Engineering Manager (San Juan del Río)

Engineering Manager (Queretaro Site)

About Abbott: Abbott, a leading healthcare company, is investing in Mexico. We are building a manufacturing facility in Querétaro, the first health manufacturing facility in the region. In our Electrophysiology (EP) business, we are 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.

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, work in a recognized great place (named one of the most admired companies by Fortune), and support diversity and inclusion efforts.

Main Purpose of the Role

Manages the planning and completion of manufacturing engineering activities to meet production goals, while enhancing product quality and productivity.

Main Responsibilities

• Provides leadership to engineering staff regarding project prioritization, process validations, and continuous improvement activities.
• Leads the team to maintain key performance indicators under control.
• Provides prioritization and allocates engineering resources according to business needs.
• Periodically reviews and analyzes KPI data and trends.
• Understands the financial structure of the organization and its interactions with results.
• Uses product cost structure knowledge to identify risks and opportunities, providing inputs for the financial cycle (LBE) and ensuring financial results align with budget.
• Looks for and applies industry best practices related to equipment and process qualification.
• Ensures manufacturing lines have equipment requirements fulfilled according to production plan and allocates capital following company policies.
• Ensures maintenance budget is executed and maintained within reasonable variance, using historical data to drive future equipment selection.
• Has knowledge and expertise on product requirements and specifications, understanding potential risks related to product malfunctions.
• Evaluates the financial, process, or quality impact of product and process changes.
• Assures validation activities, manufacturing practices and documentation comply with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Interprets data from product and process reports to facilitate decision making.
• Leads CAPA investigation processes or provides support by allocating resources, implementing corrective/preventive actions, and ensuring product conformance to quality standards.
• Leads complex projects as project manager: new product introduction, substantial product changes, line expansions, etc.
• Drives continuous improvement projects according to plan.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical sciences, industrial engineering, mechanical, electronics engineering, automation, robotics, mechatronic engineering, or Master’s degree in engineering, business or similar (preferred).
• 7+ years experience in engineering management, balancing strategic and tactical priorities, financial planning (capital & budgeting), problem solving, validations, continuous improvement, statistical analysis, and industry standards such as ISO, GMP, FDA.
• Experience elaborating strategic reports for management about efficiencies, yields, and scrap.
• Experience with DMAIC, PDCA, 8D and Lean Manufacturing.

Languages

• English – advanced proficiency is a must.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.