2026 Technical Operations Intern - Drug Product Pilot Plant

AbbVie • North Chicago, IL • 15h ago

Company Description

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 - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

Job Description

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.

The Drug Product Pilot Plant is part of the Clinical Drug Supply organization within R&D Development Sciences. The Pilot Plant is responsible for supporting formulation development and scale up activities and for manufacturing oral dosage forms (tablets, capsules, granules, solutions) used in phase I to phase IV clinical trials. The Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team is the key support group to keep the Pilot Plant running, with responsibilities including engineering projects, manufacturing process support and troubleshooting, and calibrations and maintenance of both the equipment and the facility. The Tech Ops Intern will gain valuable experience with industry standard unit operations (such as compression, coating, blending, encapsulation) and will build understanding of what it takes to support a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Develop tablet coating process recipes for varying batch and tablet sizes on facility coating equipment

Lead a capital project to upgrade plant manufacturing and/or testing equipment

Commission and qualify newly purchased equipment for GMP manufacturing

Lead an effort to focus on sustainability in the pilot plant with projects such as energy assessments for purified water generation technologies or facility air handling units

Create a plan for managing and organizing manufacturing equipment change parts

Assist with investigating and troubleshooting equipment and facility issues; recommend and implement solutions

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a Bachelor's in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or other related field

Must be enrolled in university for at least one semester following the internship

Expected graduation date between December 2026 - June 2027

Good verbal and written communication skills. Good computer knowledge and good working knowledge of MS Word, Excel

Ability to take initiative to handle small to medium complexity projects autonomously

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to process engineering, industrial sustainability, process/system controls, physics, unit operations, manufacturing, mechanics

Additional Information

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

Benefits and Amenities:?

Competitive pay?

Relocation support for eligible students?

Select wellness benefits and paid holiday / sick time ?

?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.?

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: $20.3 - $36.5

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