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’ll also have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
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 St. Paul, MN location in the Abbott Vascular Devices division.
Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.
What You'll Work On
• Provide day to day maintenance and technical support for Abbott Vascular New Brighton Operations. Perform assigned duties and tasks with limited supervision. Assure functionality and regulatory compliance of production equipment.
What You'll Do
• Perform Preventive Maintenance activities for all production equipment throughout the New Brighton site, documenting detailed maintenance work orders in specified systems
• Provide technical and maintenance assistance and complete assignments in selected areas to optimize equipment performance.
• Perform troubleshooting, equipment failure diagnosis, parts selection, reassembly of equipment and equipment start up oversite.
• Maintain spare parts inventory for site.
• Oversee maintenance and repair work by equipment supplier technicians within the New Brighton site.
• Perform tasks per all applicable regulatory requirements including safety and quality requirements.
• The Technician works with limited supervision and must make decisions to prevent serious quality, safety and environmental problems.
• Errors in judgement or failure to follow rules and procedures could result in serious safety or compliance issues and/or could cause significant equipment or property damage.
Required Qualifications
Education
High School Diploma / GED
or
Technical Diploma (± 12 years)
Completion/certification or equivalent preferred.
Experience/Background
Experience
Minimum 2 years
Maintenance, operations or technical support role is required.
The base pay for this position is
$27.85 – $55.65/hourIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf
EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf
At Abbott, we are enthusiastic, energetic and committed to doing great work every day. Our employees are passionate about helping to translate science into lasting contributions to health care and the health of people worldwide. At the heart of our organization is our "Promise for Life"—a statement that embodies our company's commitment to employees, shareholders, local communities and the people who depend on our company and products to live healthier lives.
Vital to our promise is the speed in which we act, respond and deliver. As Abbott employees, we are ready to meet change and challenges head-on. As a result, we are a company that adapts quickly, and through our passion for innovation we are able to continually create a pipeline of products that help improve the length and quality of life around the world.
We are proud of our rich, more than 120-year history. We continue to be driven to advance leading-edge science and technologies, support diversity, focus on exceptional performance and earn the trust of those we serve.