Staff Manufacturing Engineer

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:

Job Title

Staff Manufacturing Engineer

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.
• 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 Atlanta, GA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

We are seeking an experienced, high caliber Staff Manufacturing Engineer to design and develop manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures in order to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality. This position is to support the development/transfer of new product design into manufacturing and provide technical solutions. This position is required to work in ISO class 5 and class 7 cleanroom environments and required handling production materials and process chemicals.

Each employee can make a difference at Abbott and has the power, either individually or as a team, to influence the success of the company. We are team-oriented, fast-paced and progressive. We value people with great ideas who partner with others both internally and externally to take actions and accomplish goals.

What You’ll Work On

• Attract, develop, and retain a diverse qualified staff through effective training, succession planning strategies, and ongoing performance feedback. Drive culture of engagement and inclusivity throughout the organization through clear communication, collaboration, and recognition.
• Mange the financial performance of the department in accordance with the planned budgets.
• Independently or lead a project team to identify, plan and conduct medium to large size projects that require custom, risk-managed execution plans, investigation and/or equipment.  
• Manage and perform projects which include new production equipment installation (IQ) and process qualification (OQ,PQ,PPQ,IMV,TMV), process improvements, yield improvements and cost reductions while supporting daily production activities. Monitor quality of implementation against overall project/program/ site objectives and quality system requirements.
• Enhancement of productivity and product quality
• Interface with vendors for incoming components.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Utilize the process improvement tools like SPC, DOE, Gage R&R etc.
• Understand and utilize electronic data collection systems and computer software packages to analyze data using basic statistics.
• Perform manufacturing concepts like Value Stream mapping, 5S and Visual Workplace to improve quality, labor efficiency, and throughput.
• Write protocols and reports.
• Generate and modify manufacturing process documentation.
• Work with cross functional teams to transfer new products efficiently and effectively into manufacturing.
• Provide direct technical support on production issues (e.g. part & assembled product quality dispositions, interim containment actions, root cause analysis, resolution planning, validation, & implementation) under NCMR or CAPA. 
• Provide guidance to other engineers and technicians.
• Develop and implement process improvements.
• Resolve and facilitat