Operations Scientist 1

Sensor Team. Working in a small and friendly team, you will be providing technical support to Witney's manufacturing facility. At Abbott, you can work with great people to help our patients and customers live their best lives. Day-to-day, your work will be to plan and carry out projects and investigations to support manufacturing processes and yield improvements. You'll need to enjoy interpreting data and writing reports, as a lot of your work will involve analysing results and making recommendations on material, machinery or process improvements. At Abbott, you can shape your career whilst helping to shape the future of healthcare. You will also be given additional responsibility for continuous improvement projects and will be required to provide technical expertise to colleagues in engineering, production and quality. This will include writing technical reports and process documentation.Your Background To be successful, you should ideally have a, Bachelor's or Master's degree in a

scientific or engineering discipline, or the equivalent experience. Those with a strong secondary level education, and a passion for science are also encouraged to apply.You must also have excellent attention to detail skills, a logical and methodical approach to problem solving, the ability to prioritise and the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances or new demands. A lot of your work will involve cross-functional teams, so you'll also need the communication and inter-personal skills to be able to build relationships with colleagues in various departments across the business.You will be expected to spend time in the manufacturing facility, so will need to have, or be able to develop, good hands-on practical skills. Good IT skills including Excel and PowerPoint are also required for this role.Why Abbott?In addition to a competitive salary, Abbott offers a highly attractive benefits package which includes a market-leading defined contribution pension
scheme, private healthcare and life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements. At Witney, we also support our employees to live life to the fullest - whether it's joining our couch to 5k team, tending the allotments, learning to be a bee keeper, dropping in for a yoga session, there is plenty going for you to engage with as and when you wish!The base pay for this position is N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.JOB FAMILY:ManufacturingDIVISION:ADC Diabetes CareLOCATION:United Kingdom > Witney : Production FacilityADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:Yes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Not Applicable