Apply on Employer Site

Abbott · 1 day ago

Controls Calibration Engineer

Illinois, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$28.25/hr - $56.55/hr

2+ years exp

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The Controls Calibration Engineer will be responsible for the installation, maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and repair of process instrumentation and control systems used in the generation and distribution of utilities.

BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedicalMedical DeviceNutritionPharmaceutical

Responsibilities

Ensures that instrumentation and utilities control systems are properly specified, installed, programmed and calibrated to perform design function

Safely and effectively troubleshoot analog/digital hardware on utilities process control systems, and instrumentation, including distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers (PLC's) single loop analog controllers and related peripherals such as scanners, recorders, field I/O devices, etc

Periodic assessment/inspection of field device calibration frequencies and addressing "bad actor" instrument performance for replacement/upgrade

Assist engineering in development of functional specifications and/or design on process control systems for controls programming on major equipment/systems

Support validation and project commissioning associated with instrumentation and controls

Ensures tasks are performed and documented in compliance with approved procedures, standards, GxP, and other quality requirements

Completes assigned workload within predetermined schedules, and performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

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

Use of precision tools and equipment to complete instrumentation/controls related tasks

Establishes and builds relationships and good communication channels with team members, customers, and other personnel, both internal and external to Abbott

Qualification

Controls systems experienceProcess control systemsElectrical systems knowledgeElectronic systems knowledgePneumatic systems knowledgeMechanical systems knowledgeCMMS (Maximo)Microsoft ApplicationsSafety complianceCommunication skills

Required

Controls technician with at least 2+ years utilities equipment/systems experience (boilers/steam &condensate, chillers & cooling towers/chilled water, compressors/compressed air oil-free, distillation units/pretreatment & purified water, etc.), or equivalent related experience

High School Diploma/GED

Knowledge of electrical, electronic, pneumatic, mechanical, and process control systems

Capable of using standard department information tools, including but not limited to, CMMS, computers, tablets, data gathering systems, logs, etc

Preferred

An accomplished controls technician with 5+ years utilities equipment/systems experience (boilers/steam &condensate, chillers & cooling towers/chilled water, compressors/compressed air oil-free, distillation units/pretreatment & purified water, etc.)

Associate's degree in electronics technology or equivalent

Strong knowledge of electrical, electronic, pneumatic, mechanical, and process control systems

Experience in using various software applications, including but not limited to, control systems, CMMS (Maximo), Microsoft Applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint, Word, etc.), etc