Statistician

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs approximately 69,000 people.

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Abbott Diabetes Care provides innovative blood glucose monitoring systems for people with diabetes and is part of Abbott Laboratories, one of the world's largest healthcare companies. The Technical Group is looking to recruit a Statistician to join our team at our manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Witney, Oxfordshire.

The successful candidate will work as part of the Statistics team providing statistical support in the manufacture, continuous improvement and monitoring of our products. Typical work includes:

· Working with engineers, scientists and technologists to introduce new machines, materials and processes, including the design and analysis of experiments to optimise settings and acceptance sampling;
· Working with technologists in monitoring product performance and stability data to ensure control and drive continuous improvements;
· Supporting technical investigations performed within the manufacturing unit;
· Assisting with the introduction of analytical test methods (analysis of variance, setting acceptance criteria & capability analysis) and supporting efforts in reducing measurement variability.

Desired profile

As a minimum, you should hold a HND or equivalent in Mathematics, Statistics or a numerical science subject.

Ideally you will have previous experience working in a regulated or manufacturing environment, and have experience with SAS programming, although neither of these are a pre-requisite for the role.

You will have good oral and written communication skills to be able to prepare reports, interpret results, and provide effective summaries for specialist and non-specialist audiences. You must be organised and flexible in your approach to work, with good attention to detail in order to ensure that data and analyses are accurate and meet the requirements of the project.

As you'd expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer excellent salaries and a competitive range of benefits including a defined-contribution pension scheme, share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme.