Group Lead, R&D Engineer

Follow your aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities, competitive salaries, great benefits, a 401(k) retirement savings plan, a company paid pension plan and profit sharing, all with a company providing the growth and strength to build your future.Primary Job FunctionProvides engineering supervision and technical leadership to employees who are responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating new product development projects. Ensures that program objectives are determined and met, logistics are effectively coordinated, and budgets are adhered to.Core Job ResponsibilitiesResponsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.1. Implements a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources. 2. Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews.3. Monitors daily work operations and provides direction and guidance to lower-level supervisors, experienced exempt employees, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals. 4. Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures. 5. Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit. 6. Contributes to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit. 7. Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations etc). 8. Monitors internal and external indicators by reviewing reports and newsletters, reading organizational literature, meeting with peers and reading departmental reports. 9. Contributes to the development and monitoring of area budget through regular analysis of cost and spending.QualificationsMonitors progress of exempt individuals, teams, supervisors or nonexempt technical individuals toward departmental goals; monitors costs of projects and of human and material resources within a department or unit; monitors external environment in area of technical or professional responsibility. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations. (Cognitive Skills) Develops and/or identifies new work processes and the improved utilization of human and material resources within the assigned area or related departments; facilitates others involvement in the continuous improvement program; investigates and solves problems that impact work processes and personnel within the assigned unit. Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. EEO/AATo apply for this position, click here.To learn more about Abbott and view other opportunities, click here.