Calibration Technician II

Title: Calibration Technician II

Location: Abbott Park, Illinois

Duration: 12 Months

Shifts: 7am - 3:30pm

100% Onsite

Summary

The Calibration Technician II is responsible for maintaining, calibrating, servicing, troubleshooting, and repairing a variety of measuring and test equipment (M&TE), instrumentation platforms, and control systems used across manufacturing, quality assurance, research and development, technical support, distribution, and plant utility operations. This role requires hands-on technical expertise with electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, optical, and process control equipment while ensuring compliance with GMP, GLP, safety, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance activities on measuring and test equipment (M&TE), instrumentation, and control systems.
• Analyze calibration and service data to determine corrective actions and ensure equipment performance meets required specifications.
• Read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, technical drawings, manuals, and procedures to diagnose equipment issues.
• Complete and maintain calibration records, work orders, purchase orders, and documentation within Maximo CMMS and other systems.
• Support installation, startup, validation, and calibration of new equipment and automated calibration systems.
• Investigate equipment performance issues and recommend solutions for measurement and instrumentation problems.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, GLP, regulatory, quality, and safety requirements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, engineering, R&D, and external vendors to support operational needs.
• Provide technical guidance and training to junior technicians as needed.
• Maintain organized work areas and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and waste reduction.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on technical experience or trade training in calibration, instrumentation, maintenance, electronics, or related technical fields.
• Experience troubleshooting, repairing, and calibrating electrical, electronic, mechanical, and/or optical measuring equipment.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Experience working with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), preferably Maximo.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills in a regulated manufacturing or laboratory environment.

Required Skills:

• Equipment Calibration & Preventive Maintenance
• Troubleshooting & Repair
• Electrical and Electronic Systems
• Instrumentation & Controls
• Mechanical Systems Knowledge
• Reading Schematics and Technical Drawings
• Documentation and Record Management
• GMP/GLP Compliance
• Root Cause Analysis
• Microsoft Office Applications
• CMMS/Maximo Experience
• Strong Communication and Teamwork Skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate degree, technical certification, or coursework in Electronics Technology, Instrumentation, Electrical Technology, or a related field.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, laboratory, or highly regulated manufacturing environments.
• Exposure to process control systems, automated calibration systems, and analytical instrumentation.
• Military technical training directly applicable to instrumentation, electronics, or maintenance disciplines.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Technical training in Electronics Technology, Instrumentation, Electrical Technology, or related discipline preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience will be considered.

Top Skills:

• Calibration and instrumentation experience
• Electrical/electronic troubleshooting and repair
• M&TE (Measuring & Test Equipment) experience
• Ability to read schematics and technical drawings
• Maximo CMMS and documentation experience
• GMP/regulated environment experience preferred

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)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.