Senior Industrial 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 115,000 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.
• 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
This position works out of our Atlanta, GA location in the Heart Failure Division.
In Abbott's Heart Failure (HF) business, we're developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
Abbott Heart Failure designs and manufactures complex, life-saving medial devices.
This opportunity enables you to join the Abbott CardioMEMS team where a rapidly growing business opportunity intercepts enormous efficacy for heart failure patients. This position will design, standardize, and implement Operational Excellence methods and projects intended to continuously improve manufacturing system performance. The scope will cover sustaining of a currently functioning manufacturing/R&D location and design of a new manufacturing/R&D site. This person will work closely with multiple departments (operations, quality, and R&D) and collaborate with Operational Excellence experts at other sites to develop and implement projects focused on sustainable continuous improvement.
WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Creation and technical oversight of capacity, labor, and manufacturing cycle time models
• Creation of continuous improvement roadmap in coordination with site leadership
• Collaborate with maintenance staff on maintenance protocols to improve quality and productivity
• Project management of cross department/site resources to implement the continuous improvement roadmap
• Development, communication, and interpretation of standardized performance metrics

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

• BS in Industrial Engineering or related technical field with relevant experience required; advanced degree a plus
• 5+ Years experience in a manufacturing environment; medical device, semiconductor, and/MEMS experience a plus
• Six Sigma/Lean/Shingo methods, operations research, maintenance engineering, optimization techniques application experience desired

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
$71,300.00 - $142,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Manufacturing
DIVISION:
HF Heart Failure
LOCATION:
United States > Atlanta : 387 Technology Circle NW Suite 500
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
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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