Associate Mechanical Engineer - Columbus, OH Plant

$48,000 - $96,000/Yr

Abbott Laboratories - Columbus, OH

Full-time - Entry Level

Columbus, OH

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The position is focused on providing mechanical support and technical leadership within the maintenance team at Abbott's Columbus, Ohio plant, specifically in the Nutrition Division. The role involves implementing and maintaining plant equipment and systems to ensure safety, quality, and productivity while complying with regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with engineering and maintenance teams to drive continuous improvement and support production operations.

Responsibilities

• Assist with implementing and maintaining plant equipment, systems, and other fixed assets to a high standard of safety, quality, and productivity.
• Provide mechanical support to all aspects of the operation to support production bottling lines.
• Perform small projects and troubleshoot line performance with the maintenance team.
• Implement mechanical improvements to drive line improvement in quality, safety, and productivity.
• Provide technical support to the Columbus plant, engineering, and maintenance teams.
• Provide technical leadership within the maintenance team to implement industry best practices.
• Use predictive maintenance techniques to drive line improvements.
• Support processing and packaging asset performance using 5S, RCA, Lean Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement tools.
• Work with engineering and maintenance to implement and adhere to Columbus plant or division engineering and programming standards for equipment modifications and upgrades.
• Monitor production data to determine areas of improvement and react to unforeseen production/manufacturing issues.
• Provide technical training to plant personnel including engineering, equipment operators, electricians, instrument technicians, and maintenance as needed.
• Create and execute validation activities according to plant/division policy.
• Plan and conduct small projects within the engineering function.
• Gather data to aid in detailed planning/monitoring of equipment performance prior to and after project implementation, perform project reviews within Maintenance/Engineering team, implementation, validation, and release to production.
• Complete line improvement activities incorporating best available technologies while adhering to Abbott policies, regulatory requirements, GMP standards, Abbott Engineering Standards, and Environmental, Health / Safety regulations.
• Review equipment/process specifications, drawings, and software as required and ensure that existing documentation is accurate and appropriate.
• Research, recommend, implement, and qualify replacement parts for discontinued/obsolete components, equipment, and software.

Requirements

• B.S. in Engineering: Mechanical focus
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal required.
• Possesses a working technical knowledge and application of concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Strong leadership skills required.
• Interacts well with diverse operations/maintenance/engineering groups.

Nice-to-haves

• Maintains strong working relationships with internal customers in a collaborative, fast-paced, goal-driven environment.
• Listens to and understands others' points of view; possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Leads small projects / supports larger programs to successful completion.
• Responsible for completing project tasks within time constraints.
• Work is reviewed for overall accuracy, completeness, soundness of technical judgment.
• Coordinates efforts with technical and support staff.
• Guides the efforts of technicians and outside personnel.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs starting day 1
• 120 hours of accrued vacation plus vacation buy program and personal days
• 10 paid holidays
• Retiree Healthcare program
• Robust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• Tuition reimbursement and FreeU education benefit
• Financial security through competitive compensation and incentives
• Training and career development programs