**About Abbott**
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health.
We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
**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.
- 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 Costa Rica - Alajuela location in the Structural Heart Division.
In Abbott's 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.
The Manufacturing Engineering Section Leader (NPIs) will be responsible for the planning, installation, validation and start-up activities for specific product(s)
and/or projects introduced into Costa Rica Site.
Also, provide leadership to engineering or cross functional teams to meet the business results.
The manufacturing engineer position develops and implements optimal, cost-effective manufacturing processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and quality standards; recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods and controls.
**What You'll Do**
- Leads complex projects as project manager: New product introduction, substantial product changes, line expansions, etc.
- May supervise and provide technical assistance to exempt and non-exempt personnel, being accountable for their correct training and performance management.
- Provides inputs for the departmental budget preparation.
- Leads or supports local and external cross functional team activities.
- Provides leadership to engineering staff regarding project prioritization, process validations, and continuous improvement activities.
- Leads the team to maintain Key performance indicators under control.
- Provides prioritization & allocates engineering resources, according to business needs.
**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
- 7+ years of manufacturing/process development experience or demonstrated combination of experience / skills in equivalent or similar positions.
- Experience with statistical techniques (e.g., DOE, SPC).
Is required.
- Computer software knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point).
- Willing to travel
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies.
Such as lean manufacturing techniques, value stream mapping, or similar.
- Solid knowledge of FDA, GMPs and ISO regulations.
- Experience leading validation plans for medical industry products and processes and leading root cause problem solving methodologies.
- Experience in project management involving coordination of cross-functional teams.
- Fully Bilingual English and Spanish.
**Preferred Qualifications**
- 5 years prior experience in medical device manufacturing preferred.
- MES knowledge is a plus.