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JOB DESCRIPTION:
Quality Technician I
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 worldwide 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 the 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.
Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist
Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.
The Quality Technician I provides technical assistance to engineering to support manufacturing efforts by implementing corrective and preventative
actions. Assists engineers in developing methods and procedures to control or improve manufacturing processes.
What You’ll Work On
- Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
- Assists engineering in providing manufacturing support by training operators on processes and engineering changes, and performing operator certification on-the-job training and testing.
- Develops knowledge of manufacturing practices and procedures.
- Learns process improvement techniques by assisting Engineering in researching and validating changes in processes/equipment and test methods to improve yield and/or reduce cycle time per established procedures.
- Learns traceability and inspection requirements, learns statistical process control criteria, Learns how to develop manufacturing instructions, and create training sheets and certifications.
- May also train operators on basic processes and engineering changes, and perform operator certification on-the-job training and testing.
- Assists Engineers in collecting, compiling, measuring, organizing and recording data, and by writing procedures.
- May keep lab notebook.
Second Shift: Monday - Friday 3:00 - 11:30PM
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma / GED
- Applies knowledge of basic technical concepts and practices and a basic understanding of product or systems fundamentals.
- Utilizes basic knowledge of numerical and/or statistical data and computer software programs to resolve routine problems.
- Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
- Performs routine technical tasks working from detailed written or verbal instructions.
- Performs routine set-up, testing, repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of certain area specific equipment, materials, systems, and/or product.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associates Degree (± 13 years)
Apply Now
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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:
Operations Quality
DIVISION:
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION:
United States > Westfield: 1820 Bastian Court
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
No
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT 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), Work in a clean room environment
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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