About the position
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. The Plymouth location is seeking a high caliber, motivated, self-driven leader to join New Product Introduction (NPI) - Operations team in Abbott's Electrophysiology business unit. In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. Individuals in this role will work on new product launch working cross functionally with partners from operations, supply chain and development teams. This position will own or lead activities as individual contributor, as well as manage projects with members from cross functional teams to enable successful transfer of design to manufacturing, initial launch and future ramp.
Responsibilities
- Lead various aspects of Operations Readiness as part of launching new products for Abbott's Electrophysiology business unit
- Engage with development (Research and Development and Process Development) teams to build knowledge for current state operations and use insight to build plans and execute successful design transfers and ramp
- Engage with operations (Production and Supply Chain) teams to build ramp plans, new line introduction plans including equipment ordering, receipt, qualification and validation
- Drive cross functional engagement to support process, product and equipment improvements
- Provide guidance to other 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
Requirements
- Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical or any engineering or technical degree or equivalent experience required
- Minimum 5 years manufacturing engineering experience. Prior manufacturing engineering or process development experience is required
- Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
- Demonstrated leadership capability in team settings
- Ability to lead and motivate peers, drive change and problem solve with creativity
- Ability to travel approximately 15%, including internationally
Nice-to-haves
- Medical device experience is required
Benefits
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of
- 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 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 bachelor's 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
