Sr. Group Lead

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Sr. Group Lead

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. · Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location in the Structural Heart division.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

As the Sr. Group Lead, you’ll have the chance to support the assigned area production supervisor in ensuring the continuous flow of high-quality production through assigned work-cells in accordance with manufacturing obligations. Assist in ensuring that high levels of productivity and product quality are consistently maintained, and help coordinate efforts towards their continuous improvement. Take initiative to improve work product and processes. May be accountable for reviewing work of less experienced employees for quality and content. Adapt existing work methods to different situations.

What You’ll Work On

• Assists in coordinating production activity in assigned work areas, ensuring that product is continuously processed in accordance with build schedules.
• Coordinates communication of work instructions to personnel in designated areas in accordance with supervisory objectives.
• Performs regular process and quality performance audits of personnel, tooling and equipment in assigned areas.
• Advises supervisor or other appropriate contacts in the event of equipment failure.
• Accumulates information for assigned areas regarding work in process inventory status and daily output quantities.
• Assists in providing direct training to area operators as required. Provides feedback on defects encountered, and provides re-training support as necessary.
• Accumulates and organizes data to support area continuous improvement plans, as directed.
• Provides assistance in expediting priority product and tasks in assigned areas.
• Performs inspection and determines disposition of rejected components per required documentation, as directed.
• May perform direct manufacturing operations in support of build schedules, as directed or as necessary.
• May provide managerial support in the absence of the area production supervisor.
• Remains current on developments in field(s) of expertise, applicable regulatory requirements, and a general knowledge of the company’s products, markets, and objectives as well as industry trends.
• Coordinates purchase requests for equipment and services.
• Resolves and/or facilitates resolution of problems including identifying causes to prevent re-occurrence.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree in Electrical/Mechanical Technology, or other comparable specialized training in and working knowledge of the manufacture of implantable medical devices or their equivalent OR equiv