Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 6,000 people across ten sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.
Abbott Ireland Diagnostic Division Sligo Abbott Diagnostic's is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics with approximately 70,000 institutional customers in more than 100 countries. Our diagnostic products offer a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics.
Abbott's diagnostic products offer customers automation, convenience, cost effectiveness and flexibility. Abbott has helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science, helping to create the modern diagnostics industry through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB: The Engineering Manager responsibilities will include:
Providing a Facilities, Instruments and/or Manufacturing Engineering service to the plant, in order to maximise the availability of Testing Instruments, Plant and/or Manufacturing Equipment.Ensuring continual compliance with the policies relating to Personnel, Quality, Engineering, Safety and Finance.Controlling all relevant engineering budgets and developing the Engineering team with an emphasis on continual operational improvements and employee development.MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Recommend/implement improvements to safety standards and liaise directly with other departments in accident/incident investigations.Preparation and management of departmental budgets to agreed time-lines.Preparation of Capital Expenditure Requests for Plant and manufacturing equipment.Manage and support the Engineering Team in ensuring that facilities, instruments and testing support activities, utilities and equipment are maintained to meet the required legal, divisional and corporate standards.Compliance with requirements of plant Quality System, internal CAPA system, i.e. NCR initiation, investigation preparations, CAPA plan preparation, corrective action completion, etc.Liaise with Division Engineering.Ensure compliance with calibration requirements in conjunction with the Calibration Co-coordinator.Support projects meeting milestones and validation plans.Implement relevant engineering projects to support on-going EHS plans.Manage Risk insurers audit assessment and ensure compliance.Identify and manage the development needs of the engineering Team to ensure optimum use of resources and succession plans.Ensure each individual in the team has an annual Performance Appraisal.Identify and implement Continuous Improvement Projects (CIPs).Implement an efficient Energy Management Programme and initiatives to reduce energy requirements and costs.Manage and supervise External contractors.Negotiate Cost/Quality Effective External Contracts.Ensure effective management of appropriate internal and external plant projects.EDUCATION & COMPETENCIES: Third Level Qualification in a relevant discipline.2 years' experience in Technical Engineering Leadership position and/or 5 years experience of manufacturing operations in healthcare type industry.Detailed functional knowledge required of a wide range of manufacturing equipment.Proven capabilities in validation and change management.Must be a self-starter with the ability to organise and work within a team.Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life.
The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life's greatest health challenges.
We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
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