Sr. Engineer II, Plant Utilities
Biogen
Summary
As a Senior Plant Engineer II, you will provide technical engineering support for critical plant utilities and facility systems across manufacturing areas, laboratories, warehouses, and supporting buildings. You will troubleshoot complex equipment issues, lead engineering and commissioning activities, and partner with Utilities, Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Maintenance, and other cross-functional teams to improve equipment reliability and operational performance. This role also manages small engineering projects and provides technical direction to contractors with limited oversight.
Job description
About this role
As a Senior Plant Engineer II, you will provide technical engineering support for critical plant utilities and facility systems across manufacturing areas, laboratories, warehouses, and supporting buildings. You will troubleshoot complex equipment issues, lead engineering and commissioning activities, and partner with Utilities, Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Maintenance, and other cross-functional teams to improve equipment reliability and operational performance. This role also manages small engineering projects and provides technical direction to contractors with limited oversight.
What you'll do
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for plant utility and facility systems, including clean utilities, water, compressed air, steam, gases, HVAC air-handling systems, waste systems, cooling-tower water, and process glycol.
- Troubleshoot equipment systems and associated building management system automation.
- Lead or support the design, specification, installation, commissioning, and qualification of new equipment.
- Develop user requirements specifications and write and execute commissioning and qualification protocols.
- Support capital and operational-expenditure projects, including project scoping, equipment modifications, design reviews, change controls, construction support, commissioning, and validation.
- Investigate equipment failures and implement improvements that help prevent recurrence.
- Onboard new equipment into the computerized maintenance management system in accordance with site procedures.
- Manage small engineering projects, schedules, risks, stakeholders, and deliverables with limited direction.
- Direct contractors and represent Plant Engineering in discussions with internal teams and external partners.
- Develop or update procedures supporting Engineering and Facilities equipment and systems.
- Manage compliance activities, including change controls, deviation investigations, and corrective and preventive actions.
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives focused on equipment reliability, process improvement, and operational performance.
Who you are
You are a collaborative and solutions-oriented engineer who can apply technical expertise to solve moderately complex facility and utility challenges. You are comfortable managing competing priorities, exercising sound judgment, and partnering across functions to deliver compliant, reliable, and practical engineering solutions.
Required skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university.
- At minimum, 6 years of relevant engineering experience.
- Experience supporting manufacturing facilities, plant utilities, or facility equipment systems.
- Experience troubleshooting equipment and utility systems
- Experience supporting equipment-related capital or operational-expenditure projects.
- Experience with equipment commissioning, qualification, or validation activities.
- Ability to develop technical specifications and assess equipment requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to investigate equipment failures and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project, and AutoCAD.
Preferred skills
- Experience supporting clean utilities, HVAC, steam, waste, cooling-water, or glycol systems in a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience developing user requirements specifications and commissioning or qualification protocols.
- Experience managing engineering projects involving stakeholder coordination, risk management, scheduling, and regulatory requirements.
- Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems.
- Experience managing change controls, deviation investigations, and corrective and preventive actions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university
- At minimum, 6 years of relevant engineering experience
- Experience supporting manufacturing facilities, plant utilities, or facility equipment systems
- Experience troubleshooting equipment and utility systems
- Experience supporting equipment-related capital or operational-expenditure projects
- Experience with equipment commissioning, qualification, or validation activities
- Ability to develop technical specifications and assess equipment requirements
- Demonstrated ability to investigate equipment failures and recommend appropriate corrective actions
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, contractors, and external stakeholders
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project, and AutoCAD
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life Insurance
- Fitness & Wellness Programs
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- 15 Days Paid Vacation
- End-of-Year Shutdown
- 12 Paid Holidays
- 80 Hours Sick Time
- Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
- 401(k) Matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Resource Groups
Company overview
Founded in 1978, Biogen is a leading global biotechnology company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for serious neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. As one of the oldest independent biotechnology companies in the United States, Biogen has established itself as a pioneer in neuroscience, focusing on difficult-to-treat conditions where few or no treatment options exist. The company's portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments for multiple sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer's disease, ALS, and Friedreich's ataxia. With approximately 7,000 employees worldwide, Biogen operates through a global network that includes research and development hubs in Cambridge, Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, and South San Francisco, along with world-class manufacturing facilities in the United States and Switzerland. The company's commitment to scientific innovation is demonstrated by its Nobel Prize-winning founders and its receipt of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Biogen's patient-centric approach drives its mission to deliver transformative medicines that improve lives while creating sustainable value for shareholders and communities.