Calibration Technician I

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Job Title

Calibration Technician I

Working at Abbott

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. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.
• 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Calibration Technician I for Abbott Vascular in our Westford MA site. This is an onsite role.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

What Youll Work On:

• Applies knowledge of technical concepts and practices and an understanding of product or system fundamentals from basic to complex towards the resolution of manufacturing and/or research and development tasks.
• Performs set-up testing repair inspection and/or maintenance of all area-specific equipment materials systems and or products.
• Troubleshoots and solves problems requiring interpretation of procedures and practices.
• Analyzes situations or data to identify issues and trends.
• Collects compiles measures organizes and records data.
• Provides input to engineering qualifications and validation studies and reports and may keep lab note book.
• Collects complies measures summarizes records and documents specific data gathered during a calibration.
• Plans organizes and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule and assigned tasks or projects.
• Communicates as a team member with other functional groups as well as with internal customers.
• May contact outside vendors as part of job responsibilities.
• (Planning/Organization) Completes daily work to meet established schedule with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.
• (Decision Making/Impact) Solves problems of limited scope and complexity requiring basic interpretation of well-defined procedures and practices.
• Maintains confidentiality in handling sensitive information or documents.
• Includes work with QSR and ISO Standards.

Required Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma / GED or an equivalent combination of education and work experience Associates degree ( 13 years) - Or some college credits preferred.

Experience / Background

• 1-3 years related work experience.
• Applies limited knowledge of basic technical concepts and practices and a basic understanding of product or systems fundamentals.
• Utilizes basic knowledge of numerical and/or statistical data and computer software programs to resolve routine problems.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Performs routine technical tasks working from detailed written or verbal instructions.
• Performs routine set-up testing repair inspection and/or maintenance of certain area-specific equipment materials systems and/or product.
• Assignments require limited judgment in troubleshooting proven processes.

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The base pay for this position is

$22.55 $45.15/hour

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Manufacturing

AVD Vascular

United States > Massachusetts > Westford : 4 Robbins Road

Standard

Yes 5 % of the Time

No

Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

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