JOB DESCRIPTION:

This is an open role to proactively prospect candidates for future opportunities at Abbott.

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 plan, life insurance, tuition, stock purchase plan, Asociación Solidarista, cafeteria subsidy, free parking lot, among others.
• 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 diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

The Opportunity  

This position works out of our Alajuela, Coyol location in the Vascular division that provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

 

What You’ll Do  

• Planning daily activities of the Calibration technicians. Will serve as point of contact for daily requests for calibration services and escalate urgent calibrations to technicians. This includes prioritization and assignment of tasks to within the group. 
• Realize cause analysis on Out-of-Tolerance equipment, assign corrective actions as needed and review the analysis with Calibration Supervisor. 
• Coordinate and plan the calibration moves and transfers in production lines.  
• Execute multi-discipline calibrations and complex measurement systems 
• Generate calibration assessment document for outside calibration services 
• Provide feedback for the automatization for calibration functions 
• Design calibration fixtures 
• Select standards for complex/system calibration procedures based on tolerance accuracy ratios, specifications, and measurement uncertainty 
• Complete assigned projects
• Analyze complex repair situations  
• Perform analysis for repair prevention Use and order tools; specify and order parts with attention to safety precautions 
• Use calibration data base systems including history tracking and recall and overdue reports 
• Develop calibration tasks 
• Calibration schedule and workload balance 
• Design calibration lab layouts 
• Review calibration procedures 
• Perform root cause and interval analyses on Out-of-Tolerance equipment  
• Provide formal training to equipment users and other calibration technicians 
• Research and answer user technical measurement questions 
• Perform data analysis and report on equipment measurement studies 
• Perform on the job training and technical orientation training for new hires 
• Perform system evaluations for calibration 
• Solve complex calibration/measurement problems 

 

Shift: Admin (Monday – Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm)

On-Site position

 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electric, Mechanics, Chemistry, Electronics, Electromechanical engineering, or other related technical fields 
• 2-4 years in Calibration roles 
• Knowledge of computer applications (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint). Experience developing calibration test methods on different magnitudes.  
• B2 English level

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. 

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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:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Work in a clean room environment