Director Manufacturing Equipment Engineering

Abbott•Temecula, CA

About The Position

This role of Director Manufacturing Equipment Engineering will be responsible for providing division wide engineering support and strategic vision for the Vascular operations and quality group. Drive standardization and process throughout the division. Support global vascular manufacturing sites with engineering support, inclusive of solution-recommendations and tactical implementation. Understanding current IT and OT platforms and corresponding validations and controls. Ability to lead these implementations with coordination with corp. Responsible for ensuring medical product manufacturing is compliant and solutions are released through partnership with operations and quality teams. Lead discovery, design and implement agile systems with scalability and fit for purpose in mind to driving optimization within manufacturing. Responsible for creating and maintaining an efficient, highly motivated, technical development organization. Develop engineering roadmap that aligns with the long-term strategic plan within operations.

Requirements

Associates degree in related field
Minimum 12 years In product development roles, experience with medical device development preferred.
Direct experience both developing and supervising product development programs

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Sciences or related preferred
Master Degree preferred

Responsibilities

Functional management of product development engineering disciplines in a FDA controlled environment.
Engineering Department Budgeting/ensure P&L meets budget
Assessment and management of outsourced developers.
Drive strong rigor around regulations and compliance.
Execute solutions with strong project management concepts
New technology assessment and road mapping.
Career development of direct reports.
Support of product development objectives and milestones.
Communicate group status to senior staff.
Help define and establish companywide policies and procedures.
Lead & direct engineering product development teams.
Manage budgets for appropriate activities.
Ensure teams are compliant with Quality System requirements.
Services, troubleshoots, and solves engineering problems with processes or equipment already in operation.
Ensures processes and procedures follow regulations as well as support the Opex culture.
May be responsible for corrective and preventive actions and investigation management.
Manage TPM and Sterilization teams

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 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 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.

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