Packaging Equipment Operator
About The Position
Abbott is a global healthcare leader with 115,000 colleagues in over 160 countries, dedicated to creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health across diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. This position is based at the Columbus, Ohio plant within the Abbott Nutrition Division, which develops science-based nutrition 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 producing quality, science-backed nutrition products. Working here means being part of a team that produces products making a difference in consumers' lives. The role involves safely operating high-speed production equipment to manufacture these industry-leading nutrition products.
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
- Complete work order documentation
- Perform quality checks
- 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
- Vacation – 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
- Tuition reimbursement
- 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
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
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
