Continuous Improvement Engineer II

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 Costa Rica – Alajuela location in the EP Division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
As the Continuous Improvement Engineer II, you will be responsible, under general direction, for the execution of Operational excellence initiatives aligned with site goals and imperatives for increasing revenue, capacity, optimizing cycle time, space utilization, and improving customer satisfaction. The role is accountable for delivering tactical results from the application of Lean, Op Ex and Continuous Improvement methodologies

What You’ll Do

• Execute method & time studies, capacity analysis and line balancing.
• Calculate business unit direct labor needs to support year over year demands and to establish direct labor standards in coordination with the finance and operations teams.
• Generate models and/or scenarios for Direct Labor Headcount requirements and volumes rates that support the best optimal cost structure for the business.

• Support Site Capacity Business Processes in collaboration with cross-functional areas (Supply Chain, Finances, Operations)
• Provide support in the overall layout administration for specific product line.
• Provide support in layout changes that enable growth, space utilization and flow improvements.
• Support tactical process improvement projects in the business unit, applying lean manufacturing and kaizen event principles.
• Support Operational Excellence initiative across the Site, in conjunction with Ops Teams
• May provide support to the implementation of 5s activities in manufacturing and or support areas
• Organize and plan the activities, able to keep track and provide progress status updates.
• Support the introduction of new product lines by creating the capacity models and defining the correct distribution of workstations throughout the manufacturing area.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering careers.
• 2-5 years of working experience on similar roles.
• Knowledge and experience in the application of Lean manufacturing concepts and continuous improvement methodologies
• Computer software knowledge (Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Auto Cad).
• Willing to travel.
• Intermediate command of English language (required).

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience on medical devide industry.

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