Project Coordinator - 1st Shift - Altavista, VA Plant

Abbott • Altavista, VA

1d • $25 - $49 • Onsite

About The Position

This position works out of our Altavista, VA 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.
Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world.
In this role, the individual will be required to interact and communicate extensively with both division and plant support personnel (Engineering, Maintenance, QA, Facilities Maintenance, Vendors, Finance, and other stakeholders as needed) to assure that projects and/or issues are addressed with little-to-no impact to operations productivity. Responsible for providing support and/or oversight in the Receiving and Ingredient Storage areas as relates to departmental projects and initiatives, process improvements, root cause/corrective action investigations, systems controls, new commodity introductions, changes to materials, supplier related issues, data collection and reports, associated documentation, and communication. There may be some off-shift requirements with this role.

Requirements

• High School Diploma / GED required, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 3-5 years of warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics.
• Must possess strong leadership skills while demonstrating excellent written, verbal, analytical, and mechanical skills with proficiency in various computer systems and software.
• Must be highly motivated and self-driven to effectively manage multi tasks in a dynamic, team-oriented environment while utilizing good judgment, effective communication, and strong problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Some College or vocational schooling preferred

Responsibilities

• Departmental support of capital scope projects.
• Support and lead departmental process improvement, technical troubleshooting, and corrective/ preventive actions.
• Facilitate necessary training for new processes, materials, and equipment.
• Participate in Operational Excellence idea generation and implementation for the department.
• Drive departmental cost savings initiatives.
• Perform administrative duties as required (i.e., meetings, data collection and analysis, assembling, communicating, and presenting relevant information, and designing processes, documentation, and reports, travel as needed, etc.).
• All other project work assigned (visual maintenance, HRP improvements, support engineering studies, flexible work schedule).
• Support departmental GMP and Quality initiatives.
• Help in assisting the team in resolving process and equipment efficiency issues, routine and non-routine inspections, and maintenance.
• Accountable for meeting compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

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: High school or GED