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Associate CAPA Specialist

Abbott
United States - Abbott Park : AP08B, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Nov 2025
💰 $100,000/yr($50,000/yr$100,000/yr)

About the role

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:

Associate CAPA Specialist

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.

  • 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 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.

  • A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Lake Bluff, IL location in the Transfusion Medicine Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

As the Associate CAPA Specialist, you'll generate exception/CAPA documentation such as non- conformance reports and investigation reports required at the site for routine and non-routine manufacturing issues. Independently investigate all aspects of the exception event and determine the root cause, product impact, risk impact, corrections, and corrective/preventive actions. Utilize device design history files, specifications, test methods, factory data, field data, or quality policies as necessary to support decisions. Coordinate/facilitate meetings and/or communicate cross-functionally to develop solid solutions to CAPA activities. Work with Quality, Technical Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, or purchasing as needed to recommend/document appropriate corrections, corrective/preventive actions based on facts obtained during base CAPA investigations. Concurrently manage multiple CAPA projects and tasks, ensuring timely completion. Track and trend CAPA related information, as appropriate, to meet compliance requirements. Be key contributor of CAPA team in identifying, developing, and implementing process or product improvements. Support the creation, implementation and modification of product and process related documents including Operating Procedures and other related documents.

What You’ll Work On

  • Ensure that all CAPA documents are written in compliance to Division policy and site procedures.

  • Document and investigate route and non-routine manufacturing issues independently or in collaborate with subject matter experts to develop robust CAPA solutions.

  • Concurrently manage multiple CAPA projects and tasks, ensuring timely completion.

  • Be key contributor to identifying and/or implementing CAPA process improvements.

  • Accountable for strict compliance to cGMP as it relates to CAPA documentation accuracy, decision accuracy, process compliance, process efficiency, and timeliness.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, or closely related discipline; Or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

  • Minimum 2 years' experience in quality or regulated, manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • CAPA work experience in manufacturing plant environment.

  • Excellent organizational skills – must be able to manage multiple projects.

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