Engineer, Intermediate (Assembly Engineering) Abbott Point of Care (Ottawa)

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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 will have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
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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 Ottawa Ontario location in the Point of Care Diagnostics division. Were empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas including Chemistry Electrolytes Hematology Blood Gases Coagulation Endocrinology Cardiac Markers Neurology and Informatics. AstheIntermediateEngineerfor Assembly Line10youllhave the chance tobe a keycontributorin ensuringmanufacturingoutput quality and complianceofi-STAT this role you willberesponsibleforachieving all key performance indicators (KPI) forthe Assembly Lineincluding: Safety Quality Line Output Line Yield Material Use Variance Overall Equipment Effectiveness(OEE) and Productivity.

WhatYoullDo

• Monitor and actionLineKPIssuch asCartridgesper Hour (CPH) Overall Equipment Effectiveness(OEE) Line Yield Output FaultsandDowntimethrough collaboration with OperationalTechnicianandEngineering stakeholderstoresolve issuesand ensure that daily / weekly / monthly performance targets are being achieved.

• Represent your lines performanceat Tier 1 (Line Team) and Tier 2 (Cross FunctionalAssembly Team) Performance Huddles escalating support requests.

• Work with Line Machine Operators to develop best practicesfor Line Operationto achieve KPI targetsand standardize performance across theshifts.

• Support Line Operation and Maintenance through certification to develop subject matterexpertise guide improvement prioritization and ensure achievement of production targets.

• UtilizeStructuredProblem Solvingto drive torootcause on ongoingPerformance and Quality issuesandidentify develop and implementrobust and pragmatic solutionsto avoid recurrence.

• Track and Trend Critical Process Parameters (CPP)Critical to Quality Attributions (CQA) Finished Goods performance and Customer Complaints to ensure thatCartridge Assemblyqualityissues are adequately mitigated tolimitbracketing and containment of outgoingcartridgelots.

• Drivestable and predictable qualitythrough the establishmentand maintenanceof PFMEAs Control Plans Process Monitoring and Error detection proofing and containment.

• Ensure the compliant state of Line through development/sustaining of systems for Good Record Keeping practices for all manufacturing data and sustaining of Validations verifications calibrations and design changes associated with the Line.

• Ensuretimelyresolution of quality events (QRs holds complaints) driving fordetermination of root cause (investigation)andimplementation of robustcorrectiveactions or mitigations (CAPAs). Ensure process and equipment changes arevalidatedor verified according to current quality standards.

• Lead projects projects ofhighcomplexity.

• Lead resolution of medium and highimpact QRswith support.

• Provide guidancementoringtraining to more junior staff.

Required Qualifications

• The minimum level of education to perform this job competently is completion of a University (Bachelors or MastersDegree) program in the Engineering or Science(Mechanical/ Electricalpreference).

• A minimum of2years of experience preferably inhigh-speedautomated manufacturing process engineering.

• Proven technical creative and implementation skills to contribute tocontinuous improvement ofequipment / process designquality cost and reliability.

• Ability to balance day-to-day production needswithcompleting longer term projects.

• Strong interpersonal organizational written and verbal communication skills are mandatory.

• Analytical skillscreativityand innovative approach to problem solving.

• Ability todeterminerequired analysis to make practical objective decisions about the best solutions to problems.

• Effective at planning and coordinating with excellent time-management skills.

• Ability to build and use an effective network of people inside and/or outside the organization to give and receive information and toaccomplishworkobjectives.

• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills; able to deal effectively with people on all organizational levels and work in a team environment across departments.

• Enthusiasm and propensitytocontinuous learning and experimentation.

Experience in any of the following areas would be an asset:

• Automated assembly processes machine vision seal and adhesion technology product packaging injection molded componentsorlaser cutting.

• ISO/FDA regulationsCurrent Good Manufacturing Practice 21 CFR Part820userrequirements specification process qualification risk management/PFMEA methodsQuality /CAPA systems.

• Experimental design data analysisprocess controlstatistical analysisroot cause analysis (6Ms/ 5Whys) six sigma.

• Software packages such asSolidworksSQLMinitabSAS JMP PLC/HMI Programming.

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