Senior Operational Excellence Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance (Day 1)aras

401K with company match

Life insurance for you and your family

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Education Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Vacation

Job summary

Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management in Arecibo, PR is seeking a Senior Operational Excellence Engineer to lead continuous improvement initiatives, capacity planning, and standard costing for the site. You will guide teams, justify projects financially, and ensure process improvements align with regulatory requirements.

The role requires a engineering degree, 5 years of project management and team leadership, and bilingual English/Spanish. Onsite position with a comprehensive benefits package.

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.
• Fully bilingual (English and Spanish).
• Proficiency with MS Office, AutoCAD and general web-based applications.

Responsibilities

• 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 education and trainings for the site.
• Lead projects, identify opportunities, define and justify projects, launch project teams, manage activities and track results.
• Manage capacity planning for the site for each financial cycle and identify productivity opportunities.
• Own product routing used for standard costing and operations layouts.

Skills

Operational excellence

Project management

Team leadership

Statistical analysis

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (Industrial/Mechanical)

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office

MiniTab

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Descritivo de Cargo 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

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Benefits

• 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.

Work location: Puerto Rico > Arecibo : Santana Industrial Park Interior Lot A, Road #2, Km 67.5.

Shift: Standard. Travel: Yes, 5% of the Time. Vigilância médica: No. Activities of work significant: Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday).

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.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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

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