execution by mandating participation in front‐end planning, design reviews, constructability analyses, value engineering, hazard and operability reviews, and lifecycle cost evaluations.* Continuously assess evolving engineering service needs across Abbott businesses and proactively evolve the Technical Center of Excellence by developing new technical capability offerings aligned with increasing operational and technological complexity.* Build in‐house emerging capabilities to address complex engineering evolving challenges such as high‐speed #J-18808-Ljbffr