Industrial Engineer II

Abbott; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an Industrial Engineer based in Alameda, CA to analyze, design and implement manufacturing and business process improvements. The role requires onsite attendance Monday-Friday and collaboration with cross-functional teams to increase capacity and reduce lead times.

You will apply Lean tools such as 5S, standard work and value stream mapping, conduct capacity analyses for headcount and equipment, and drive continuous improvement projects across the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any relevant study.
• Min 2-3 yrs of overall and industry-specific experience required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, creates and implements manufacturing and/or business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead time, reduce work in process and improve quality, cost and delivery performance.
• Complete capacity analysis internally for headcount, equipment and space requirements using simulation software or other effective tools.
• Identify opportunities and drives incorporation of appropriate Lean tool usage such as 5S, time study, line balancing, standard work, material flow and value stream mapping, process mapping and Kaizen event into the daily functions of continuous improvement.
• Make recommendations to teams, which drive higher yielding, lower cost, more manufacturable products.

Skills

Lean principles

Capacity analysis

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in any relevant study

Tools

Simulation software

5S

Value stream mapping

Line balancing

Job description

Working at Abbott

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

• 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

The Industrial Engineer will be responsible for analyzing, designing and implementing manufacturing and business process improvements.

This position will be based out of our Abbott Diabetes Care in Alameda, CA and the individual will be expected to be onsite Monday-Friday.

What You'll Work On

• Analyze, creates and implements manufacturing and/or business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead time, reduce work in process and improve quality, cost and delivery performance.
• Complete capacity analysis internally for headcount, equipment and space requirements using simulation software or other effective tools.
• Identify opportunities and drives incorporation of appropriate Lean tool usage such as 5S, time study, line balancing, standard work, material flow and value stream mapping, process mapping and Kaizen event into the daily functions of continuous
• Make recommendations to teams, which drive higher yielding, lower cost, more manufacturable products.
• May use financial analyses tool and recommend alternative courses of action.
• Develop and lead continuous improvement projects, working cross functionally to implement changes that deliver savings across the business.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any relevant study
• Min 2-3 yrs of overall and industry-specific experience required.

Divisional Information

Medical Devices

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 fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott's Heart Failure (HF) business, we're developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health a

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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