2026 Operations Intern

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 . Follow @abbvie on X , Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn and Tik Tok .

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 participants in the Operations Development Program Internship at AbbVie.

Operations Development Program Internship Description: 

As an AbbVie Operations intern, you will participate in a paid, 11-week summer program working on meaningful assignments that have a real impact on our business and patients worldwide. AbbVie’s global Operations business offers you an opportunity to work in a variety of fields based on your degree type.

Past examples of projects have included: 

• Product and process optimization in a manufacturing facility 
• Quality systems data analysis to identify compliance trends
• Optimize an enzyme to catalyze a challenging step in the synthesis of a recently approved product 

AbbVie’s worldwide business offers you an opportunity for a variety of potential work experiences that are aligned to a variety of functional areas, including those listed below. Interns will be placed in assignments based on business needs and skill set.

• Engineering 
• Manufacturing 
• Quality 
• Product Development, Science & Technology 

Locations: 

Interns will be placed in one of the following U.S locations. Interns will be placed based on business needs and background.

• Branchburg, New Jersey 
• Irvine, California 
• Lake County, IL 
• Waco, Texas 
• Worcester, Massachusetts 

AbbVie strongly considers high performing interns as candidates for their Operations Development Program (ODP) after they graduate. AbbVie’s ODP is a three-year rotational program with three separate work assignments. The rotations are carried out in a variety of functional areas within Operations. The goal of the program is to develop AbbVie’s future leaders, provide exposure across the business on a global scale, and forums for skill and professional development.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Must be currently enrolled in university, pursuing a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related major. 
• Must be enrolled in university the semester following your internship and graduate within 1-year post internship.
• Demonstrated leadership skills (i.e., extracurricular activities or projects)
• Mobility is a key requirement as a pipeline internship to our Operations Development Program. Operations Development Program Members will be required to experience at least one assignment based in one of our U.S. Operations Plants and will rotate to different sites with each rotation based on business need 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Excellent problem-solving, written, and verbal skills
• Exceptional interpersonal, leadership and project management skills
• Proven track record of teamwork, adaptability, innovation, initiative, and integrity 

Additional Information

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

• 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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