Job Description
At Abbott, you play a crucial role in helping people live more fully at all stages of their lives.
Abbott is a global healthcare leader with a portfolio of life-changing technologies spanning diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.
We employ over 113,000 colleagues worldwide who have a daily impact on the lives of people in more than 160 countries.
About Abbott Ireland
Abbott has a significant presence in Ireland, employing around 6,000 people across ten sites.
We operate six manufacturing facilities in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford, and Sligo, as well as third-party manufacturing management operations in Sligo.
Our commercial, support operations, and shared services are based in Dublin and Galway.
We've been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.
Diabetes Care Kilkenny
Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products.
The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies.
This enables people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can.
Make a Difference at Abbott
Based at our new Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, Ireland, the division's global engineering function has an opportunity for a Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer (OSI-PI).
You will work in the Data Systems department and be primarily responsible for the OSI-PI data historian systems employed by ADC's manufacturing facilities.
Key areas of ownership include designing and implementing software-based systems for real-time data acquisition and storage from production machinery.
System resilience in automated back-up and recovery, and cyber security will also be your focus.
Responsibilities
* Support and maintain manufacturing operation (data) systems including hardware and software.
* Control Systems (SCADA, HMI)
* Communication between Industrial control systems
* Software change management and asset monitoring servers
* Batch Management software.
* Data Historian, OEE reporting and review, Energy Monitoring
* At Line inspection equipment and systems
* Spearhead and support manufacturing software system implementations across the Division. Covering URS development, Validation, and commissioning. Ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements.
* Lead projects with resources allocated from sites, division, outside service providers, contractors.
* Develop or implement standard manufacturing asset structures for data collection and data contextualization.
* Support and develop manufacturing data visualization, reporting and examination using Division and Corporate standards.
* Ensure secured IT infrastructure for continuous manufacturing operations with the Corp IT organization.
* Anticipate future needs of the business. Benchmark internally and externally. Recognize indicators of future opportunities; initiate plans to acquire new skills required by changes in technology.
Qualifications and Experience
You must have a Bachelor's degree in engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline.
A Master's degree in engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline is preferred.
Experience working in the medical device industry is essential.
You should have at least 5 years of significant OT, engineering, and/or operational experience, including systems integration experience.
Experience of software testing, verification, and validation is also required.
Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines and work within a highly regulated environment is necessary.
What We Offer
We provide an attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as:
* Family health insurance,
* Excellent pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Career Development
* Fantastic new facility
* Growing business plus access to many more benefits.
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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.