Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer

About the job

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, nutrition, and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

World Leader in Blood Glucose Monitoring, Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) designs, develops and manufactures glucose monitoring systems for use in both home and hospital settings.

We have a Centre of Excellence in Witney for the development and manufacture of electrodes and biosensors used by patients and healthcare professionals for the day-to-day management of diabetes. 

THE ROLE

As a result of strong business growth, industry-leading product development in the biosensor business and a long-term commitment to high volume manufacturing in our Witney Centre of Excellence, we have an opportunity for a PROJECT ENGINEER/SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER to join our Operations Group, working within the biosensor manufacturing area of the business. 

The role of the Project Engineer is to provide support and assistance with Engineering projects and other activities, whether this be MANAGING PROCESS EQUIPMENT VALIDATIONS categorised as critical to the business, or collaborating, communicating and developing good relationships with internal engineering functions, other ADC departments, external suppliers and external regulatory bodies. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT is an important part of our site’s culture and as such, you will be heavily involved in proposing and contributing to initiatives and projects that improve our operations. 

You will need to have completed a degree in an ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SUBJECT and ideally bring experience of Project Engineering or Project Management within a MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT.  

You may have engineering/technical experience, for example, understanding technical drawings, databases or use of CAD systems also have experience of quality / regulatory systems within Medical Devices (or Pharmaceuticals), although this is not essential. 

Abbott has health/wellness and financial benefits that help provide security for you and your family. In addition to a competitive salary, Abbott offers a highly attractive benefits package which includes a defined-contribution pension scheme, a share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements. We like to help our employees live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including onsite allotments, couch to 5k campaigns, bee keeping, yoga and more!

An equal opportunity employer - Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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