JOB DESCRIPTION:
About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
Working at Abbott
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 will have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
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:
- Ensuring the stability, availability, and performance of IT systems and applications through proactive monitoring, issue resolution, and ongoing maintenance.
- The role supports business operations by managing system upgrades, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, and delivering reliable IT solutions that meet organizational needs.
- It also contributes to the successful delivery of IT projects, effective coordination across technical teams, and consistent communication with stakeholders, while maintaining a strong focus on service quality and operational efficiency.
What You’ll Do:
- Monitor and maintain systems, ensuring timely resolution of issues.
- Analyze software and hardware problems and coordinate effective, practical solutions.
- Perform system software upgrades, including planning, scheduling, testing, and coordination.
- Ensure availability and reliability of systems and application environments through proactive and reactive maintenance.
- Ensure adherence to corporate and divisional policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant governmental and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure IT applications effectively meet organizational needs.
- Communicate clearly and professionally with team members and external stakeholders on matters related to IT applications.
- Demonstrate punctuality and reliability in meeting deadlines and work schedules.
- Work effectively in a team environment that includes both infrastructure and application specialists.
- Successfully execute IT projects deployed locally or initiated by corporate groups.
- Maintain strong awareness and appreciation of internal and external customer needs.
- Demonstrate the ability to multitask and work independently with minimal supervision.
- Provide IT technical expertise and collaborate with various site functions, including Engineering and Manufacturing Operations.
- Perform detailed operational analysis of data collection systems and control software.
- Prepare testing and validation documentation, including the execution of hardware and installation activities for manufacturing systems where applicable.
- Lead the development and management of external vendor technical resources to support solution implementation and ongoing maintenance.
- Investigate and troubleshoot control systems to optimize operational performance.
- Communicate regularly with project teams, providing updates, reports, and project evaluations.
- Conduct technical training sessions for internal and external users across various systems.
- Lead design reviews to ensure solutions meet operational requirements.
- Ensure testing and change control activities comply with corporate policies and standards.
- Oversee integration of hardware, software, communication protocols, and user interfaces to ensure seamless system operation.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
- Minimum 3 years of experience in similar position
- Understanding of GAMP 5 or SQA (Software Quality Assurance) or equivalent knowledge
- Excellent communication skills include the ability to translate technical information into basic understanding, and the ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with a diversity of people at an individual and team level.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Demonstrates strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Experience in manufacturing industry preferred
Location
This position is based in Waikato District > Pokeno.
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
IT Operations
DIVISION:
BTS Business Technology Services
LOCATION:
New Zealand > Waikato: Pokeno Plant
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
