Sr. Technician, Extrusion

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:

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 .

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Minnetonka, MN location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Provides technical support in tubing extrusion, by extruding tubing, combining resins and colorants, or working to engineering requests. Operates equipment to extrude tubing, cleans and maintains equipment and documents work. May work on new products, processes, test methods, create or update instructions, SOP's or other documents, or quality projects pertaining to tubing extrusion or the use of extruded tubing in products.

What You’ll Work On

• Applies knowledge of technical concepts and practices, and an understanding of product or system fundamentals, from basic to complex towards the resolution of manufacturing and/or research and development tasks.

• Performs set-up, testing, repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of all area-specific equipment, materials, systems and or products.

• Troubleshoots and solves problems requiring interpretation of procedures and practices.

• Analyzes situations or data to identify issues and trends.

• Collects, compiles, measures, organizes and records data.

• Provides input to engineering, qualifications and validation studies and develops or revises documents and procedures and may keep lab not book.

• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule and assigned tasks or projects.

• Communicates as a team member with other functional groups as well as with internal customers.

• May contact outside vendors as part of job responsibilities.(Influence/Leadership) May provide work direction to other employees in work group.

• (Planning/Organization) Plans and organizes project assignments of substantial variety and complexity. Initiates or maintains schedule for projects and project milestones. Establishes priorities of individual or project assignments.

• (Decision Making/Impact) Solves complex problems requiring extensive interpretation of procedures and practices to provide leadership in evolving projects. Selects methods and practices to solve problems using ingenuity, creativity, and a high degree of independent action and initiative. Proposes solutions independently; makes decisions on projects. Develops and implements projects from concept to completion.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Associates Degree Or an equivalent combination of education and work
  experience

• Minimum 6 years

• Related work experience. May also require a license or certification in the area of
  expertise.
  (Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Applies extensive knowledge of complex
  technical concepts and practices, and a complete understanding of product or systems
  fundamentals in