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 .

• Transportation, food services, private medical services

• 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 Zona Franca Coyol Alajuela, Building B31 location in the Vascular Division. 

As the Maintenance Technician II, you’ll have the chance to provides technical support to equipment utilized in manufacturing and supporting areas, by repairing and maintaining equipment, utilizing technical expertise, technical manuals, schematic drawings, precision tools and test equipment, to achieve established maintenance and production metrics/goals.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for compliance with applicable corporate, divisional and site policies and procedures.

• Responsible of documents equipment repairs, moves and preventive maintenance performed on equipment, including part and instruments used, to assure appropriate documentation on Maximo system.

• Responsible to document any work performed in Maximo using the correct WO as per applicable procedure and justify all the working hours on the system.

• Responsible of maintains back-up/spare equipment, to meet equipment needs in operations and supporting areas.

• Responsible to maintains maintenance areas in a clean and organize condition, including maintenance lab, mezzanine and work stations (maintenance and operations WS).

• Responsible to responds to complaints on equipment and work orders (OM, PM and all WOs types), and correct it.

Shift Compressed [First week 3 days, second week four days]

This is an On Site position

Required Qualifications

• Technical degree:  electronics, electric, maintenance, mechanical

• 3 years of experience

• Experience related to equipment troubleshooting , improvement identification and implementation, equipment design and / or equipment maintenance positions is required, preferred in a medical devices companies.

Preferred Qualifications

• High Equipment Technical knowledge required.

• Microsoft Offices Packages: Handles MS Word, Power Point and Excel at low to intermediate level.

• Able to read and interpretate basic technical manuals, schematic/electrical drawings and use precision tools and test equipment.

• Lean and Six sigma knowledge, certification as a plus: yellow or green blet, TPM, preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, others

• Maintenance metrics knowledge as a plus, as example: equipment availability, MTBF, MTBR, etc.

• PLCs knowledge/training as a plus.

• CAB/CAD knowledge / certification , including SW and autocad as a plus

• Ownership , problem solving skills and low to medium complexity decision making required.

• Minimum supervision needed

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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