Controls Engineer - Virginia Plant

Abbott • Altavista, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Their portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Their 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. This position works out of the Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division. The Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives. Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, they create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, they are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Technical Field
• Minimum 2 years Engineering experience.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in an FDA Regulated environment.
• Experience developing manufacturing processes and technologies and designing for manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• PLC programming and troubleshooting in Allen-Bradley ControlLogix and CompactLogix or Modicon platforms
• HMI/SCADA programming and troubleshooting in Ignition, FactoryTalk View SE/ME, iFix, DeltaV
• Install and troubleshoot temperature / pressure / level / conductivity / PH instrumentation, sensors, and other field I/O devices
• Provide technical support on design, development, implementation, optimization, and validation of processing and packaging equipment
• Maintain knowledge of new developments in manufacturing and design technologies.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies and operating procedures.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees