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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

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. You’ll also have access to:

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 contributionTuition 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.

The Opportunity

This is a key Operations / Engineering Excellence Leadership role that is key to driving Continuous Improvement in the Technical areas of Libre Manufacturing onsite in Austin, TX . The role will involve coaching, developing, and embedding a root cause analysis culture to investigate machine issues, quality issues and drive improvements across the automated processes. Additionally, the role will support development of assessing training needs for teams across multiple sites, building processes to identify bad actors in the asset footprint and develop process to use data to improve asset performance. As the sites develop digital capability this role will be key in embedding data driven decisions to drive asset improvement and reporting.

What You’ll Work On

Provide leadership in Root Cause Analysis, Operational and Engineering Excellence to support sites in driving Continuous Improvement culture.Develop method to identify technical expertise of group to gap assess and build training plans so leaders, engineers, technicians can effectively support manufacturing operations.Develop a Continuous Improvement culture through implementing RCA [Root Cause Analysis] approach to Critical equipment and processes and bottleneck processes and bad actors to understand root cause, implement corrective actions to improve and improve reliability.Develop RCM [Reliability Centred Maintenance] approach for critical stations to ensure effective maintenance is in place and Potential Failure modes and Product Risks are identified and mitigated. Develop work instructions are in place for storage, replacement, and repair of critical subcomponent spares.Support rollout of condition based monitoring and develop processes for the teams to use the data for investigation and driving data driven decisions to improve asset performance and OEE.Coach TPM and ADC Engineering Teams on development of using machine data to drive OEE and identify improvement projects through data driven processes.Continuously strive to improve quality of processes and products.Ensure timely response to product issues and nonconformances.Support all aspects of Quality systems including timely resolution of Quality Investigations, development and implementation of CAPA to agreed timelines.Develop and maintain clear responsibilities to ensure customer needs of Operations are met.Drive cross manufacturing site efficiency improvements, cost reduction initiatives and technological advances to move the business forward.Continuously challenge existing processes and systems.Communicate vision, company goals and objectives to direct reportsReport monthly on the performance of Engineering Investigations, improvements, and risks.Effectively manages the expense and Capex budgets and develop data driven capital spend recommendations to drive asset improvement.Other miscellaneous duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications

B.S. in Engineering, Science or related discipline, or a recognized Engineering apprenticeship in either a mechanical or electrical discipline or equivalent with experience of delivering significant CIP through engineering improvements. Lean Six Sigma Black BeltSignificant experience of driving continuous improvement within a range of manufacturing environments is required.Significant experience of leading change, implementing processes to support structured root cause analysis, data driven improvement and improvement project delivery.Experience in successfully leading teams in a high pressure environment.Delivering significant CIP through identifying and implementing engineering improvements

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Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.