Senior Operational Excellence Engineer

Abbott; Arecibo (PR); On-site; USD 66,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K with company match

Life insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

Education assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Vacation, Sick, Personal Days

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories, located in Arecibo, PR, is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Engineer to lead OPEX at the plant level. This onsite role drives lean six sigma initiatives, cost reduction, and continuous improvement across functions within Cardiac Rhythm Management.

You will manage projects, coach teams, update standard times, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards while collaborating with Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, and R&D to optimize operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Industrial and Mechanical preferred).
• 5+ years of project management and team leadership experience.
• Lean Manufacturing and/or Project Management certification a plus.
• Fully bilingual (English & Spanish).
• Proficiency with MS Office, AutoCAD, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement continuous improvement programs to reduce cost and improve quality, service and inventory.
• Lead and execute the Operational Excellence strategy for the site with clear business objectives.
• Provide Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement education and trainings for the site.
• Lead projects, define and justify projects, launch project teams, and track progress to results.
• Manage capacity planning and standard times updates for operations.

Skills

Project management

Lean manufacturing

Statistical analysis

Bilingual English/Spanish

Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/Project/P

AutoCAD

Minitab

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Industrial/Mechanical preferred)

Tools

MS Office

AutoCAD

Minitab

Job description

Senior Operational Excellence Engineer, this position will provide support to Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management, located in Arecibo, PR.

This is onsite position.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.

• 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 company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Arecibo location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

As the Senior Operational Excellence Engineer is a leader of the implementation of Operational Excellence (OPEX) at the plant level including project leadership, teaching and coaching associates as well management. A Change agent responsible for leading the plant into a
data drive, team-oriented culture that embraces continuous improvement within a lean six sigma environment and ensures full OPEX implementation in all plant functions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and implement continuous improvement programs that reduce cost and improve quality service and inventory.

• Lead and execute the Operational Excellence strategy for the site with clear business objectives.

• Provide Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement education / trainings for the site.

• Lead projects, identify opportunities, define and financially justify projects, launch project teams, use good project management tools to manage team activities, lead (guide/influence) teams to execute projects with the problem-solving methodology, track project and program status and results, remove and elevate project barriers, and develop team members.

• Execute the required activities to have the operations standard times updated. Execute the capacity planning (labor, equipment, services) for the site for each financial cycle and when necessary to continue looking opportunities for productivity improvement.

• Owner of the product routing (labor and scrap) used for standard costing and operations layouts.

• Ensure that improvements to processes and operations are made following the policies and procedures of the plant, division, corporate and regulatory agencies.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Industrial and Mechanical preferred).Lean Manufacturing and/or Project Management certified are a plus.

• 5 years of experience in project management and team leadership. Operational excellence experience is required.

• Should have knowledge of other functions that provide inputs regularly, i.e., Purchasing, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations, Research and Development,

• Must have the ability to do statistical analysis.

• Must have knowledge in Quality regulations and standards that affect the medical devices industry.

• Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish).

• Proficiency in PC based tools such as MS Office (Excel, Word, Project and Power Point, Mini Tab), AutoCAD and general web-based applications.

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, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $66,000.00 – $132,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.