Senior Engineering Technician - Day Shift - Casa Grande, AZ

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.

Senior Engineering Technician

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 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.
  
  

The Opportunity

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.

The Senior Engineering Technician provides expert, technical support services in a lab/manufacturing environment by performing a combination of routine and non-routine duties involving varying in complexity wherein the understanding, selection and use of procedures and/or equipment in support of medical diagnostic instrument, automation systems and/or reagent development and production is critical to success.

What You’ll Work On

The Senior Engineering Technician serves as the primary point of contact of technical support/ maintenance of instrument up-time in a lab and/or manufacturing environment.

• Perform moderately complex electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, developmental or test duties in manufacturing, testing, engineering, maintenance, etc. where judgment and initiative are required to solve problems and make recommendations. Performs both routine and non-routine assignments.
• Provide compliance oversight in a laboratory, manufacturing, and/or other environments through approvals and technical functions in support of lab engineering activities.
• Pull and review maintenance and instrument service logs.
• Monitor and track current and completed Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) performed on instruments.
• Track part inventory, supplies and consumables by department or supporting department. Creates Work Order (WO) request for lab issues and ensures concerns are addressed or fixed.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of various departmental lab processes with ability to work on most instruments.
• Research, recommend, and implement appropriate changes for product and process improvements.
  
  

You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Shift

Monday – Friday; Days

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree (± 13 years)
• Minimum 7 years of related technical or industry specific experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (Electrical or Technical) degree is preferred
• Experience with databases used to monitor and maintain the lab and lab equipment (i.e.- Maximo, CMSNext, Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs), Lotus Notes, etc.)
  
  

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Pre-Employment Inquiries and Citizenship | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov)

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The base pay for this position is $29.40 – $58.80 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.