Production Operator, Processing - Weekend Nights - Columbus Plant

Thornton Tomasetti; North Carolina; On-site; USD 23,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) retirement savings with company

Job summary

Abbott is seeking team members for the Columbus, Ohio plant to manufacture liquid nutrition products and ensure quality across operations. You will participate in the end-to-end process, handling raw ingredients, operating clean-in-place systems, and documenting steps in line with work orders.

The role emphasizes adherence to safety and regulatory standards, with a weekend/3rd shift schedule and opportunities for growth within a global healthcare leader.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs repeatedly throughout shifts.
• Experience in a plant production environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain quality and safety systems.
• Manufacture liquid adult, pediatric, and nutritional products.
• Lift and handle raw ingredients during weighing and staging.
• Perform CIP/COP cleaning and routine housekeeping.
• Document manufacturing steps and operate controlled equipment.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem-solving

Reading and following work orders

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Powered industrial vehicles

Job description

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: 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. This position works out of our Columbus, Ohio plant 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. The Columbus Plant is Abbott’s first manufacturing facility in the world, making us a leader in science-backed nutrition products. Working here, you’ll be part of a family that works together to produce quality products that make a difference and help keep consumers nourished at every stage of their 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:

• Production areas that are clean, well-lit, and temperature-controlled
• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs, Medical Benefits start day 1.
• Vacation – 120 hours of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 3 personal days + 10 paid holidays.
• Retiree Healthcare program
• Robust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• 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 around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A stable company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities. 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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality and safety system.
• Responsible for the manufacturing of liquid adult, pediatric and medical nutritional products.
• Lifting and physical handling of raw ingredients during the weighing, staging and manufacturing processes, material handling/dispensing, operations of scales, portable pumps, container rinsers, homogenizers.
• Hand Cleaning, clean-in-place (CIP), heat treatment systems, cleaning-out-of-place (COP), routine housekeeping
• Interaction with computer systems that are integrated into the manufacturing process along with documentation of manufacturing steps in accordance with work order and job procedures.
• Preparation/operation/monitoring/documentation of bulk slurries for blending operations, heat treatment processes, controlled weigh system of batch ingredients.
• Operation/monitoring/documentation of a computer-controlled clean-in-place (CIP) system utilized for manufacturing equipment (i.e. tanks, heat treatment system, etc.)
• Receipt and unloading of bulk raw ingredients and CIP chemicals.
• You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

SHIFT

Weekend Nights Thursday: 11pm-7:30am, Fri and Sat: 7pm-7:30am Sun: 7pm-3:30am

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to continuously lift up to 50lbs throughout the shift.
• Knowledge of food processing techniques and documentation requirements.
• Ability to read and follow work order documents, troubleshoot equipment breakdowns, and operate powered industrial vehicles.
• Should possess a good mechanical aptitude and solid problem-solving skills.
• Experience in a plant production environment (preferably within drug, food or beverage manufacturing).

The base pay for this position is $17.15 – $34.25/hour In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Manufacturing DIVISION: ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain LOCATION: United States > Columbus : Columbus Plant ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: 3Rd Shift - 5% (United States Of America) TRAVEL: No MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Military/Veteran friendly Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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