Maintenance Mechanic / Multicraft - 3rd Shift (Altavista, VA Plant)
Abbott · Altavista, VA
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 3 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at Abbott (medical devices) in Altavista, VA. You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- FDA / GMP, Machining, Welding, EHS / safety
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How this role compares
Against 33 other live reliability postings in Virginia.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
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Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 47%
- ✓ Welding 44%
- SAP 26%
- Root cause 24%
- PLC 21%
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Required Qualifications
- ✓High School Diploma or GED
- ✓Understanding of mechanical systems
- ✓Mechanical and spatial aptitude
- ✓Good math and writing skills
- ✓Knowledge of hydraulic and fluid systems as well as proper lubrication procedures with oil and grease
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Welding certification preferred
- ✓Backflow prevention certification preferred
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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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Job description
Multi-Craft Mechanic III
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 Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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
- •Maintenance of the plant’s high-speed production equipment that makes our industry-leading nutrition products
- •Non-repetitive mechanical repairs and troubleshooting
- •Mechanical fluid and utility system troubleshooting
- •Fabrication, machining and welding
- •Installation or rearrangement of equipment
- •Completion of work documentation
You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.
Job family
Facilities & Maintenance
Division
ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain
Location
United States > Altavista : Building 1
Work shift
Standard
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), Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basis
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