Technical Manufacturing Supervisor-1st shift

Job description

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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DO WORK THAT MATTERS

At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 150 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Manufacturing Supervisor within our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics business located at Scarborough, Maine.  In this role, you will be responsible for providing advanced technical support and supervision toward the accomplishment of manufacturing and product development objectives.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (formerly Alere) is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for managing product/process testing projects
• Supervises TM personnel in day to day functions
• Schedules test programs and management of workload to help assure timely and satisfactory completion of projects
• Coordinates TM duties with necessary departments

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) or MS in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of five years’ experience in medical/biotech field.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Team Leadership and contribution
• Initiative and Innovation
• Conceptual thinking
• Results Oriented
• Technical/Professional knowledge
• Proven ability to lead in a team setting
• Cooperation in a team setting
• Excellent Lab skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good communication skills

About Abbott

At Abbott, we're committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today, 99,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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