Senior Engineer – Operational Technology, Automation and Controls
AbbottAbout the role
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Senior Engineer – Operational Technology, Automation, and Controls
About Abbott
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.
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 Abbott Park (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 Senior Engineer – Operational Technology, Automation, and Controls, you’ll be responsible for providing technical and sustaining engineering support in a manufacturing area. Recommends and implements equipment and process modifications to improve production efficiencies, manufacturing techniques and production yields for existing products. This position will design and develop manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality. Lead manufacturing operations data systems across global supply chain. Provide technical consulting support to Manufacturing Operations and project engineers, as required.
What You’ll Work On
Oversight of installation and integration of manufacturing systems for processing control systems, filling, and packaging operations:
PLC programming in Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and CompactLogix platforms
HMI/SCADA programming in FactoryTalk View SE/ME and iFIX Scada Platforms
Implement software design efficiently in current programming languages (C#, VBA, SQL, etc.)
Develop and execute Software Lifecycle Validation Documentation
Must be capable of working independently and resolving design conflicts and/or ambiguous instructions.
Must collaborate well with multi-disciplined engineers and scientists in understanding task requirements and communicating to other project technicians.
Must be able to adapt to changing requirements and meet project commitments without sacrificing workmanship quality.
Capable of working at high level of performance on projects and activities that dramatically impacts the business. Participate as engineering representative in project teams for new technology implementation and legacy technology upgrades.
Lead control and instrumentation system design for projects including, but not limited to, the following tasks:
Develop and manage automation and controls scope based on user requirements.
Designing or managing the design of industrial control systems,
Develop validation/commissioning strategy for integrated equipment and systems.
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