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. **Senior Engineer, Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence** for Vascular medical devices business, this position is based in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. **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. + Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days. + 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 **Barceloneta** , Puerto Rico location in the Vascular Division. Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease. As the **Senior Engineer, Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence** will be responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing manufacturing and business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead-time, reduce the work-in-process, and improve process flow and efficiency. These actions will occur across multiple facets of organization including manufacturing, design, supplier development, documentation, and Abbott suppliers. Projects will incorporate lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, quick response manufacturing, Just-In-Time, Methods- Time Measurement, or a variety of other systems improvement philosophies. The employee will be required to create strong relationships with team members internal and external to Abbott to ensure project success. **What You’ll Do** + Analyzes, creates and implements manufacturing and/or business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead-time, reduce work in process and improve the quality, cost and delivery performance of Abbott. + Completes capacity analyzes internally and/or at suppliers for headcount, equipment and space requirements using simulation software or other effective tools. Identifies opportunities and drives incorporation of appropriate Lean tool usage such as 5S, time study, line balancing, standard work, material flow and value stream mapping, process mapping and Kaizen event into the daily functions of continuous improvement. Implements and maintains effective metrics with internal customers. + Participates as a core member in cross-functional teams to quickly troubleshoot and eliminate product supply issues internally or at suppliers. + Makes recommendations to teams, which drive higher yielding, lower cost, more manufacturable products. May use financial analyses tool and recommend alternative courses of action. + Convinces internal customer to make fundamental changes to their manufacturing and/or business processes. **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in engineering. + Master’s degree is preferred. + Minimum 6 years of related work experience with a strong understanding of specified functional area. + Technical/Business Knowledge-Wide application of technical principles, practices, and procedures. + Strong understanding of business unit function and cross group dependencies/relationships. + Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. + Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. + Has a sound knowledge of various technical alternatives and their impact. + Advanced proficiency in English and Spanish. Speaking, listening, reading and writing. + Digital skills: Microsoft office Other requirements preferred: + Industrial Engineer + Experience in Lean Six Sigma (e.g. Green Belt or Black Belt). Apply now (https://www.jobs.abbott/) 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. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. The base pay for this position is $66,000.00 – $132,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com