Production Engineer
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Job Location:
Oxfordshire - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years Abbott has been helping people reach their potential because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. Joining us you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare.
With a diverse global network serving customers in more than 160 countries we create new solutions across the spectrum of health around the world for all stages of life. Whether its next-generation diagnostics life-changing devices science-based nutrition or novel reformulations we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare helping people live their best lives through better health.
The Opportunity:
As a result of strong business growth industry-leading product development in the biosensor business and a long-term commitment to high volume manufacturing in Witney we have an exciting opportunity for a Production Engineer to join our Operations Engineering Group focusing on the innovation of equipment to meet the needs of an evolving product portfolio working with RD on new processes products and engineering solutions to maintain equipment effectiveness. This role will see you develop and lead on strategies in relation to bespoke engineering solutions to support the on-going and evolving manufacturing requirements.
The Production Engineer is responsible for the delivery of significant new processes product equipment and technologies to the this role you will:
- Propose and investigate new and innovative manufacturing processes for consideration in future sensor and process projects.
- Leverage market and technological insight to develop ideas proposals and strategies to support continuous development in the fast-evolving biosensor space.
- Provide technical expertise in the development and improvement of complex manufacturing equipment and systems.
- Provide technical support and guidance to production teams.
- Work closely with project leads across Operations and R&D to ensure that suitable infrastructure resource and equipment is available to business-critical projects.
- Managing strategic relationships both internally and externally (including equipment suppliers) delivering business critical engineering projects.
About You:
To be successful you will ideally be degree qualified in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering however a proven track record and experience in Production Engineering environment is acceptable. You will also need to be able to demonstrate a track record of leading projects and/or a team of skilled engineers having a future focused long-term vision and most importantly a history and enthusiasm of idea generation and application of new or existing technologies.
What we offer:
This is a fantastic opportunity to become a valued member our highly skilled Operations Engineering team working at the forefront of bio wearable technology.
Abbott offers a benefits platform that provides security to you and your family. As youd expect from an innovative global health care company we offera competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme private healthcare life assurance subsidized canteen and a flexible benefits scheme. Here at Witney we also like to help our employees live life to the fullest and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in including local community STEM outreach couch to 5k campaigns yoga and more!
About our Diabetes Care Division:
World Leader in Glucose Monitoring the Abbotts Diabetes Care business designs develops and manufactures glucose monitoring systems for use in both home and hospital settings. We have a Centre of Excellence in Witney for the development and manufacture of electrodes and biosensors used by patients and healthcare professionals for the day-to-day management of diabetes. The Witney site has been instrumental in the research development and manufacture of the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System as well as exciting developments in the Libre family including FreeStyle Libre 2 FreeStyle Libre 3 and the Libre Sense system. The FreeStyle Libre systems are now used by over 5 million people around the world. We are passionate about doing work that improves the quality of peoples lives.
We politely request that agencies do not make contact in relation to this opportunity.
The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Manufacturing
DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:
United Kingdom > Witney : Production Facility
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes 5 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Not Applicable
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Python
- Root cause Analysis
- 5S
- gRPC
- New Relic
- Linux
- Production Management
- Shell Scripting
- Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
- Application Support
About Company
WHO WE ARE CREATING LIFE-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY From removing the regular pain of fingersticks as people manage their diabetes to connecting patients to doctors with real-time information monitoring their hearts, from easing chronic pain and movement disorders to testing half the world’s ... View more
