**Quality Engineer - Medical Device Production in Kildare**
Cpl is supporting our client partner, a global leader in outsourced contract manufacturing to most of the heritage brands across the global medical device and sterile injectable products store.
To support rapid growth for 2025 and onwards, they are now looking to recruit a Quality Engineer to join their Quality Operations team.
The Quality Engineer will be a core member of a team of Quality Engineers supporting the ongoing and rapidly expanding medical device program on the site in North Co. Kildare.
The role offers an exciting opportunity to support the development of the Quality Engineering function through the identification and introduction of new world-class techniques and technologies.
Main Responsibilities:
* Support the ongoing development of the Quality Engineering function for the plant.
* Liaise with Automated Production & Engineering to ensure goals, targets, and objectives are continuously met.
* Represent and provide expertise and support to all aspects of the company's operations on quality issues.
* Investigate productivity issues, product, plant or material deviations, and liaise directly with external suppliers and stakeholders.
* Support production line areas for quality and material issues.
* Closely work with partners across the value chain for process, quality, and cost improvements projects.
* Contribute to lean concepts and enable identification of opportunities for improvements.
* Review and approve deviations, change controls, SOPs, out-of-specification compliances, lab or testing investigations.
* Lead internal audits and reviews of manufacturing operations and quality systems.
* Participate in the development of the Quality Engineering function for the plant.
* Liaise with Automated Production & Engineering to ensure goals, targets, and objectives are continuously met.
* Represent and provide expertise and support to all aspects of the company's operations on quality issues.
Additional Duties:
* Participate in the Performance Management process to ensure delivery of own and team's objectives.
* Demonstrate a strong positive work ethic that embodies the company's culture and corporate values.
Requirements:
* BSc in Engineering, Quality Systems Management, or related field of expertise.
* A minimum of 3 years' experience in Medical Device, Food, and/or Beverage production or pharmaceutical manufacturing product development, quality control, and cGMP compliance.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with a progressive dynamic and rapidly growing company specializing in the manufacture of medical devices.