Project 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Project 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 a Project Engineer, under direct supervision from Senior Project Engineering or Project Manager, this position has the responsibilities to develops, manages, and executes cost improvement, product/process, and technology transfer projects.  Works with the optimization of process specifications and procedures for proper design, manufacturing, and inspection parameters. Will support New Products Introduction (NPI) and Process transfer activities in a regulated manufacturing environment. Will be responsible to generate and execute validation protocols, feasibility studies, coordinate work with corresponding functional areas for new or replaced equipment, or process changes.

What You’ll Do

• Develops, manages, and executes cost improvement, product/process, and technology transfer projects.
• Prepare operational qualification assessments to support that validated critical operating parameters are within qualified parameters.
• Generate and execute validation protocols (IQ, OQ, PQ, TMV, TQF, Process Characterization and Process Validation based on equipment capabilities.
• Conduct process equipment installation/operational/performance qualification studies to test their functionality.
• Support New Products Introduction (NPI) and Process transfer activities in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years exposure in Process Validation and Development within the Medical Device Industry or pharmaceutical industries.  Engineering role.
• Knowledge of FDA, GMP, and ISO guidelines is preferred Experience with statistical techniques (DOE, SPC) is preferred.
• Strong computer software knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Knows fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of a particular field of specialization.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.  Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish).
• Computer literacy in programs as; Excel, Word & Power Point.

Apply now

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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.

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The base pay for this position is

$54,300.00 – $109,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

LOCATION:

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

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)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.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO\_Spanish.pdf