Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer

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 Manufacturing Process Engineer

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 Tipp City, OH 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.

Tipp City, Ohio, is one of Abbott’s newest nutrition manufacturing facilities with technology that enhances production efficiency and product quality. Join us and you’ll be part of a family that’s dedicated to innovation and excellence and dedicated to nourishing millions of families around the world.

What You'll Work On

As the Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer, you will have the opportunity to implement and maintain plant equipment, systems and other fixed assets to a high standard of safety, quality and productivity at the lowest possible cost while maintaining compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements. This role provides technical and process development support to the plant dry blending, wet processing, and product sterilization areas.

• Provide technical expertise to support new product introductions, new process/equipment start-up, validation, process optimizations, vendor qualifications, and process alternative evaluations
• Implement new and/or current manufacturing methods into manufacturing
• Monitor production to determine areas of improvement and react to unforeseen production/manufacturing issues
• Provide technical training to plant personnel including engineering, equipment operators, electricians, instrument technicians, and maintenance
• Create and execute validation activities according to plant/division policy
• Independently manages both non-capital and capital projects from inception through implementation - detailed project schedule development, concept and scope development, cost estimation, capital funding requests, budget tracking, project reviews, implementation, validation, and release to production
• Complete process-related engineering activities incorporating best available technologies while adhering to Abbott policies, regulatory requirements, GMP standards, Abbott Engineering Standards and Environmental, Health / Safety regulations
• Create equipment/process specifications and drawings as required and ensure that existing documentation is accurate and appropriate
• Research, recommend, implement, and qualify replacement parts for discontinued/obsolete components, equipment, and software
• Identify and implement cost reduction and productivity improvement projects - areas of focus include process improvements, new manufacturing processes, and new technologies
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the Quality System.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
  
  

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

Shift

This is a salaried, day shift position working Monday through Friday. Flexibility in hours and schedule, as well as being on-call, is needed to support 24/7 operation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent
• 5 years’ experience in engineering or related role
• 2 years’ project management experience
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal required.
• Possesses a strong technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Works on problems of complex scope where analysis of situations or data involves multiple competing factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Strong leadership skills required
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience as Process Engineer
• Work experience in the food / medical industry under FDA regulation
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering
• Practical experience in food or pharmaceutical processing
  
  

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 $75,300.00 – $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.