Quality (Audit or CAPA) - Summer Internship (Jun 2024)

About Abbott 

Abbott is a global healthcare company with a diverse range of products and services. Abbott operates in several areas, including diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. Abbott is involved in developing and providing products that contribute to the overall health and well-being of individuals around the world. Their 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Your role

Abbott has an exciting opportunity for an Intern to join the Quality team. Throughout your placement, you will find yourself:

• Support the QA function with Batch Approval processes and management of projects within ADC Witney, ensuring project milestones are met on time in full.
• Supporting the ADC Witney QS Improvement plan to ensure continual improvement and effectiveness of the Quality System by divisional and corporate requirements and applicable regulations.
• Assisting the development and implementation of continuous improvement plans
• Supporting Quality Audit Readiness through identifying and remediating audit risks.   
• Supporting the planning and organizing of external Quality audits. 
• Collaborating as part of cross-functional project teams by providing guidance and offering solutions for timely and cost-effective improvement projects.
• Participating in project teams to ensure that changes to existing products and processes are made in compliance with ADC quality system requirements
• Responsible for supporting the gathering and analyzing of data for post-market surveillance activities for on-market products and analyzing quality data, processes, and procedures to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Support the investigation of non-conforming events and identification of corrective action to prevent occurrence.
• Supporting administration and projects for the core quality management systems responsible for maintaining Training and Document Control

Training & development   

Benefits

Interns are eligible for the following Abbott benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Pay for each company-recognized holiday during time of employment
• Product purchase at a discount
• Time accrued toward the annuity retirement plan if later hired
• Participation in cash profit sharing (if employed at Abbott on November 15)
• As a temporary employee, interns are not eligible for medical, dental, hospitalization, or accident insurance.
• Job-related injuries, however, are covered under Workers' Compensation for paid interns.

Career progression

Abbott's internship program allows you to build your path using the growth opportunities and tools offered. Through your experiences, you'll gain technical expertise, practical skills, and fundamental abilities essential for success in your career.

Work-life balance 

Abbott continuously supports the employees to live life to the fullest. Abbott values working together, and face-to-face and cares about providing flexibility for its employees. Because both are important, Abbott’s flex work policy is designed to provide flexible work options to employees while also acknowledging the distinct benefits of being at work together.

Culture & vibe

About you

To apply for this role you need to have the following eligibility criteria:

• You should be studying for a degree in an engineering or sciences field, and be seeking a year in industry placement as part of your qualification.
• The ideal candidate will be a proactive individual who takes initiative can work within a team and is comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• You will need to have good oral and written communication skills to be able to prepare reports and technical documents.
• You must be organized and flexible in your approach to work, with good attention to detail to ensure that data and analyses are accurate and meet the requirements of the project. 

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• https://www.youtube.com/@abbott
• https://www.abbott.com/careers/faqs.html