Senior Manufacturing Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

*This is not an active open requisition. We are building a candidate slate for a future opening.*

Job Title

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

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

This position works out of our Westford MA location in the Vascular division.

This position will design and develop manufacturing processes tooling and fixtures in order to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality.

What Youll Work On

Manage projects which include new production equipment process improvements and cost reductions while supporting new product introductions. Provide guidance to other engineers and technicians. Additional responsibilities include:

Provide technical mentorship to engineers and technicians

Conduct Process FMEAs and Process Validations

Improve product quality labor efficiency and throughput through the use of Lean manufacturing concepts

Coordinate the design procurement build and debug of tooling machinery and test equipment

Work with Product Development to ensure Design for Manufacturability

Individual should: Be innovative resourceful and work with minimal direction; have excellent organization problem solving communication and team leadership skills; work effectively with cross-functional teams

Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS) Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and other regulatory requirements.

Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations other regulatory requirements Company policies operating procedures processes and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees customers contractors and vendors.

Required Qualification

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Chemical or any engineering or technical degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience
• Manufacturing engineering experience medical device experience required international manufacturing experience preferred
• Demonstrated leadership capability in team settings. Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred. Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment. Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced changing environment.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects. Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization. Multitasks prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner. Strong organizational and follow-up skills as well as attention to detail.

Ability to travel approximately 25% including internationally.

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

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