Lead Hand Chemistry - Abbott Point of Care (Ottawa)

Abbott; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Lead Hand Chemistry in Ottawa to provide leadership to the Chemistry Operations team. This role involves coordinating production activities, ensuring compliance with policies, performing equipment maintenance, and addressing manufacturing issues. Ideal candidates will have a college diploma and relevant experience in a technical role, with strong planning and coordination skills. Join a world-renowned healthcare company committed to improving people's lives.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years relevant work experience in a technical job preferred.
• Knowledge of safety and health procedures.
• Familiarity with analytical chemistry, techniques, and equipment is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Chemistry Operations team and coordinate production activities.
• Lead day-to-day activities of Techs, including equipment checks and lab stocking.
• Act as the first point of contact for manufacturing issues in absence of Supervisor.

Skills

Planning

Coordination

Detail-oriented

Time-management

Resourcefulness

Education

Two-to-Three-year college diploma in a related field

Job description

Lead Hand Chemistry - Abbott Point of Care (Ottawa)

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 will have access to:

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

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

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including Chemistry, Electrolytes, Hematology, Blood Gases, Coagulation, Endocrinology, Cardiac Markers, Neurology, and Informatics. The position involves providing leadership and guidance to the Chemistry Operations team, coordinating production activities, following established guidelines, preparing daily solutions, performing equipment maintenance, and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. Other responsibilities include serving as the main interface with personnel in other areas, leading day-to-day activities of Techs within the laboratory, and participating in production projects and process changes as directed by the Supervisor.

What You’ll Do

Provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to Chemistry Operations team. Identify the team’s strengths and weaknesses. In addition to a primary production role, lead and assist with day-to-day solution activities and overall shift efficiency. Coordinate production activities and serve as a main interface with personnel in other areas including technical support resources.

Lead and participate in the day-to-day activities of Techs within the laboratory. This includes (but is not limited to): equipment checks, cleaning, autoclaving, stocking the lab with necessary raw materials and lab supplies as per documented procedures.

The first point of contact for all manufacturing issues in absence of Supervisor.

Acts as a resource to Manufacturing and test areas on issues of chemical preparations and solution quality. Maintains internal contacts with other process groups and attends daily production meetings to convey any Chemistry concerns.

Collaborates with Supervisor to coordinate production flow within area of responsibility.

Plans and implements the effective position of Techs across processes in order to optimize output.

Focuses on next shift success by ensuring materials, solution stocking guidelines are being met, and equipment is prepared for incoming shift.

Focuses on next shift success by ensuring materials, solution stocking guidelines are being met, and equipment is prepared for incoming shift.

Provides feedback to Supervisor on the progress and barriers to achieving production goals.

Monitors product flow, raw materials and other key consumables in designated area and manages them to meet production targets.

Follows and ensures compliance to workplace operating and environmental, health and safety procedures and guidelines.

Assist with regular Health and Safety audits in area of responsibility recording and reporting findings to Supervisor.

Assists in organizing engineering experiments, planned equipment maintenance, and planned lab shutdowns.

Ensure Chemistry manufacturing areas meet audit readiness.

Acts as a role model and ensures operating procedures are followed.

Participates in production projects and process changes as directed by Supervisor.

Communicates ideas and suggestions for improving processes to leadership and actively participates in implementing solutions.

Other miscellaneous duties as may be required.

Shift - 4X4 A Shift, rotating four days on four days off, 6:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Preferred Qualifications

Two-to-Three-year college diploma in a related field.

Three to six years relevant work experience in a technical job preferred.

Effective at planning and coordinating, with excellent time-management skills.

Detail-oriented.

Resourcefulness, ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

Building and using an effective network of people inside and/or outside the organization to give and receive information and to accomplish work objectives.

Work independently in accordance with standard practices, policies, and precedents; seek direction when needed.

Communicate ideas and suggestions for improving processes; actively participate in implementing solutions.

A knowledge of safety and health procedures.

Knowledge of Quality requirements within a regulated, GMP environment.

Familiarity with any of the following is an asset: analytical chemistry, chemistry techniques and equipment.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. 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 on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 will have access to:

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

• 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

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including Chemistry, Electrolytes, Hematology, Blood Gases, Coagulation, Endocrinology, Cardiac Markers, Neurology, and Informatics. The position involves providing leadership and guidance to the Chemistry Operations team, coordinating production activities, following established guidelines, preparing daily solutions, performing equipment maintenance, and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. Other responsibilities include serving as the main interface with personnel in other areas, leading day-to-day activities of Techs within the laboratory, and participating in production projects and process changes as directed by the Supervisor.

What You’ll Do

• Provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to Chemistry Operations team. Identify the team’s strengths and weaknesses. In addition to a primary production role, lead and assist with day-to-day solution activities and overall shift efficiency. Coordinate production activities and serve as a main interface with personnel in other areas including technical support resources.

• Lead and participate in the day-to-day activities of Techs within the laboratory. This includes (but is not limited to): equipment checks, cleaning, autoclaving, stocking the lab with necessary raw materials and lab supplies as per documented procedures.

• The first point of contact for all manufacturing issues in absence of Supervisor.

• Acts as a resource to Manufacturing and test areas on issues of chemical preparations and solution quality. Maintains internal contacts with other process groups and attends daily production meetings to convey any Chemistry concerns.

• Collaborates with Supervisor to coordinate production flow within area of responsibility.

• Plans and implements the effective position of Techs across processes in order to optimize output.

• Focuses on next shift success by ensuring materials, solution stocking guidelines are being met, and equipment is prepared for incoming shift.

• Focuses on next shift success by ensuring materials, solution stocking guidelines are being met, and equipment is prepared for incoming shift.

• Provides feedback to Supervisor on the progress and barriers to achieving production goals.

• Monitors product flow, raw materials and other key consumables in designated area and manages them to meet production targets.

• Follows and ensures compliance to workplace operating and environmental, health and safety procedures and guidelines.

• Assist with regular Health and Safety audits in area of responsibility recording and reporting findings to Supervisor.

• Assists in organizing engineering experiments, planned equipment maintenance, and planned lab shutdowns.

• Ensure Chemistry manufacturing areas meet audit readiness.

• Acts as a role model and ensures operating procedures are followed.

• Participates in production projects and process changes as directed by Supervisor.

• Communicates ideas and suggestions for improving processes to leadership and actively participates in implementing solutions.

• Other miscellaneous duties as may be required.

• Shift - 4X4 A Shift, rotating four days on four days off, 6:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two-to-Three-year college diploma in a related field.

• Three to six years relevant work experience in a technical job preferred.

• Effective at planning and coordinating, with excellent time-management skills.

• Detail-oriented.

• Resourcefulness, ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

• Building and using an effective network of people inside and/or outside the organization to give and receive information and to accomplish work objectives.

• Work independently in accordance with standard practices, policies, and precedents; seek direction when needed.

• Communicate ideas and suggestions for improving processes; actively participate in implementing solutions.

• A knowledge of safety and health procedures.

• Knowledge of Quality requirements within a regulated, GMP environment.

• Familiarity with any of the following is an asset: analytical chemistry, chemistry techniques and equipment.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. 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 on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

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

JOB FAMILY:

Manufacturing

DIVISION:

APOC Point of Care

LOCATION:

Canada > Ottawa : 185 Corkstown Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

About the company

Abbott Laboratories is an American multinational medical devices and health care company with headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois, United States.

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