Packaging Equipment Operator

Abbott • Columbus, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life, with a portfolio of life-changing technologies in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. With 115,000 colleagues serving people in over 160 countries, Abbott is committed to creating breakthrough science to improve health. This specific position is located at the Columbus, Ohio plant within the Abbott Nutrition Division. The Nutrition business develops science-based products for all ages, including leading brands like Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna®. The Columbus Plant, Abbott’s first manufacturing facility, is a leader in science-backed nutrition products, where employees work together to produce quality products. At Abbott, employees are encouraged to do meaningful work, grow, learn, care for themselves and their families, be their true selves, and live a full life. The company offers a supportive work environment with clean, well-lit, and temperature-controlled production areas, along with extensive training, career development, and onboarding programs. Abbott provides financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans, comprehensive health and well-being programs (medical, dental, vision, wellness, occupational health) with medical benefits starting on day one, and generous vacation and holiday policies. Additional benefits include a Retiree Healthcare program, a robust 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, a student debt program (Freedom 2 Save), and a FreeU education benefit for a bachelor’s degree. Abbott is recognized globally as a great place to work, admired by Fortune, and noted for its stability, financial performance, community involvement, and commitment to diversity.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Prior manufacturing, production line, and/or machine/equipment operator experience
• Ability to communicate pertinent line information to both production and support group personnel
• A high level of attention to detail is required
• Must be able to maintain accurate and legible records such as Production Counts, Material Usage/Losses and properly document information on Batch Work orders as per the company procedures
• Must be able to maintain an adequate supply of materials to the equipment in operation, and monitor supply usage and correct releases

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with RF Scanners

Responsibilities

• Safely operate the high-speed production equipment that makes our industry-leading nutrition products
• Start up and shutdown all equipment according to established procedures or specifications
• Perform minor to major clearing of jams and downtime issues on the line
• Report any abnormal equipment function, or product problems to the Supervisor
• Maintain inventory of packaging materials and complete work order documentation
• Perform quality checks and troubleshoot equipment issues
• Responsible for the safe operations of all equipment, promptly report all incidents, injuries, or safety hazards
• Maintain a clean and safe work area by utilizing all 5S cleaning and tools necessary to keep the area clean and clear of debris, yet neat and organized
• Adhere to the product isolation procedures, along with sampling and proper identification of product status
• Ensure that both products and materials are of proper identification, correct codes and expiration dates
• Comply with applicable FDA, GMP, OSHA and Abbott/Ross regulations, policies, procedures or guidelines

Benefits

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled
• Training and career development
• Onboarding programs for new employees
• Tuition assistance
• Competitive compensation
• Incentives
• Retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Medical Benefits start day 1
• 120 hours of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated)
• Vacation buy program
• 3 personal days
• 10 paid holidays
• Retiree Healthcare program
• Robust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees