JOB DESCRIPTION:
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 will have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- 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 Alajuela location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.
As the Supplier Quality Engineer III, you’ll have the chance to drive improvement in the quality of components and services sourced from external suppliers. Provides technical support in theselectionand evaluation of suppliers, monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yieldissuesand field failures.
Asrequired,supervisestheactivities,manpowerandresourceswithinthefunctionalareatoensuresupportisprovidedtomeetthedepartmentandcompanygoals.
What You’ll Do
Responsable forcompliancewithapplicableCorporateandDivisionalPoliciesandprocedures.
Assessespotentialnewsuppliersfortechnical,qualityandmanufacturingcapabilities.
Providestechnicalsupportfortheintroductionofcomponentsfromanewsupplier.
Evaluates,monitorandapprovenewandexistingexternalsuppliersbasedintheirqualificationsandperformance,actsasaspokespersontoexternalsuppliers.
Analyzesincomingmaterialdefectsandcommunicatesissuestosuppliers.Investigatesfailuresrelatedtosuppliermaterials,dispositions,drivesandtrackscorrective/preventiveactionplanswherenecessary
Generatestestprotocols,monitorstesting,issuesmaterialqualificationtestreportsandapprovescomponentsforuse.
Assistsingeneratingcomponentspecifications,generatesandmaintainsincominginspectionproceduresandprovidesinputfromcomponentquality,inspectabilityandmanufacturabilityperspective.Trainsinspectorstotheseproceduresasrequired.
Mentorsemployeesbysharingtechnicalexpertiseandprovidingfeedbackandguidance.
Asrequired,supervisetechnicalpersonalfortaskexecution
Shift: Administrative
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, or equivalent field of study.
- 2 of experience in engineering related position.
- Intermediate command of English.
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.