Senior Industrial Engineer- Columbus, OH

About Abbott

Abbott Nutrition develops sciencebased nutrition products for people of all agesfrom supporting healthy growth in infants and children to helping adults stay strong and active. Millions of people worldwide rely on our trusted brands includingSimilac PediaSure Pedialyte Ensure Glucerna and Juven to get the nutrients they need to live healthier lives.

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. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 bachelors 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 Senior Industrial Engineer provides plant manufacturing with support in the areas of line speed calculations and reporting material loss rates throughput evaluation headcount justification capacity analysisand downtime evaluation.

As part of the Operational Excellence department the Industrial Engineer also supports the plant with Shingo progress and engineer will be responsible for driving principle-based behaviors within the plant which include: creating value for our business and customers focusing on the process and embracing data & facts.

What Youll Do:

• Monitoring and reporting metrics for all plant production areas

• Developing and maintaining annual plant OEE and plant distress and scrap

• Actively supporting the site Operational Excellence effort including MOS (Manufacturing Operating System)

• Observing analyzing and supporting operations leading to business process improvement recommendations

• Coaching / mentoring Green Belt teams on the proper application of Lean Six Sigma tools

• Facilitating the generation of project charters and Kaizen events with internal and external customers

• Solving problems with tools like PDCA A3 problem solving and Why-Why that have a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements unsuitability of conventional processes and difficult coordination requirements

• Providing Capital and CIP Project support for those projects which affect material loss labor increases or reduction and/or throughput changes

• Managing the employee idea program

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system

• Other plant support as assigned

The Industrial Engineer is accountable for the accuracy of plant performance metrics and labor / material addition the Industrial Engineer is accountable for change management associated with key site initiatives.

Education and Experience Youll Bring:

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence necessary to understand plant operations

• 5 yrs experience in manufacturing environment

• Must possess good communication leadership problem solving interpersonal and teamwork skills

Preferred:

• Knowledge of operational analytics applications including SEEQ is strongly preferred.

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt preferred necessary to coach / mentor Green Belt teams

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Power BI is strongly preferred.

• High degree of technical expertise and familiarity with infant formula or fast-moving commercial goods manufacturing processes.