Production Operator, Processing - Weekend Nights - Columbus Plant

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and well-being programs

Vacation 120 hours + buy program

401(k) retirement savings with company

Tuition reimbursement

Tuition assistance

Training and career development

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a quality-focused associate at the Columbus, Ohio plant to implement and maintain the quality and safety system for liquid nutrition products.

You will participate in manufacturing processes for adult, pediatric, and medical nutrition products, handling raw ingredients, cleaning, and documentation in compliance with FDA/OSHA guidelines, with weekend night shifts as described.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs throughout shift.
• Knowledge of food processing techniques and documentation requirements.
• Read and follow work order documents, troubleshoot equipment, and operate powered industrial vehicles.
• Good mechanical aptitude and strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience in a plant production environment (drug/food/bev manufacturing preferred).

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the effectiveness of the quality and safety system.
• Manufacture liquid adult, pediatric and medical nutritional products; lift and handle raw ingredients; operate equipment.
• Perform CIP/COP cleaning, routine housekeeping, and material handling.
• Interact with computer systems; document manufacturing steps per work orders and procedures.
• Prepare/operate/monitor/document bulk slurries for blending and heat treatments; weigh ingredients.
• Operate/monitor/record a computer-controlled CIP system used for equipment.
• Receive/unload bulk raw ingredients and CIP chemicals.
• Meet FDA/OSHA and Abbott policy compliance.
• Weekend Night shifts: Thu 11pm-7:30am, Fri-Sat 7pm-7:30am, Sun 7pm-3:30am

Skills

Reading work orders

Troubleshooting equipment

Operate powered industrial vehicles

Mechanical aptitude

Problem solving

Quality & safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Powered industrial vehicles

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).

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Pre-Employment Inquiries and Citizenship | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov)

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