Engineering Standards Manager - Altavista, VA

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

• Support development of the site’s long-range capital plan, including asset condition assessment, lifecycle strategies, and capital prioritization aligned to business objectives.
• Establish, own, and continuously improve engineering standards, specifications, and governance processes to ensure technical consistency, compliance, and scalability.
• Provide capital portfolio governance, partnering with Finance and site leadership to monitor scope, cost, schedule, risk, and benefit realization.
• Provide strategic oversight of engineering-related validation and compliance practices, ensuring alignment with quality systems and regulatory expectations.
• Drive operational excellence and change management through standard work, performance metrics, structured problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Lead and develop engineering staff through coaching, performance management, and talent development.
• Collaborate with division and enterprise engineering networks to deploy enterprise strategies at the site level.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial,, or related discipline)
• Minimum 5 years Progressive experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience in engineering leadership, asset management, capital planning, or operational excellence roles within regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing systems, utilities, infrastructure, and process equipment.
• Experience with capital portfolio governance, lifecycle planning, and risk-based investment decision making.
• Familiarity with regulated quality and validation environments.

• Master’s Degree in Engineering (MBA) or related field preferred.
• Lean, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, or Project Management (PMP) training preferred.

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