Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Abbott • Des Plaines, IL • 47min ago

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

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. You'll also have access to:

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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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.

The Opportunity

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer works out of our Des Plaines, IL location within Abbott Molecular Diagnostics.

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer , you will play a key role in driving manufacturing excellence by optimizing production processes, improving operational efficiency, and supporting product quality and reliability. Working cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, R&D, and Supply Chain teams, you will lead process improvement initiatives, troubleshoot manufacturing challenges, and implement innovative solutions that enhance performance, reduce costs, and support business growth.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the production of advanced molecular diagnostic products that help healthcare providers and patients make critical health decisions around the world.

What You'll Do

Supporting manufacturing process equipment impacting operations.

Analyze and troubleshoot equipment related mechanical/electrical issues and failures. Identify root causes and implement robust solutions.

Implement continuous improvements on existing equipment aimed at improving reliability, yield, uptime and efficiency.

Validate automated manufacturing equipment, ancillary equipment, facilities, and utilities. Draft Validation Change Requests and align on validation requirements with associated CFT members. Draft and approve validation protocols for IQ/OQ/PQ/PV activities. Execute validation tests, record data, draft and approve validation reports. Draft and execute Engineering studies as necessary to characterize processes as part of validation efforts.

Execute studies, test methods, and engineering activities as part of CAPA and Non-Conformance related investigations and actions. Owen CAPA related actions and action plans. Execute investigations and document via CAPA electronic system.

Transfer of new product requirements to manufacturing with hands-on technical support: including developing Six Sigma processes/documentation for commercial production.

Recommends data driven actions, aiming for preventative actions over reactive actions.

Collaborates as needed with equipment suppliers, manufacturing operations, engineering technicians, and quality assurance to troubleshoot existing manufacturing lines and return to production.

Manages equipment change control and executes required validation activities to implement changes.

Monitor production to identify areas of improvement and proactively address potential production issues.

Collects maintenance and manufacturing performance data and performs analysis.

Mentor technicians and junior engineers to ensure compliance and knowledge transfer.

Provide technical training to equipment operators, maintenance team, and junior engineers. Create or enhance training materials.

Technical Expertise

Mechanical systems

Pneumatic systems

PLCs

Vision systems

Label printing and application systems

Equipment integration and automation concepts

SCADA systems

Preventive maintenance programs

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field (preferably Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering)

6 yrs. related experience

Preferred Experience:

Extensive experience in hands-on equipment troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.

Strong technical abilities to analyze problems using sound engineering practices and tools resulting in effective solutions.

Familiarity with preventive and reliability centered maintenance.

Ability to acquire, analyze and present data in support of root cause analysis and problem-solving efforts.

Six Sigma training/certification

Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en)

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 - $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com

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