Supplier Quality Engineer II at Abbott · Alajuela

Supplier Quality Engineer II Location: Costa Rica - Alajuela JOB DESCRIPTION: 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 Alajuela location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. As the Supplier Quality Engineer II, you’ll have the chance to drive improvement in the quality of components and services sourced from external suppliers. Provides technical support in the selection and evaluation of suppliers, monitors supplier performance to drive supplier corrective action, manufacturing yield issues and field failures. What You’ll Do Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. Assesses potential new suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturingcapabilities. Provides technical support. for the introduction of components from a new supplier. Evaluate, monitor, and approve new and existing external suppliers based in their qualifications and performance, acts asa spokesperson to external suppliers. Analyzes incoming material defects and communicates Issues to suppliers. Investigates failures related to supplier materials, dispositions, drives and tracks corrective/preventive action plans where necessary. Generates test protocols, monitor testing, issues material qualification test reports and approves components for use. Assist in generating component specifications, generates and maintains incoming inspection procedures and provides input from component quality, inspect ability and manufacturability perspective. Trains inspectors to these procedures as required. Mentors' employees by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance. As required, supervise technical personal for task execution Responsible for meeting daily goals; proactively seek ways to support the customer (i.e., working with engineering to find alternative resolutions that to issues, while maintaining compliance, without stopping production) Shift: Administrative Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in engineering, Science, or equivalent or an equivalent combination of education and field of study experience. 1-2 of experience in engineering related position. Intermediate command of English. Apply Now 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 N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality DIVISION: AVD Vascular LOCATION: Costa Rica > Alajuela : AVCR-1 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Cr09Sal (Costa Rica) TRAVEL: No MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Work in a clean room environment