TPM Systems Engineering Supervisor at Abbott Laboratories

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a TPM Systems Engineering Supervisor position located at our Irving, TX office. The TPM Systems Engineering Supervisor is responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Provide supervision and direction to a group engaged in basic product or process development /support. Ensure that plans are implemented, and milestones are achieved within budget.

What You’ll Work On

• Develop project plans, ensure milestones are met and adjust resources as required to meet commitments. Provide input to budget. Develop area goals and aligns with business objectives. Organizes and Executes Activities: Coordinates the detailed timeline, key milestones, and resources to complete projects within area. Supports Achievement of Development Goals: Balances the time needed for accomplishing current work and achieving development goals, applies newly developed skills, knowledge, and experience to the job, recognizes and rewards development.
• Design and analyze solutions to meet discrete product or process issues. Maintain current technical skills and business function expertise. Anticipate issues and their impact on projects and make recommendations for resolution. Considers cost of alternatives when making decisions and/or recommendations.
• Recommends an organization design that responds to the needs of the business and provides a meaningful work experience for employees.
• Encourage and reward decisive, effective action. Presents information to and elicits comments from individuals and groups, facilitates group processes and teamwork. Maintain contact with team members to provide a communication link with management. Keeps management informed or personnel of project developments.
• Supports Analysis and Design of Products or Processes: Identifies cause-effect relationships and uses technical knowledge and experiences to recommend and execute options. Integrates subsystems and components in total system design, develops specifications and customer requirements.
• Staffs Positions: Recruits, interviews, and selects candidates to fill openings. Provides input for advertisements and prepares job description requirements. Utilizes Financial Information: Maintains projects within expense budgets. Balances the workload staff’s projects with the appropriate skills. Delegates authority appropriate to the individual and to the scope of the project.
• Exchanges Information: Exchanges information with appropriate frequency and within a time frame to maximize its utility and promote cross functional collaboration, verifies that the message was understood.
• Adapts Information to Customer Needs: Delivers communications tailored to the needs of the receiver, speaks, and writes clearly and concisely.
• Makes Presentations: Delivers informational presentations, communicates purpose and desired outcomes, keeps to time frames, and presents organized ideas persuasively.
• Resolves Conflicts: Faces conflicts and takes initiative to resolve issues constructively so all parties can be productive, knows when to involve others.
• Facilitates Teamwork: Develops team vision/mission, encourages collaboration, works with team to clarify roles, and meets personal commitments to the team. Compares the results with managers’ expectations. Involves staff in planning, problem solving and decision making. Creates opportunities for cross functional teamwork to improve product development cycle.
• Direct Others and Operations: Coordinates the efforts to achieve goals, delegates work to lowest capable level, monitors status of plans/projects and gives feedback and redirects efforts, when necessary, faces people problems quickly and directly.
• Recognizes and Quantifies Risk: Recognizes risk relative to product performance, procedures, and regulatory requirements, and takes appropriate action.
• Monitors Technical Innovations: Monitors trends in technology and predicts how that will support or enhance future business needs.
• Complete general administrative tasks, adhere to a budget, plan work, set goals, administer merit plans, and provide performance feedback to staff. Operate within well-defined expectations. Manage a single project or area.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate Degree of Engineering/ design preferred or;
• Bachelor’s degree of Engineering
• Min 7 years of experience and knowledge of regulations and standards affecting medical device. Minimum of three years of experience in engineering discipline which includes leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical device (IVD) and/or automation and informatics as used in medical field with knowledge of regulation and standards as they pertain to the design, integration, evaluation, and commercialization of diagnostic systems.
• Proven ability to manage project critical paths for investigations, design reviews, and design transfer/improvement projects with Third-Party Manufacturers.
• Experience negotiating to lead and manage Third-Party Manufacturer (TPM) relationships. Skilled in aligning team, resolving conflicts, and building long-term relationships with external partners.
• Experience in design/change control and/or risk management.

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. 

The base pay for this position is $83,000.00 – $166,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.