**About Abbott Manufacturing Engineer IV**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 Alajuela location. As the Manufacturing Engineer IV, you'll develop and implement 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; is also responsible for the activities related to installation and validation of production lines as well as the lifecycle management of equipment.**What You'll Do**- Daily support to the manufacturing activities to meet established goals for safety, quality, cost and production.- Based on key performance indicators data such as yield, nonconforming material or leadtime, takes action to maintain indicators under control and promote continuos improvement.- Uses statistical techniques to facilitate decision making and to draw conclusions from available data.- Understands product cost components and its interactions, (direct & indirect material costs, MUV, labor, overhead).- Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.- Performs installation/validation activities for new or existent production lines, meeting regulatory requirements. That includes equipment, process, product, and test method validations.- Estimates validation activities cost and assures it is budgeted withing financial cycle.- Identifies, selects, and purchases equipment/fixtures according to production requirements, due to obsolescence, redundancy, or line capacity expansion. Has direct relation with vendors to define equipment suitability.- Keeps equipment operational by coordinating calibration, maintenance, and repair services; following manufacturer's instructions and established procedures; requesting special service when needed.- Analyzes equipment data, trends, and performance to assure correct lifecycle management and identify and mitigate risks associated to equipment technical knowledge, spares availability and external technical service.- Evaluates the financial, process or quality impact, derived from product & process changes.- Has clear criteria of conforming/ non-conforming product and the test methods used for verifying conformance.- Able to navigate and execute activities on manufacturing systems for example, update routers, BOM's or to generate new part numbers and ZFINs.- Maintains MP's current and compliant to regulations ensuring practices at the manufacturing floor adhere to them.- Leads or supports local cross functional team activities. Support/Lead global initiatives with other functions and sites (ie, RA, R&D, QA).- Leads or supports CAPA investigation processes, or exception documents such as complaints investigations.- Identify and implement continuous improvement projects for any of the main key areas: safety, quality, production, and cost, using the appropriate project management tools.- 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.**Required Qualifications**- Bachelor's degree in STEM careers.- 6+ years of manufacturing/process development experience.- Statistical techniques knowledge (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.- Knowledge of FDA, GMP, and ISO guidelines is required.- Experience leading validation plans for medical industry products and processes and leading root cause problem solving methodologies.- Experience in project management.- Advance Commands of English required.- Available to work 100% on site (Coyol, Alajuela).- Shift Administrative (Monday to Friday 8:00 am -5:00 pm).**Preferred Qualifications**- (3-5) + years prior experience in medical devices manufacturing.- Performance management.Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a com
