Project 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:

Operations Project 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 Plymouth, MN location for our Electrophysiology business. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

What You’ll Work On

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Engineer to lead and coordinate small to medium-sized sustaining projects while supporting the execution of larger, more complex initiatives led by senior team members.

This role is responsible for driving project planning, coordination, and implementation activities in accordance with Abbott project management methodologies and quality system requirements. The Project Engineer will partner with cross-functional teams to manage project schedules, risks, deliverables, and communications, ensuring projects are executed efficiently and meet business objectives.

In addition, this role will support broader PMO and project team activities through execution-focused tasks such as change order processing, purchase order coordination, project reporting, and presentation development. Success in this position requires strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, a proactive approach to project execution, and the ability to effectively collaborate cross-functionally.

• Coordinate and execute small to medium-sized sustaining engineering, supplier change, and continuous improvement projects, ensuring deliverables are completed on schedule and aligned with business objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, Packaging, Labeling, and Technical Publications to support project planning, execution, and implementation activities.
• Maintain project plans, timelines, risks, action items, and documentation in accordance with Abbott project management methodologies and quality system requirements.
• Provide day-to-day project coordination, facilitate team meetings, track progress against milestones, and communicate project status, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders and management.
• Support resource planning and issue resolution by working with functional teams and managers to remove project barriers and escalate risks when appropriate.
• Execute project support activities including owning change orders (COs) in Windchill, coordinating purchase requisitions and purchase orders, and updating project tracking systems.

• Contribute to the successful execution of larger strategic projects and PMO initiatives by developing project metrics and reports, preparing presentation materials and leadership communications, tracking actions and decisions, coordinating project review meetings, and driving completion of assigned deliverables.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field
• Minimum 4 years of medical device experience in R&D, Manufacturing and/or Quality Engineering
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate to all levels of the organization as well as Abbott suppliers and consultants
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional team members in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization
• Ability to initiate, prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time domestically and/or internationally

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a technical or business field
• PMP, CAPM, or other project management certification

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