Director Manufacturing Equipment Engineering
About The Position
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 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. 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 : Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
