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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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title

Manufacturing Engineering Manager

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'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.
• 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 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

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location in the AVD Vascular division.

The Manufacturing Engineering Manager manages and executes activities and allocates resources within the Manufacturing Engineering area, to ensure complete engineering support is provided to meet department and company goals. Coordinates manufacturing engineering department activities to ensure that equipment and processes required for each new product are developed, qualified, validated and designed for manufacturability. Identifies areas and means to improve manufacturing processes and equipment and product quality on existing product and processes. The expectation is a working manager, capable of both performing and directing activities to maintain and improve manufacturing practices.

What You'll Work On

• Provide leadership to engineering staff regarding project prioritization, process validations, and continuous improvement activities.
• Provide engineering support for daily production initiatives, including equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, calibration, documentation, and personnel training.
• Provide project management.
• Implement and manage resource planning and project management tools.
• Coordinate, select and schedule project engineers for Operations projects.
• Support continuing production, process development and new product introductions.
• Monitor and evaluate project and department progress and results.
• Participate in cross-functional teams.
• Draft, review and approve protocol and written reports.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering technical capabilities.
• Prepare technical reports, analysis, recommendations and presentations reflecting the status and results of projects in progress on a regular basis.
• Coach, manage and develop technical staff.
• Develop, implement, train and monitor effectiveness of engineering systems and procedures to ensure compliance to FDA, GMP, and all other applicable agency regulations.
• Ensure a safe work environment consistent with OSHA requirements and Abbott policies.
• Prepare departmental budgets and control expenditures to stay within spending limits.
• Hires and retains a diverse, highly qualified staff and provides ongoing performance feedback. Maintains a safe and professional work environment.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required Experience

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering or related field
• Minimum 10 years: 3 - 5 years' experience in one of the following - Construction Manager, Facilities Manager, Process Control Engineer, Production Supervisor or Department Manager. 5 - 8 years' experience in one of the following - Plant Engineer, Project Engineer (Staff or Senior level). Total combined minimum years of experience required (not necessarily the sum of above) - 10 years.

Preferred Experience

• Master's Degree, Preferred.
• Minimum 3 years-Project management experience involving coordination of cross-functional teams, preferred.
• Prior experience in medical device manufacturing, preferred.
• Experience with statistical techniques (i.e. DOE, SPC) as well as Lean manufacturing techniques, value stream mapping and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Solid knowledge of GMP and ISO regulations.
• Demonstrated success in leading manufacturing technology transfer project to global operations.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model, preferred.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to set goals and provide positive and constructive feedback respectfully to build positive relationships and improve business results.
• Ability to work effectively within a team in a fast-paced changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multi-tasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable.

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The base pay for this position is

$99,300.00 - $198,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:EngineeringDIVISION:AVD VascularLOCATION:United States > Minnesota > St. Paul : 1225 Old Highway 8 NWADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:Yes, 10 % of the TimeMEDICAL 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)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