**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.
- Private medical insurance, cafeteria subsidy, stock program, and employee association, among others
- 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 diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
**The Opportunity**
This position works out of our Alajuela, Coyol location in the Vascular division that provides innovative, mínimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.
**What You'll Do**
- Implements and manages a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.
- Trains and certifies to all critical assembly operations and understands all line PFM´s.
- Monitors daily metrics and provides direction and guidance to lower-level supervisors, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or Project goals.
- Retains responsibility for the product from initial assembly to final distribution. Schedules and organizes assigned manufacturing lines to achieve 100% product availability and maintain target levels of inventories.
- Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence.
- Maintains regular communication with exempt-level staff to ensure alignment in running operations and achieving objectives.
- Maintains a safe environment with 100% training and compliance with applicable procedures.
- Responsible for achieving dept. attendance targets including immediate feedback to employees by instance.
- Coordinates activities related to shift starts and changes.
- Communicate with other departments and functions as needed in support of meeting operational objectives.
- Helps develop, interpret and execute policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.
- Oversees personnel and processes to ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations.
- Monitors and communicates internal and external indicators that impact the business and or industry by reviewing reports and newsletters, reading organizational literature, meeting with peers, and reading development reports.
**Shift**
Shift: A **(Monday - Friday from 5:50 am to 3:15 pm)**
**On-Site position**
**Required Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related STEM field
- 4 years of related experience
- Influence and Leadership.
- Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting the manufacture of Medical Devices (i.e., cGMPs and CFRs).
- Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish)
**Preferred Qualifications**
- Industry / supervisory experience and direct exposure to Operations desired.
- Ability to direct activities of employees. Ability to train and motivate assigned personnel.
- Ability to continuously improve upon safety, quality, and performance.
- Has an understanding of operations standards and documentation.
- Has an understanding of safety, quality, and performance goals and can execute on goals.
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.
