Associate Quality Engineer

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Primary Job Function Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of highest quality product to the customer. Provide Process/Quality

Engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure

development of highest quality new products.

Core Job Responsibilities Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

1. Learns to identify Manufacturing process defects (scrap, nonconforming

material, customer complaints) by dispositioning non-conforming material,

assisting in identification of primary root causes and understanding corrective and preventative actions. May be responsible for working with process owner to bound product stops and document release criteria.;

2. Gains understanding of product quality plans, documents and systems by reviewing product specifications, quality specifications, and working with

quality systems. May be responsible for learning risk analyses and FMEAs.;

3. Learns Process Monitoring Systems by becoming familiar with systems applications and critical process steps; and through

familiarization with methods used to reduce process variation.;

4. Becomes familiar with Product/Process improvement efforts by understanding current quality metric data and learning the various analysis methods used to

enhance sustaining product design and new product development;

5. Learns Quality Tools & Training Materials by gaining knowledge of prevalent tools used and by reviewing & utilizing available training materials.

(Supervision Received) Work is closely supervised. Follows specific, detailed

instructions;

(Influence/Leadership) Begins developing a network of internal resources to

facilitate completion of tasks. Individual influence is typically exerted at the

peer level.;

(Planning/Organization) Completes daily work to meet established schedule

with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.;

(Decision Making/Impact) May exercise authority within pre-established limits

and approval. Failure to achieve results can normally be overcome without

serious effect on schedules and programs.

Minimum Education

Bachelors degree (Engineering - Mechanical, BioMed, Chemical, Manufacturing) plus 0-2 years of related work experience with a basic understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work

experience.

Minimum Experience / Training

(Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Basic technical knowledge of

concepts, practices and procedures. Limited understanding of business

unit/group function. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with

governmental regulations.;

(Cognitive Skills) Learns to use professional concepts and company policies

and procedures to solve routine problems. Works on problems of limited

scope. Minimal independent decision making.

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