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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:

MitraClip Operations Coordinator I

Divisional Information

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• 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 Westfield, IN, location in the Structural Heart division.

Main Purpose of Role

Assist the supervisor in developing action plans to hit required output. Performs production reviews to ensure high level of quality before releasing product. As necessary, assembles MitraClip device subassemblies and finished goods in accordance with approved manufacturing procedures. Performs a wide variety of assembly operations including heavy microscopy use, soldering, complex gluing operations, fusing of materials, precise loading/alignment of components, and numerous inspections in accordance with complex manufacturing process instructions.

What You'll Work On

• *Understands requirements related to unplanned events and equipment issues
• *Able to navigate resources as needed to remediate compliance issues
• *Demonstrates complete understanding of procedures within functional group
• *Understands when issues need to be elevated to quality engineering
• *Able to communicate Abbott Quality Policy
• *Identify potential Quality System gaps, communicate to Engineering, and remediate as appropriate
• * Shows good decision-making skills
• * Shows consideration of options and use of tools with some direction. E.g. data analysis, lessons learned
• * Receptive to constructive feedback and learns from mistakes
• * Communicates Safety concerns to CER Leadership
• * Ensures Daily Schedule has operators rotate stations every 4 hours
• * Designates a daily Stretch Lead and ensures consistency and adherence among line members
• * Understands or seeks out task priorities and complete tasks on schedule with minimal Supervisor guidance
• * Identifies opportunities for improvement and documents request appropriately (CO/BM Tracker etc.)
• * Advocates improvement and collaborates with other functional groups
• * Documents vacation requests in Vacation/OOO HC tracker
• * Understands OOO requirements on line (i.e. 2 or less HC OOO per line on a given shift).
• * Able to interface among groups efficiently with Supervisor guidance. Knows "who is who", where to go, how to present the proposed changes and get buy-in from other groups

* Achieves standard work for a minimum of 7-8 stations

• *Documents issues on DBTH tracker.

* Documents information on hourly tracking forms for Lead

• *Takes initiative of WIP management of line
• Operates independently with minimal oversight
• Creates eLHR traveler as needed

Shift

Monday - Friday, 3:00 pm - 11:30 pm, with potential overtime

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma / GED
• Minimum 4 years Overall and industry-specific experience needed.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

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

$15.80 - $31.60/hour

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

JOB FAMILY:ManufacturingDIVISION:SH Structural HeartLOCATION:United States > Westfield: 1820 Bastian CourtADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:NoMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:NoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Work in a clean room environmentAbbott 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