Mechanical Reliability Engineer

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.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Abbott Park, IL location within the GES Global Engineering Services division. This is an onsite position.

A results-driven engineering professional who applies mechanical engineering principles, reliability methodologies, analytical problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making to improve asset performance and support Maintenance Excellence initiatives. This role is responsible for optimizing the reliability, availability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance of manufacturing equipment and critical plant assets through all phases of the asset lifecycle, including design, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning.

The Mechanical Reliability Engineer leads the development and continuous improvement of preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime, reduce total cost of ownership, and improve operational efficiency. This position utilizes failure analysis, condition monitoring, root cause investigations, and reliability engineering tools to identify and mitigate equipment risks, eliminate recurring failures, and enhance asset integrity.

Key responsibilities include managing maintenance engineering support activities, coordinating plant shutdown and turnaround execution, supporting maintenance and capital budgets, and providing technical leadership for equipment upgrades and capital improvement projects. The role works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and external vendors to ensure equipment performance supports production objectives while maintaining the highest standards of safety, quality, and compliance.

What You'll Work On:

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• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) in Engineering, science, a Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or closely related discipline is preferred.
• Minimum 3 years and Significant engineering and/or operational experience
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory standards and requirements for division products.
• The skill set of this position requires a balance of industrial and mechanical engineering principles, data analysis, process improvement techniques, and problem-solving.
• Possesses a working technical knowledge of maintenance programs.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Familiarity with "reliability centered maintenance' is preferred.
• Candidate must successfully demonstrate/possess a strong work ethic, safety-conscious philosophy (i.e. zero incident mindset), strong customer service attitude, excellent communication skills, initiative, strong technical knowledge, planning and organizing, teamwork, attention to detail, strong problem solving skills and prior knowledge of computer systems (i.e. Windows desktop software).
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Interacts well with diverse groups within engineering and maintenance, and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external collaborators.
• Listens to and understands others' points of view and articulates tactfully and respectfully one's own perspective orally, in writing, and in presentations.
• Works well with others in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to negotiate and reconcile differences.
• Has a technical background in health care, nutritional products, laboratory diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceutical, or similar industries (preferred).
• Previous experience as a mechanic, electrician or instrument tech beneficial.
• Extensive experience in leading/managing projects or process improvement initiatives.
• Previous Lean Six Sigma training beneficial.
• Extensive experience in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
• Strong, proven leadership experience required with an emphasis on supervision of direct reports and influence senior leadership.
• Previous experience in generating and managing financial budgets. Ability to manage a department in the absence of the department manager.

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