Senior Group Lead

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About the role

The Sr. Group Lead assists manufacturing management with achieving the daily production schedules and quality goals. Coordinates and supervises daily work for production personnel, moving operators around as necessary to maximize output and reduce WIP levels. Assists the supervisor in developing action plans to hit required output. Performs production reviews to ensure high level of quality before releasing product. Provides guidance and is a source of information for operators and support groups in the area. Assists in the employee/contractor selection process, and coordinates the documentation, onboarding, and training for employees, and provides inputs for performance appraisal. Coordinates sub-assembly and work order builds to achieve required productivity goals. As necessary, will perform the responsibilities of a Sr. Operator performing a wide variety of complex operations and numerous inspections in accordance with complex manufacturing process instructions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates production activity in assigned work areas, ensuring that product is processed in accordance with build schedules
• Act as interim supervisor while supervisor is not present
• Prioritizes daily tasks with minimal oversight, provides materials requests proactively in advance
• Understands Line Balance, performs hourly line walks and adjusts headcount to achieve daily targets
• Coordinates communication of work instructions to personnel in designated areas in accordance with supervisory objectives
• Accurately summarizes activities/downtime/rejects on Production Summary and Line Sheet
• Directs the team’s efforts in expediting priority product and tasks in assigned areas
• Works directly with production manager to ensure that quality and production goals are met; manages daily metrics
• Motivate employees and build teams to support the site’s policy of continuous improvement
• Runs daily Tier I meetings with operators to focus on goals, quality, safety, and productivity, and yield; reports daily metrics up to supervisor and manager
• Ensure the training of new manufacturing personnel to the team. Will assist in providing direct training to operators as required
• Coordinate trainings with no oversight from supervisor on which stations/operators need to be trained. Manage training matrix
• Perform inspection of device DHR’s to ensure that all requirements have been met and that any defects encountered during processing have been appropriately resolved prior to quality review. Raises concerns to quality when necessary
• Identify potential Quality System gaps, communicate to Engineering, and remediate as appropriate
• Ensure all procedures are adhered to and that GMP requirements are maintained
• Ensure safe-working practices are adhered to
• Provide input on performance appraisals
• Able to provide trouble shooting guidance to supervisor, operators or engineers on unit or process failures
• Able to review specified CATSWEB subtasks with Engineering support and refine as needed prior to execution
• Able to train to and achieve standard work and assembly time on multiple stations
• Utilize 5S tools to improve station layout
• Provides feedback on larger procedural updates to address compliance gaps or areas for performance improvement
• Ability to train other operators to procedures, and explain key aspects of JBS
• Go-to person for when auditors are on the line
• Perform changeover from one product type to another, on station using changeover matrix, and escalate to lead, supervisor, or equipment group depending on what product the station is changing from and to. Requires comprehensive knowledge of various tools/equipment/fixtures for various product types
• Ability to read, comprehend and implement lengthy, complex procedures written in English
• Maintain clean room integrity by using proper attire and adherence to clean room environment practices and procedures

Requirements

• H.S. Diploma or equivalent an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 6 years of related work experience
• Considerable administrative or creative knowledge of other functions or operations to develop new approaches to issues or problems
• Fluent in MS Office Applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Ability to document technical information related to manufacturing incidents and nonconformances

Preferred Qualifications

• Lead experience
• Two-year degree or some college credits preferred

Benefits

• 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
• Excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists

Pay

The base pay for this position is $21.55 – $43.05 per hour. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.