What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manufacturing Equipment Engineer position at Abbott?
The Opportunity
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.
The position Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer is within our Molecular business unit located in Des Plaines IL and is responsible for optimizing and improving manufacturing processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness
What You'll Do :
- Equipment engineer responsible for supporting manufacturing process equipment impacting operations.
- Analyze and troubleshoot equipment related mechanical / electrical issues and failures. Identify root causes and implement robust solutions.
- Implement continuous improvements on existing equipment aimed at improving reliability, yield, uptime and efficiency.
- Recommends data driven actions, aiming for preventative actions over reactive actions.
- Collaborates as needed with equipment suppliers, manufacturing operations, engineering technicians, and quality assurance to troubleshoot existing manufacturing lines and return to production.
- Manages equipment change control and executes required validation activities to implement changes.
- Monitor production to identify areas of improvement and proactively address potential production issues.
- Collects maintenance and manufacturing performance data and performs analysis.
- Mentor technicians and junior engineers to ensure compliance and knowledge transfer.
- Provide technical training to equipment operators, maintenance team, and junior engineers.
- Create or enhance training materials.
Minimum requirements / experience :
Preferred Experience :
Working knowledge of the following :
An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
The base pay for this position is $85,300.00 – $170,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Salary : $85,300 - $170,700
