Production Trainer

Job description

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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About Abbott

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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Leading an active lifestyle is important to the many people we serve. In Abbott’s Heart Failure division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies in electrophysiology and heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Our location in Plymouth, MN, currently has an opportunity for a Production Trainer. This role will have a strong emphasis on Job Relations and peer bonding and under general supervision, performs on-the-job, skill, and deliver trainings in assembly and production areas. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Provides instructional training and assessment/certification support for multiple processes (e.g., manual assembly, inspection, soldering components, assembling components using microscopes, automated systems). Explains cause and effect of non-conformant builds

• Performs regular process audits of personnel, tooling and equipment in assigned areas.  Performs inspection of hybrids and disposition per required documentation. May be involved in generating audit action items and participating in the preventative and corrective action associated with audit findings.

• Maintains required records and assures operator compliance.  Compiles and organizes data to support continuous improvement plans for both process area and individual work cells.

• Complies and teach other how to comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.  Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

• Teach others how to perform line clearance procedures, how to achieve good documentation practices and how to properly complete their shop floor paperwork.

• Tracks the output and the scrap of their trainees.

• Support the retraining process of certified individuals

• May partner with appropriate Engineering personnel in developing process yield improvement plans.

• May participate in the development or improvement of process work instructions (i.e., Manufacturing Operation (MO), Engineering Specification (ES), Process Aid (PA)) and training modules (i.e., guides and assessments) in conjunction with Training, Quality, and Engineering.

• Reviews and recommends procedural changes pertaining to all applicable specifications, as well as, communicating all Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) and Temporary Alert changes to production. Generates ECO’s as requested to facilitate changes.

• Notifies the Supervisor of the need to replenish supplies/materials and of any difficulties that cannot be readily corrected.

• May set-up/utilize special test equipment.

• Resolves and/or facilitates resolution of problems including identifying causes to prevent re-occurrence.

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

• High school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) diploma, or equivalent. 

• Typically, a minimum of two plus years related experience in the assembly, including the demonstrated ability to provide work/lead direction to a team. 

• Demonstrated manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination is required. 

• Must be attentive to detail. 
• Strong ability to teach and communicate information with clarity and resulting in compliance

• Demonstrated use of standard hand tools used in the assembly of bio-instruments/bio-devices is mandatory.  Incumbents are required to work cooperatively and productively with others. 

• Must be able to multi-task, meet deadlines on multiple projects, and rotate through all jobs performed in the assigned work group as needed.

• The ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English is also required; this requirement includes clear, understandable speech and demonstrated comprehension skills. 

• The demonstrated ability to provide constructive input/feedback to trainees and all levels of employees is also required. 

• The demonstrated ability to understand and comply with applicable U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations and Company operating procedures, processes, policies and rules is essential. 

• Must be able to maintain regular and predictable attendance; the ability work overtime is also required. 

• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office Applications, namely Excel and PowerPoint

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority
• Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled
• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

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