Engineer Sr, Manufacturing - 2nd shift

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:

Senior Manufacturing Engineer - 2nd shift

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

Our location in Plymouth, MN, currently has an opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer II.  In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

This position will support and improve existing manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and quality. 

2nd Shift: Mon -  Thurs  Approximately 3:30PM - 2:30AM

(precise times may be shifted to accommodate other shift schedules)

What You’ll Work On

• Support and continuously improve manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality.

• Proactively seek out improvements and solutions to quality and productivity issues.

•  Support production by responding to line down issues and other manufacturing concerns raised by the manufacturing teams.Maintain and manage all production status and statistics information for the assigned product lines (production line owner).

• Troubleshoot manufacturing process and equipment.

• Utilize tools like DMAIC, A3, Gage R&R, Cp, Cpk, and SPC to improve processes.

• Understand manufacturing concepts like Value Stream mapping, 5S and Visual Workplace to improve quality, labor efficiency, and throughput.

• Lead project efforts within Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost priorities (example: CAPA ownership)

• Generate and modify manufacturing process documentation.

• Work with cross functional manufacturing teams

• Develop and implement process improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, , Biomedical or related Engineering area

• Minimum 3 years Manufacturing engineering experience required.  

• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite

Preferred Qualifications

• PowerBI experience preferred

• Previous electronics manufacturing experience preferred

• Previous regulated manufacturing environment experience preferred.

What We Offer

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance

• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans

• Heal