Packaging Utility Operator - Night Shift

Abbott Laboratories; Altavista (VA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Job summary

Abbott in Altavista, VA seeks a Packaging Utility Operator to support filler, seamer and can washer operations within the Nutrition division. The role emphasizes maintenance, adherence to GMP and safety, and collaboration across shifts.

You will help run line setups, execute data reports, and coordinate between operations and support groups to ensure efficient production. The position requires a high school diploma or GED, strong communication, and multitasking abilities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, analytical troubleshooting and multitasking skills.

Responsibilities

• For Filler Operation: Maintains product level, ensures proper parameters for filler, seamer and can washer, performs preventive maintenance, reviews downtime report, releases commodities, performs CIL on equipment, visual inspections, and fill weight checks.
• For Clean Up Operation: Performs preventative maintenance checks on filler valves and pistons, ensures proper cleaning methods during wash jobs, cleans filler valves, pistons, screens, bowls, product filters, floors and walls.
• Ensures proper FP tank hook-up to filling lines and that can weights are within the desired range.
• Meets all safety and housekeeping GMP requirements.
• Coordinates pre- and post-shift meetings.
• Runs reports and conducts data analysis as needed (e.g., TPR reports on failed retort loads).
• Coordinates isolation and line separation events.
• Batch setup and communication in EBR, as well as line execution.
• Distributes work orders and generates reprints.
• QA communications for batch release.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives and identifies bottlenecks with risk mitigation.

Job description

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.

Packaging Utility Operator

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, 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

This position works out of our Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world.

What You’ll Work On

• For Filler Operation: Performs maintenance of product level. Ensures proper operating parameters for the filler, seamer and can washer. Performs preventative maintenance. Maintains the downtime report. Ensures commodities are released prior to usage. Performs CIL on equipment. Performs visual equipment inspections. Conducts fill weight checks.
• For Clean Up Operation: Performs preventative maintenance checks on filler valves and pistons, ensures proper cleaning methods are used during a wash job, cleans areas to include: filler valves, filler pistons, filler screens, filler bowl, seamer product filters, filler room floors and walls.
• Ensures proper FP tank hook-up to filling lines and product can weights are within desired range.
• Meets all safety and housekeeping GMP requirements.
• Coordinate pre and post shift meetings.
• Run reports and execute data analysis as needed. (ex. TPR reports on failed retort loads)
• Coordination of isolation and line separation events.
• Batch set up and communication in EBR, as well as, line execution.
• Work order distribution and reprints.
• QA communications for batch release.
• Driver of ideas and continuous improvement.
• Identify bottlenecks and provide risk mitigation solutions
• Liaison between operations and support groups

You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED required
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills, analytical troubleshooting skills and the ability to multitask.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior job experience within plant is preferred (24 months)
• Experience with tools and equipment related to the position is desired (hand tools, seamer, filler, sterilizer system, can washer, product filters, forklift, palletizer/depalletizer, labelers, tray wrapper and Hi-Cone, etc.)

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

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 and a Military/Veteran friendly Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $20.85 – $41.75 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.