Group Leader Manufacturing Engineer

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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Group Leader Manufacturing Engineer – Santa Clara, CA Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of STRUCTURAL HEART disease.

We aim to lead the markets we serve by requiring the solutions we offer customers provide an improved benefit/risk profile as compared to existing standards of care; a performance threshold that, guides and ensures the productive output of our engineering, business development, and clinical research efforts result in outcomes that advance the standard of care.

WHAT YOU’LL DO We are recruiting for a Group Leader Manufacturing Engineer located in Santa Clara, CA.

In this role, you are responsible for providing support to the manufacturing organization to facilitate efficient operations within the production area, to optimize existing processes, and to ensure that production goals are met.

You will monitor performance of equipment, machines, and tools and corrects equipment problems or process parameters that produce non-conforming products, low yields or product quality issues.

You will interface with Research and Development organizations to integrate new products or processes into the existing manufacturing area.

Responsibilities: Implements a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.

Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews.

Monitors daily work operations and provides direction and guidance to lower-level supervisors, experienced exempt employees, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.

Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures.

Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.

Contributes to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit.

Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g., compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations etc.).

Monitors internal and external indicators by reviewing reports and newsletters, reading organizational literature, meeting with peers, and reading departmental reports.

Contributes to the development and monitoring of area budget through regular analysis of cost and spending.

Influence/Leadership-Promotes the attainment of group goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable staff.

Provides leadership to assigned units by communicating and providing guidance towards achieving group objectives.

Planning/Organization-Schedule’s human and material resources within a group or section in conjunction with near-term plans to ensure their availability; carries out operations within an established budget.

Decision Making/Impact-Assignments are expressed in the form of tasks and objectives; generally, makes day-to-day decisions within established guidelines regarding work processes or schedules in order to achieve the program objectives established by senior management; consequences of erroneous decisions would normally result in serious delays to assigned projects or operations with substantial expenditure of time, human resources, and funds, without jeopardizing future business activity.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING Required Bachelor’s degree preferred or an equivalent combination of education and work experience Eight (8) years of medical device experience in manufacturing and/or quality engineering Cognitive Skills-Develops and/or identifies new work processes and the improved utilization of human and material resources within the assigned area or related departments; facilitates others involvement in the continuous improvement program; investigates and solves problems that impact work processes and personnel within the assigned unit.

Preferred Master’s degree WHAT WE OFFER At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career.

We offer: A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority 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 Paid time off 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future.

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