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 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 .

Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Abbott is looking for an MES Technical Architect to join the Manufacturing Execution Systems group within the Business Solutions & Services Plan/ Build organization.

This position requires a blend of manufacturing knowledge, technical consulting expertise, and “hands on” builder/implementation skills. The MES Technical Manager is responsible to design and develop manufacturing recipes through POMS software in the IT/OT environment for facilities across Abbott. This role will collaboratively develop, troubleshoot, and maintain a standard MES and automation architecture. A strategic approach and use of Industry standards should be applied with a focus on building re-useable, scalable solutions.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Works with business units, engineering, and infrastructure teams to design and build recipes and application integrations to align with business objectives. 

Act as subject matter experience with MES and industrial automation.

​Experience implementing robust manufacturing systems and processes

Strong knowledge of supply chain management or manufacturing processes, having the ability to implement strategies to improve the efficiency of the process

Understanding of integration between MES, PLM, ERP

Experience with equipment integration and shop floor systems

Experience with POMSnet recipe and base data update/creation

Demonstrate end to end understanding of process flow, able to gather requirements, design, develop and build recipes

Able to convert the requirements into a process flow and present it to business functions

Partner with the functional groups within the IT organization to communicate and clarify business needs, contribute to development of long-range system plans, and ensure products and services are aligned with business needs

Support site critical MES enhancement projects, including hardware upgrade, process streamline, architecture upgrade, recipe delivery, and testing coordination.

Review, validate & enhance design, conduct performance monitoring and capacity planning; install, test and upgrade releases and associated products.

Follow the Computerized Systems Validation process and Software Lifecycle (SLC) methodology to build and qualify/validate systems.

REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is preferred or equivalent plus 8 years technical experience

5+ years of hands-on design, development, and deployment of manufacturing systems with an emphasis on Recipe design, development and configuration using Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.)

5+ years’ experience with C# or Java software development required

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience with global scale manufacturing systems (POMSNet) development and integration

Strong skills in methods and technologies to support manufacturing data integrations (SQL, Web Services, data mapping, etc.)

Knowledge of Oracle Pl/SQL, Label printers, Scanners Configuration and support

Ability to apply knowledge and expertise to solve complex technical problems

Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Knowledge and experience with all phases of Software Lifecycle (SLC) in a GXP environment

Experience with IQ/OQ/PQ, authoring validation documents and execution

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $111,300.00 – $222,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.