Senior Manufacturing Engineer

at  Abbott Laboratories

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM careers.
• 7+ years of manufacturing/process.
• Statistical techniques knowledge (DOE, SPC) is required. PE license is a plus.
• Computer software knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Willing to travel.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies. Such as lean manufacturing techniques, value stream mapping, or similar.
• Knowledge of FDA, GMP, and ISO guidelines is required.
• Experience leading validation plans for medical industry products and processes and leading root cause problem solving methodologies.
• Experience in project management involving coordination of cross functional teams.
• Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years prior experience in medical devices manufacturing.
• Performance management experience preferred.

• Understands product cost components and its interactions, (direct & indirect material costs, MUV, labor, overhead). Uses product cost knowledge to identify risks and opportunities.
• Performs installation/validation activities for new or existent production lines, meeting regulatory requirements. That includes equipments, process, product and test method validations.
• Estimates validation activities cost and assures it is budgeted withing financial cycle.
• Identifies, selects, and purchases equipment/fixtures according to production requirements, due to obsolescence, redundancy or line capacity expansion.
• Able to navigate and excecute activities on manufacturing systems for example, update routers, BOM’s or to generate new part numbers and ZFINs.
• Leads or supports local cross functional team activities. Support/Lead global initiatives with other functions andsites (ie, RA, R&D, QA).