Tooling Engineering Lead

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 Tooling Engineering Lead works on site daily of our San Diego, CA location in the Infectious Diseases Division. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

If hired, you’ll manages the planning and completion of injection molding engineering projects, including the design and development of consumables, molding and packaging processes, labeling processes, documentation, tooling, and fixtures to enhance productivity and product quality.

What You’ll Work On

• Develop and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure process development and manufacturing systems are in place to meet business objectives

• Develop formal project plans to include the proposed technical approach, budget, and key milestone completion dates for all assigned projects

• Work cross-functionally with Finance R&D, Quality, Clinical, Regulatory and other departments as needed to ensure effective new product transitions into production

• Work with Production and Continuous Improvement functions to develop effective manufacturing processes capable of meeting quality, cost and supply chain objectives

• Prepare high level technical reports, analysis, recommendations and presentations reflecting the status and results of projects

• Develop, implement, train and monitor effectiveness of engineering systems and procedures to ensure compliance to FDA, GMP and all other applicable agency regulations

• Anticipate and resolve highest level issues and conflicts that could impact operations success

• Ensure a safe work environment consistent with OSHA requirements and Abbott policies

• Prepare departmental budgets and control expenditures to stay within spending limits.

• May participate in New Business Development activities as they present themselves

• Maintains a safe and professional work environment.

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

• Progressive experience in leadership positions in manufacturing or process development engineering.

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Minimum 12 years or more of experience in a similar role.

• Significant technical experience and high level of problem-solving aptitude.

• Significant experience leading and implementing major engineering programs.

• Significant experience in identifying and driving operational change and excellence

• Knowledge of GMP, ISO regulations

• Prior experience in medical device manufacturing.

• Multi-tasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.

• Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable.

• Ability to travel including internationally up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record in tooling development with US & OUS suppliers, tooling material selection, resin selection, and qualification, high volume manufacturing for medical devices.

• Experienced in process development for injection molding processes.

• Subject matter expert in scientific molding processes and practices.            

• Experienced with automated molding processes and industry 4.0 technologies. Experienced with working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model preferred.

• Deep knowledge of plastics, plastics injection molding and injection mold construction for high volume manufacturing.

• Extensive knowledge of scientific molding techniques, DOE, and root cause analysis.

• Hands-on experience with Moldflow, and other injection molding simulation software.

• Hands-on experience with lean manufacturing, six sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Strong supplier and vendor management.

The base pay for this position is

$146,700.00 – $293,300.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Engineering

DIVISION:ID Infectious Disease

LOCATION:United States > San Diego : 4545 Towne Center Court

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Yes, 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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