About Us
At Abbott, we are 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.
We have a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, we employ 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. Our commercial, support operations and shared services are based in Dublin and Galway.
Our Mission
We have been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serve the Irish market with a wide range of healthcare products.
Our diagnostic products offer a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics. We have helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science, helping to create the modern diagnostics industry through our commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join our team in Sligo. The successful candidate will be responsible for 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.
Main Responsibilities
* To recommend and implement improvements to safety standards, liaising directly with other departments in accident/incident investigations and addressing any issues arising from these investigations.
* To prepare and manage departmental budgets to agreed time-lines and to prepare Capital Expenditure Requests for Plant and manufacturing equipment.
* To 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.
* To comply with requirements of plant Quality System, internal CAPA system, i.e. NCR initiation, investigation preparations, CAPA plan preparation, corrective action completion, etc.
* To liaise with Division Engineering, ensure compliance with calibration requirements and to support projects meeting milestones and validation plans.
* To identify and manage the development needs of the engineering Team to ensure optimum use of resources and succession plans.
* To ensure each individual in the team has an annual Performance Appraisal and to identify and implement CIP's.
* To ensure the implementation of an efficient Energy Management Programme and to implement initiatives to reduce energy requirement and costs.
* To negotiate Cost / Quality Effective External Contracts and to ensure the effective management of appropriate internal and external plant projects.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have:
* A Third Level Qualification in a relevant discipline.
* 2 years' experience in Technical Engineering Leadship position and/or 5 years experience of manufacturing operations in healthcare type industry.
* Detailed functional knowledge required of wide range of manufacturing equipment.
* Proven capabilities in validation and change management.
* A self-starter with ability to organise and work within a team.
Contact Us
You can find out more about us at www.abbott.com or https://www.ie.abbott/, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews.