Onsite Project Engineer – Med Device Sustaining & CI

Abbott; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, &

MetLife Legal & ID Fraud & Pet

401(k)

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an experienced Project Engineer to independently lead sustaining engineering, supplier change, and continuous improvement projects within the Electrophysiology organization. You will plan, coordinate, and execute projects per Abbott PM methodologies and quality systems, partnering with cross-functional teams to manage scope, schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.

The successful candidate will drive activities from initiation through implementation, lead matrixed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field required.
• Minimum 5 years of medical device experience in R&D, Manufacturing and/or Quality Engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across all levels and with suppliers/consultants.
• Experience collaborating in a geographically diverse, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects or workstreams.
• Ability to initiate, prioritize, and coordinate multiple tasks.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and implementation of sustaining engineering, supplier change, design change, and CI projects.
• Independently manage project scope, schedules, milestones, risks, and deliverables.
• Lead cross-functional project teams including R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and others.
• Facilitate project meetings and drive accountability for deliverables.
• Identify risks, issues, and dependencies; develop mitigation strategies.
• Partner with team members to support resource planning, priority setting, and issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, risk registers, and logs.
• Communicate status, risks, key decisions, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Support governance with metrics, dashboards, and leadership communications.
• Lead workstreams within larger initiatives to align with objectives and timelines.
• Execute COs, procurement coordination, reporting, and tracking activities.
• Use Windchill, SAP, Planview, Ariba to support execution and procurement.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

5+ years experience

Verbal and written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Multitasking

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Windchill

SAP

Planview

Ariba

Job description

Abbott is seeking an experienced Project Engineer to independently lead sustaining engineering, supplier change, and continuous improvement projects within the Electrophysiology organization. You will plan, coordinate, and execute projects per Abbott PM methodologies and quality systems, partnering with cross-functional teams to manage scope, schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.

The successful candidate will drive activities from initiation through implementation, lead matrixed