Maintenance Technician

Abbott Laboratories • Plymouth, MN

12d • $28 - $56 • Onsite

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

This position works out of our Plymouth, MN, location in the Structural Heart business.

Perform and provide guidance in preventative maintenance, safety checks, repairs, installations, tooling inspections and modifications on production equipment. Maintain records on all production machines and equipment. Maintain a database for maintenance repairs, work orders and inventory. Looking for a team player who is willing to get their hands dirty, learn new technologies and lead by their actions and words.

Requirements

• Technical Diploma (± 12 years) Electrical/Mechanical Technology
• Minimum 5 years of experience in and industrial environment.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and perform preventative maintenance (electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic) on production equipment
• Knowledge of injection molding and tooling maintenance.
• Ability to inspect, clean and repair molding and tooling used in injection molding.
• Install custom accessories needed to ready equipment for production
• Purchase needed items for inventory, spare parts and emergency repairs
• Maintain maintenance software database to keep accurate records and produce equipment reports
• Troubleshoot and repair production equipment.
• Recognize repair items that require outside service and arrange for repair.
• Perform visual inspections of equipment and fixtures.
• Diagnose PLC problems and take appropriate corrective action to repair.
• Complete CMMS work orders and preventive maintenance tasks on time per the established schedule.
• Respond to production down issues in a timely manner and communicate status to stakeholders based on escalation requirements.
• Issue parts to CMMS work orders and maintain an accurate inventory of critical spare parts.
• Assist with production line moves and update equipment records in CMMS.
• Add assets and parts, create PM schedules, transfer assets, and setup users in CMMS.
• Perform installation qualifications of equipment and produce associated report.
• Create change requests to update PM procedures as needed.
• Coordinate maintenance plan and response to complex and longer-term equipment repairs.
• Assign PM work orders to technicians and ensure an even distribution of PM work.
• Understand part, tooling and electrical drawings
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form to all employees and outside contractors.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree