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 114,000colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're 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'll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
- 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
Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Supervisor, Engineering Lab for our Irving, TX location. The Supervisor, Engineering Lab will be responsible providing leadership for employees to maintain laboratory compliance and the required documentation to support investigation, feasibility, and verification activities.
What You'll Work On
- Provides leadership (training, development, monitoring) for employees that maintain laboratory compliance (e.g. laboratory inventory such as materials and parts), scheduling, environmental monitoring, instrument resource allocation, audit readiness, service orders, maintenance (internal and external), equipment compliance (Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) and preventive maintenance (PM) tracking etc.) and the subsequent documentation required to support investigation, feasibility, and verification activities.
- Laboratory compliance is obtained through 5s, Good Laboratory Practices (cGLP), log review and archiving, and instrument configuration control. Utilizing electronic systems (e.g. - Maximo) for maintenance of equipment control both internal and external via calibration, asset tags, location, etc.
- Direct the day-to-day activities of the engineering technicians. Maintain high level of visibility with technician staff. Use hands-on approach to communicate daily and involve production staff in problem solving.
- Ensure the desired product quality levels are achieved through use of standard work, training, and inspection techniques. Appropriately staff trained and skilled individuals to meet the needs of the organization.
- Utilize expertise to address reoccurring problems and take corrective action to make process improvements.
- Promotes collaboration with various systems, assay, engineering, and instrument support departments/teams (e.g., systems integration, quality engineering, assay and instrument design, on-market support, software, technology) through knowledge of the interaction between departments/teams and how their products/processes affect one another and impact processes (e.g., Assay Development, Operations, Business, Quality, Regulatory, Quality Engineering).
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Min 4 years.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in STEM preferred.
- Other qualifications/certifications: Demonstrated level of technical expertise working with diagnostic equipment and/or instrumentation.
Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: . Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is $57,300.00 – $114,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.