Principal OT Systems Engineer - Columbus, OH

Abbott; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 99,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer - Operational Technology in Columbus, OH to develop, deploy, and support manufacturing data systems across the regional supply chain. You will provide technical consulting to Manufacturing Operations and project engineers, ensuring regulatory compliance and system governance.

This role requires collaboration with IT, quality, and process authorities, leading validation to 21 CFR Part 11, and integrating MES with data visualization, reporting, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of IT/engineering/operational experience in manufacturing IT systems.
• Leads diverse teams and maintains strong working relationships with collaborators.
• Has interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Experience in health care, nutritional products, or related industries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain manufacturing operation data systems, including hardware and software.
• Develop regional standards for implementation and governance of data systems, including historians, visualization, and reporting.
• Coordinate with IT, quality, and process authority organizations to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Interface with SMEs to ensure auditing and reporting strategies for manufacturing data.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Regulatory compliance

Manufacturing IT experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

OSI PI

AF

Analytics

Vision

SEEQ

ZPI

AssetCentre

MDT

Ignition

IQS

SeamMate

SQL DB

MES

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Principal Systems Engineer - Operational Technology

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. Our Nutrition business develops science-based products for people of all ages - from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions around the world rely on our leading brands, including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna®, to live their healthiest lives.

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 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 the FreeU education benefit- an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor's degree.
• Recognition globally as a great place to work, and for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus, OH in the Nutrition Division. The Principal Systems Engineer - Operational Technology will develop, deploy, and support manufacturing operations data systems across regional supply chain. Provide technical consulting support to Manufacturing Operations and project engineers, as required.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop, Deploy, and maintain manufacturing operation data systems including hardware and software.
• Develop regional standard and guideline for implementation and system governance. Data historian, visualization, and reporting systems (OSI PI Data Historian, AF, Analytics, Vision, SEEQ and ZPI)
• Software change management and asset monitoring servers (AssetCentre, MDT) Manufacturing Line Control and HMI systems (Ignition)
• Inspection System software database (IQS, SeamMate, SQL DB) Develop strategy for manufacturing real-time data visualization and reporting needs.
• Deploy manufacturing operations data systems as part of cross-functional capital project delivery team
• Coordinate with internal quality and process authority organizations to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Interface with process and equipment SMEs to ensure effectiveness of auditing and reporting strategies.
• Interface with IT and operations organizations to successfully integrate manufacturing operations data systems and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and process data reporting systems.
• Managing the design of auditing and reporting solutions for Critical Process Parameters
• Coordination between integrator and site resources to ensure successful delivery and support hand-off of these systems.
• Lead the process for manufacturing software system validation to be compliant with 21CFR part 11.
• Coordinate with IT support team to maintain secured IT infrastructure for manufacturing operation and actively participate in Cyber Security compliance initiatives.
• Anticipate future needs of the business. Benchmark internally and externally.
• Recognize indicators of future opportunities; initiate plans to acquire new skills required by changes in technology
• Integrate financial data with technical data to analyze complex interdisciplinary problems and identifies their impact; establish probabilities; draws conclusions reflecting broad business needs; understand organizational and financial impact of recommendations Mentor others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.
• Interface frequently with inter-organizational and outside customer contacts
• Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.
• Prepare written communication. Convey information effectively through formal and informal documents with team members, designers, technicians, and other technical personnel, both internal and external to Abbott, using appropriate communication protocols.
• Establish networks, follow through on project goals; contribute willingly and incorporate the ideas of others; share resources, knowledge, and accountability to benefit the objectives of the business, e.g. participate in team meetings; serve as a functional expert in cross-project design review
• Build relationships, initiate and cultivate open, honest relationships with colleagues, customers, contractors, and vendors by establishing rapport, developing an understanding of others' needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments, e.g. offers assistance; interact effectively with stakeholders at appropriate levels of the organization
• Resolve underlying problems, identify full range of customer/ client needs and propose solutions to address them; make alterations in products or services to better meet (recognized or unrecognized) customer need, e.g. partners with an outside vendor to provide a better deliverable. Report through centralized engineering organization.
• Work with limited direction. Independently determine and develop approach to solutions.
• Leads standardization and best practices, replicated globally, Require frequent interactions with peers across sites and global regions
• Identify and quantify technical risks and their consequences relative to the success of part of a project; recommends appropriate action, e.g. reports calculations and recommendations in terms concrete enough for management to make an informed decision.
• Drives decisions or recommendations would typically achieve department and division objectives.
• Drives functional performance that ensures the highest standards in quality, customer service, and regulatory compliance are met.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence
• 8+ years of significant IT, engineering, and/or operational experience. Demonstrated expertise within the area of manufacturing IT systems.
• Leads diverse groups within engineering and IT and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences
• Has a technical background in health care, nutritional products, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, or similar industries (preferred).
• Has demonstrated competency with financial systems and in fiscal control.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

The base pay for this position is

$99,300.00 - $198,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain

LOCATION:

United States > Columbus : 2900 Easton Square Place

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

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)