Manufacturing Engineer I

Title: Manufacturing Engineer I

Location: Temecula, California

Duration: 1+ Month

100% Onsite

Shift Time: 5:00am to 1:30pm

Job Summary:

The Associate Manufacturing Engineer will serve as the primary manufacturing engineer supporting operations in Abbott Vascular Temecula. The individual performing this role will have to integrate with the team supporting the manufacturing line including but not limited to: the line supervisor, Quality Engineer and operators to address the opportunities found in their assigned manufacturing line. They will be accountable for quality, safety, product output and yield for their assigned manufacturing line.This person may also have a contributing role as a sustaining engineer for the department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the daily support to the manufacturing activities in order to meet established goals for safety, quality,cost, and production.
• Maintains systems that support the monitoring of key performance indicators such as yield, nonconforming material or lead time. If indicators show an adverse trend, works with the functional team to plan and implement appropriate changes.
• Works with line support team (QC Supervisor, Mfg Supervisor, Quality Engineer and Operations) to perform line situation triage and determine if non-conformance is present, determine initial bracketing and containment, and support generation of ER, if needed.
• Prepares product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Responsible for product/process knowledge and understanding of basic cause and effect of line and process changes.
• Understands potential risk related to product nonconformance. Has knowledge and expertise on product requirements and specifications.
• Stays current. Keeps aware of the changing technical and competitive environment as it relates to the business
• Establishes a means of keeping abreast with technology on own engineering area and sharing with co-workers, e.g., stays current in product/process innovations in areas of expertise.
• Assures that production lines output meet the specifications of the product.
• Has clear criteria of conforming/ non conforming product and the on-line and reliability test methods used for verifying product conformance.
• Maintains manufacturing documentation such as manufacturing process instructions, lot history records, bill of materials.
• Investigates, conducts test or experiments, gathers data, performs preliminary analysis, and reports findings.
• Prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans
• Leads root cause analysis efforts for basic/simple manufacturing events, utilizing DMAIC model and A3s. Supports CAPA (Major) investigations with data gathering and analysis as needed.
• Line support representative for related projects such as yield improvements, Cost Improvement Project “CIP's”, productivity, quality and safety. Responsible for providing the line with related Engineering solutions, such as tooling (TLTs) and Manufacturing Aids ( from idea definition to implementation).
• Responsible for simple continuous improvement projects development and execution.
• Evaluates ideas from the Localized Process Improvement “LPI” program for potential implementation.
• Reviews existing layouts and standards and creates a proposed design, e.g., uses appropriate tools to complete design drawing/layout; designs a simple piece of equipment or system; modifies an existing design to meet a new need
• Performs validation activities for new or existent production lines, meeting regulatory requirements. This includes equipment, process, product and test method validations.
• Support maintenance technicians and supervisors in equipment availability issues.
• Review equipment work order completion and performs product impact analysis in order to release equipment for commercial manufacturing use.
• Assists in the training of personnel required for the operation of equipment.
• Responsible for working with Quality Assurance “QA” counterpart and determining quality impact of Out-of-Tolerance“OOT“ situations.
• Responsible for execution of line-related change management (material, equipment and process changes).
• Responsible for change order “CO” and simple Change Request “CR” generation related to changes impacting the manufacturing line.
• Complies with all regulations and standards for Quality, Environment, Health, Safety and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott Engineering Standards, and other governance areas as applicable

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 1 year experience or Up to 3 years of experience, both overall and any industry-specific experience needed
• Knowledge and proficiency in the application and principles of Manufacturing & Process Engineering.
• Ability to effectively communicate cross-functionally to assist in resolving Quality/Engineering issues.
• Knowledge of common office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.
• Basic understanding of materials, product design, product testing

Preferred Experience:

• Basic understanding and knowledge of statistics, GD&T, tolerance stack up analysis, Statistical Process Control “SPC”, fundamentals of Design of Experiments “DOE” and problem solving methodologies
• Familiar with the use of various inspections tools including but not limited to: pin gauge, caliper, micrometer, snap gauge, drop gauge, block gauge, optical comparator, vision system, etc.
• Experience working in a medical device manufacturing environment such as: extrusion, injection molding, laser cutting, cleaning, passivation, electropolishing, assembly, bonding, packaging, testing, inspection methods, and others.
• Experience use of statistical software (ex: Minitab, JMP), six sigma training and/or certification, use of Solidworks (or similar CAD software), MS project, Verification & Validation activities, basic understanding of FDA, Good Manufacturing Practice “GMP” and ISO guidelines.
• Ability to travel approximately 5%, including internationally

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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