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Senior Engineer - Construction Project Management

AbbVie

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Compensation
$79K/yr
Location
Irvine, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Engineer applies engineering and scientific knowledge to assignments in the AEC industry, working with a high degree of independence. The role plans and manages concurrent engineering projects, including project controls, procurement, design oversight, and execution. It also analyzes interdisciplinary problems, works with stakeholders and consultants, and may supervise engineers or technicians. A technical background in laboratory life sciences or related industries is preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementProject ControlsProcurementDesign OversightFinancial SystemsFiscal ControlInterpersonal SkillsNegotiationOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationPresentation Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related5+ Years Engineering ExperiencePostgraduate Degree

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

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, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)

Job Description

An engineering professional who, working with a high degree of independence, applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to a specific technical field or discipline in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry. A Senior Engineer has general knowledge of other related disciplines beyond their own area of expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Responsibilities of this engineering grade level inherently include and expand upon the responsibilities established for lower engineering grade levels.

  • Responsible for compliance with applicable codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.

  • Independently plans and conducts small- to medium-sized assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment. Manages multiple, often concurrent, projects and meets deadlines. Responsible for achieving the project's financial targets in support of business objectives. Maintains project controls and reporting for cost, scope and schedule; develops execution strategy including procurement. Balances multiple demands.

  • Produces unique and cost-effective results. Establishes alternate use possibilities and incorporates flexibility; balances system costs with benefits provided; oversees design work of internal and external consultants; creates or modifies designs for intermediate problems. Integrates financial with technical data. Analyzes complex interdisciplinary problems and identifies their impact; assesses uncertainty and risk; draws conclusions reflecting broad business needs.

  • Represents engineering on corporate task forces. Identifies the full range of customer and client needs, proposes appropriate solutions, and adapts them to meet stakeholder requirements. Monitors the improvement of other engineers and may participate in the evaluation of assigned staff/project team members and in the identification of development needs. May supervise other engineers or technicians.

  • Uses established project management tools and techniques (Front-end planning (FEP), cash flow projections, scope/schedule control, etc.) to completely manage small projects (stay within authorized budget limits and achieve the overall project and organizational objectives). Contributes to the development of project management best practices. Directs and manages project execution by performing the work defined in the project plan to achieve project objectives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science, or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 5+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience. A post-graduate education/degree is desired, and may contribute towards the desired years of experience.

  • Has demonstrated competency within a discipline.

  • Possesses a strong technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures. Works on problems of complex scope where analysis of situations or data involves multiple competing factors. Demonstrates judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

  • Interacts and collaborates well with diverse groups of architects and engineers while maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external team members in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment.

  • Listens to and understands others' points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully their perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.

  • Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.

  • Has a technical background in laboratory life sciences (preferred), health care, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biologics, or similar industries.

  • Has demonstrated competency with financial systems and fiscal control.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Salary: $78,500

How this job compares

Set against the 1,508 open Senior Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$79K/yr
  • California median$146–226K/yr144 salary ranges
  • US median$108–190K/yr1,200 salary ranges

This rate, $79K, is 56% below the California median midpoint ($180K) — in the lowest quarter of Senior Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 169 open Senior Engineer jobs in California and 1,508 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Senior Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (1,382 postings).
Education
974 of the 1,508 open Senior Engineer jobs (65%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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