Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, this position will be based in Abbott Vascular in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve peopleâs health. Weâre always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.

• 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 will provide support to our Vascular Medical Devices Manufacturing plant in the Barceloneta, PR.  Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine ï¬ngersticks and Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

As the Senior Manufacturing Engineer will serve as the primary engineering personnel supporting manufacturing operations in AVPR. The individual performing this role will have to create a strong teamwork with the line supervisor, Quality Engineer and operators to address all the opportunities found in the assigned manufacturing line. He/She will be accountable on quality, output and yield of the assigned manufacturing line. He/She will serve as the engineering management representative in the manufacturing line, executing initiatives and working directly with the DL workforce. This person may also have a role beyond the line support engineering as a sustaining engineer for the department. As a Senior Engineer, this person is one of the most experienced and expected to be subject matter expert in the site products and process.

What Youâll Do

• Responsible for assigned line output, safety, yield and quality. Responsible for identification of product defects and determination of operational and process related actions to reduce the defects. This may also include equipment troubleshooting and sub-sequent work order request.
• Works with line support team (QC supervisor, Mfg. Supervisor, Quality Engineer and Operations) to perform on line issue triage to evaluate issues and determine if non-conformance is present, determine initial bracketing and containment, and generate ER if needed.
• Responsible for product/process knowledge and understanding of basic cause and effect of line changes. Considered and expert in statistics, product and Engineering process. Responsible for providing the line with related Engineering fixes, such as tooling (TLTs) and manufacturing aids (from idea definition to implementation). Knowledgeable of procedures related to equipment controls.
• Support technicians and supervisors in equipment availability issues. Supports Training and Certification Program. Provides additional insight on how to improve trainings and certifications in the best interest of the business.
• Responsible for determining quality impact of Out-of-Tolerance documents. Responsible for execution of line related change management (material, equipment and process changes). Responsible for CO and CR generation related to moderate to complex changes impacting the manufacturing line. Responsible for continuous improvement projects development and execution, including CAPAs implementations. Responsible for exception subtask execution.
• Evaluates ideas from the LPI program for potential implementation.
• Leads root cause analysis efforts for high complexity manufacturing events, utilizing DMAIC model and A3s. Leads CAPA (Major) investigations with data gathering and analysis as needed. Owns CAPA activities without oversight. Leads ME support during external and internal audits. Leads statistical analysis for complex events at the site. Considered SME for most Engineering matters. Leads manufacturing engineering projects of high complexity, including CIPs, CAPA, MUV, Validations and process improvements.
• Runs studies and validations on the line as needed.
• Be the ME representative for manufacturing related projects including yield, CIP's, productivity, quality and safety. Responsible for coordination of product builds through the NPI process.
• Generates all types of changes to the eLHR system.
• Acts as coach and mentor to more inexperienced engineers or technical personnel. Can generate qualification and validation protocols and reports with minimal oversight.
• Owns basic to medium to high complexity CR activities with no oversight. Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of regulations in area of work and where to look for information.
• In conjunction with RA: Understands regulatory implications of proposed changes. Understands what types of changes require filings. Completes documentation to support regulatory filings with oversight.
• Minimal oversight required for problems or assignments of reasonable difficulty. Makes decision in an efficient manner, even when having limited information.
• Considers risk mitigation in planning based on lessons learned or from peers. Reviews previous similar projects and activities as part of the decision-making process. Anticipates potential situations that may impact projects timeline and resolves them before they become an issue. Prepares and provides well thought out contribution to meetings. Provides technical guidance to peers that facilitates the progression of the project, group or person.
• Can present information and collaborates with peers across functions (both internally and externally). Exposure to cross functional mgmt. communications.
• Is the technical liaison with other cross functional areas with other sites from Abbott site.
• Responsible for site product transfers strategy and deployment. May have delegation authority for area manager. Actively participate in the development of the Long-Range Plan for the site.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineer. Mechanical Engineer is preferred.
• Minimum 5 yrs, manufacturing environment.
• Project management, is desired.
• Automation and PLC programming,  is preferred.

Competencies skills and knowledge:

Basic knowledge of applicable US non-US applicable regulations. Knowledge and proficiency in the application and principles of Manufacturing/Process Engineering.

Ability to effectively communicate cross-functionally to assist with resolving Quality/Engineering issues.

Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills in both English and Spanish.

Ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees.

Knowledge of common office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Knowledge of statistical analysis.

Optional: 3-D drawing (Solidworks).

The base pay for this position is $66,000.00 â $132,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.