Packaging Engineer - Columbus, OH

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:

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership within the Abbott manufacturing, supply chain, and packaging engineering organizations.
• Act as a recognized subject matter expert in packaging materials, associated equipment and best practices associated with building and maintaining supply at identified vendors.
• Act as the Technical Lead and/or project lead for significant projects in technology transfer and process improvement.
• Provide operational support for plant teams, third party manufacturing partners, and vendor performance initiatives.
• Lead investigations around root cause analysis and determine solutions to technical issues related to vendor performance and/or manufacturing success.
• Regularly review new and existing vendor capabilities associated with packaging manufacturing processes while working to identify strategies to ensure ongoing supply chain success. 
• Ensure maintenance of technical best practice and regulatory compliance.
• Provide ongoing technical support to Abbott Nutrition Plants and Third Party Manufacturers (TPM) to ensure compliance and security of supply – metrics review, investigation, root cause analysis, and process improvement. Implement / operational excellence (OPEX) initiatives as necessary.  
• Knowledge of global regulatory requirements related to design and control of Packaging processes.  
• Candidate will be required to provide support to Global Abbott Nutrition Operations.
• Particular knowledge in the areas of secondary and flexible packaging concepts and technologies are valued (i.e. Materials, equipment, and Third Party Manufacturing TPM, etc)

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in one of the recognized engineering / technical areas or equivalent.
• 3+ years’ experience in a Technical role in a Product Manufacturing or Packaging environment.  
• Subject Matter Expert level knowledge of relevant Packaging Processes
• Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis
• Proven record of achievement in technical and project leadership.
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organisation with proven influencing and negotiation ability
• Acknowledged technical leadership

     

The base pay for this position is

$61,300.00 – $122,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

     

DIVISION:

ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain

        

LOCATION:

United States > Columbus : 2900 Easton Square Place

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 15 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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