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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.
• 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 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

This position works out of ourdistribution site in Temecula, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Devices division.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

The successful candidate will be an engineering professional who applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete basic engineering assignments related to a specific technical field or discipline. Must demonstrate skill in project management, technical/design, problem solving and innovation. Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. This person must engage with operations to help drive the success of the department. This person must also have a customer service mentality and exceptional communication skills (written and verbal).

Works under supervision of more experienced engineers who review results for overall accuracy, completeness, and soundness of technical judgment. Recognizes risks v. relative gains associated with actions; understands projects critical success factors in own sphere, e.g., makes decisions regarding purchases, evaluating budget concerns against schedule; matches design specifics with respect to system performance. Responsible to meet established objectives and goals. Drives functional performance that ensures the highest standard in quality, customer service, and regulatory compliance are met.

What You'll Work On

• Calculates and organizes all data for complex process flow sheets including instrumentation and control considerations.
• Models processes and units operations.
• Ensures proper sequence of operation and prepares specifications and operating instructions for processing equipment.
• Conducts tests and measurements throughout stages of production to determine control over such variables as temperature, density, pressure and viscosity.
• Services, troubleshoots, and solves engineering problems with processes or equipment already in operation.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• May be responsible for corrective and preventive actions and investigation management.

•Plans and conducts small-sized assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment.

• Implements plans; initiates execution of own work plan; monitors executions for adherence to plan, e.g., documents work status and reports to management with appropriate frequency.

• Facilitates the definition of a project scope with clients.

• Converts goals to tasks and steps. Within structure, plans own work, manages several, often concurrent, tasks to accomplish assigned tasks to meet or exceed expectations (cost, quality, time).

• Participates in basic economic analysis and feasibility studies related to project alternatives under guidance. Jointly responsible for achieving the project's financial targets in support of business objectives.

• Stays current. Keeps aware of the changing technical and competitive environment as it relates to the business; establishes a means of keeping abreast with technology on own engineering area and sharing with co-workers, e.g., stays current in product/process innovations in areas of expertise.

• Participates and/or assists other engineers in the design of products/processes/equipment/systems/facilities by applying standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the discipline.

• Investigates, conducts test or experiments, gathers data, performs preliminary analysis, and reports findings. Prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans.

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