Quality Engineering Manager - Altavista, VA Plant

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Quality Engineering Manager

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the student debt program, and education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world.

What You’ll Work On

• Provide Quality Engineering leadership in direct support of manufacturing.

• Management and development of Quality Engineers.

• Manage the activities of the Quality Engineering team.

• Provide Quality Engineering guidance and leadership to department and organization.

• Aggressively identify opportunities to proactively assure compliance to all applicable internal, domestic and international quality regulations and applicable quality certification requirements.

• Aggressively identify and manage activities related to adding value to the organization through validation, risk reduction and cost improvement.

• Provide influential peer leadership with partner sites to drive proactive quality improvements.

• Identify Quality Initiatives and lead cross-functional teams to complete them.

• Provide proactive, diligent, and fact-based communication to Sr. Management team, peers and team.

• Assess resource needs to assure that the accurate level of quality support is provided when needed with the competencies needed.

• Oversee the validation portions of the Quality System.

• Be an effective member of the cross-departmental Functional Management Team to foster continuous quality compliance, cost, and proactive improvements.

• Maintain effective Quality Metrics and define and execute activities to resolve decreases in performance.

• Be a champion of Quality, Six Sigma, Lean and disciplined problem solving throughout the organization.

• Support and or implement all Divisional quality validation initiatives as needed/required.

• Hires and retains a diverse, highly qualified staff and provides ongoing performance feedback. Sets goals which align to department plans and manages the execution of goals through coaching and mentoring. Maintains a safe and professional work environment.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of work and experience

• Minimum 8 years Quality or Quality Engineering experience in a regulated industry

• Minimum 3 years supervisory / leadership role

• Minimum 2 years demonstrated experience in process improvement

• Demonstrated and impactful strong project management and people leadership skills required.

• Demonstrated performance and results nonconformance management and reduction, value improvement, risk reduction, and cost containment.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: 

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 and a Military/Veteran friendly Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.