Metrology Technician

• 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’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 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 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.

This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL for the GES Global Engineering Services division.  

The Metrology Technician will service and calibrate a wide variety of equipment, instruments, and measurement standards.

• Safely and effectively performs service, calibration, and maintenance on a broadly defined scope of equipment and instruments as an Metrology Technician. Applies moderately complex principles, trouble shoots and assists others in resolving equipment/instrument issues in a timely manner.
• Ensures tasks are performed and documented in compliance with approved procedures,  standards, GxP and other quality requirements. 
• Ensure measurement traceability of Abbott products through measurement standards and/or maintaining artifacts whose value can be ascertained through basic physical constants.
• Completes assigned workload within predetermined schedules, and performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and Subject Matter Expert in assigned measurement discipline(s).
• Promptly communicate work status deviations, problems and general information including corrective action to the customer, supervision, and associates. 
• Safety knowledge, awareness and compliance with all safety, quality and other job-related policies and procedures; Actively participate in workplace safety and quality audits, and in other Corporate and departmental programs or initiatives.
• Maintains personal, professional, and technical expertise through attendance and participation in in-house and external training courses, and other developmental opportunities.
• Demonstrated skills in working as a team member with other highly specialized, competent, and independent technicians.
• Establishes and builds relationships and good communication channels with team members, customers, and other personnel, both internal and external to Abbott. 

• An associate degree in engineering, science, or closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with 3+ years of calibration experience with precision standards and measurement techniques.  In addition,  a comprehensive knowledge of fundamental electrical, electronic, or thermodynamic principles.
• Knowledge should consist of an overall awareness of and practice with measurement principles, measurement systems, metrology statistics, measurement assurance, and metrology software.
• Experience in the development of measurement uncertainties, analysis and performing statistical process control (SPC) where appropriate.

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or closely related discipline, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with 5+ years of calibration experience with precision standards and measurement techniques.  In addition, a comprehensive knowledge of fundamental electrical, electronic, and thermodynamic principles.
• An accomplished Technician in at least three (3) measurement disciplines.
• A technical background in health care, nutritional products, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, or similar industries.
• Knowledge should consist of an overall awareness of and practice with measurement principles, measurement systems, metrology statistics, measurement assurance, and metrology software.

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.