Global Facilities Engineering Intern Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

This internship role will consist of an overall design experience.  We are a group of architects, mechanical and electrical engineers, BMS controls designers and programmers that design projects to support various facilities in our portfolio.  Examples include laboratories, offices, site infrastructure and vivarium / specialty spaces.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Plans and conduct small to medium size projects with design specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations and equipment.
• Coordinates and monitors design activities and reports progress to upper management.
• Leads design discussions for planning purposes.
• Gain knowledge of overall industry & AbbVie specifications / standards.
• Gain knowledge of various building components such as HVAC equipment, electrical distribution systems, building materials, etc.
• Create project estimates for front end planning and budget purposes.
• Present to the staff leaders, managers and mentors the achievements of the assigned projects as well as the main experiences gained during the program.