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Staff Industrial Engineer, OpEx (LSS Black Belt)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jun 2026

💰 $198,700/yr($99,300/yr – $198,700/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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Staff Industrial Engineer, OpEx (LSS Black Belt)

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

Join Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) division, where we’re advancing life-changing technologies to treat heart rhythm disorders like atrial fibrillation—helping patients get back to living fuller lives.

In this role, you’ll drive Operational Excellence across our ablation catheter manufacturing operations. You’ll partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to lead continuous improvement initiatives, support new product introductions and line expansions, and help elevate our global OpEx maturity.

As a key change agent, you’ll:

Lead process improvements on the production floor—mapping workflows, identifying constraints, and increasing capacity
Champion Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, including DMAIC problem solving and Kaizen events
Drive projects that improve productivity, flow, and overall manufacturing performance
Coach teams and embed Operational Excellence tools and behaviors
Support both new product launches and post-market optimization efforts

We’re looking for a self-driven, collaborative leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys influencing change. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape manufacturing performance, support critical product launches, and make a measurable impact on the business.

What You’ll Work On

Support the Operational Excellence Strategy to build and grow a culture of continuous improvement across sites by evaluating, creating and driving standard "best practice" methodologies and tools that continuously improve existing processes.
Lead, mentor and teach the lean methodology across production and distribution locations.
Own planning and execution for continuous improvement / lean initiatives across the Manufacturing Operations.
Manage deployment and adoption of new processes utilizing effective and efficient tools/ templates.
Design and develop the governance of a LSS program from DMAIC Problem Solving Basics to MBB
Establish metrics that drive desired business performance.
Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.
Utilize tools like DMAIC, Gage R&R, Cp, Cpk, and SPC to improve processes.
Understand manufacturing concepts like Value Stream mapping, SPC, Lean, 5S and Visual Workplace to improve quality, labor efficiency, and throughput.
Provides input for identification and planning of department goals and budget, development, standardization and implementation of initiatives intended to improve the quality, cost and delivery performance of Division Operations.
In conjunction with the Value Stream teams, supports productivity, quality, process efficiency, space utilization, standardization and lead time improvement efforts.
Identifies opportunities and supports the incorporation of appropriate Lean tool usage such as 5S, time study, line balancing, standard work and material flow into the daily functions of the Value Stream teams.
Coaches and facilitates presenting