Processing Operator 1 - Dayshift - Nutrition - Casa Grande, AZ

Abbott • Casa Grande, AZ

1d • 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. This position works out of our Casa Grande, Arizona location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives. Casa Grande, AZ., is one of Abbott’s leading nutrition manufacturing plants in the U.S., reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellence. But we’re more than just a company, we’re a family. Working here you’ll be part of a family that works together to make a difference and enhance the lives of millions worldwide. You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures. Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to continuously lift up to 50 lbs throughout the shift
• Knowledge of food processing techniques and documentation requirements
• Ability to read and follow work orders, troubleshoot equipment breakdowns, and operate powered industrial vehicles
• Good mechanical aptitude and strong problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a plant production environment (preferably in drug, food, or beverage manufacturing)

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the effectiveness of the quality and safety system
• Manufacture liquid adult, pediatric, and medical nutritional products
• Lift and handle raw ingredients during weighing, staging, and manufacturing processes
• Operate scales, portable pumps, container rinsers, homogenizers
• Perform hand cleaning, clean-in-place (CIP), cleaning-out-of-place (COP), and routine housekeeping
• Interact with computer systems integrated into the manufacturing process and document steps per work orders and job procedures
• Prepare, operate, monitor, and document bulk slurries for blending operations, heat treatment processes, and controlled weigh systems
• Operate and monitor computer-controlled CIP systems for manufacturing equipment (e.g., tanks, heat treatment systems)
• Receive and unload bulk raw ingredients and CIP chemicals
• Accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures

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 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.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
• Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

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