About Abbott
We are committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health.
For over 125 years, we have brought new products and technologies to the world in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life.
Abbott in Ireland
We serve the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices, and nutritional 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.
We have commercial, support operations, and shared services in Dublin and Galway.
Abbott Galway
Our global headquarters in Galway serves as the international hub for Abbott's Rapid Diagnostics business, which delivers annually more than 2 billion tests.
We are the global leader in point-of-care diagnostics and offer the broadest portfolio of best-in-class rapid tests, services, and handheld devices across all healthcare settings: the lab, the clinic, remote healthcare outposts, retail outlets, the patient's bedside, and at home.
Our industry-leading near-patient tests and services are unmatched across key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic & informatics, toxicology, and consumer diagnostics.
One of the key functions in Galway is Global Business Services, which provides a number of shared services activities across finance, purchasing, quality, technical, and customer services for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
Various global and EMEA commercial and operational management teams across our infectious disease and cardiometabolic businesses are also based in Galway, overseeing the supply of millions of rapid tests from HIV to diabetes to COVID-19 to patients in many regions across the world.
Purpose of the Role
The Quality Engineer provides a support role to the Quality Manager in the routine maintenance of Abbott Rapid Diagnostic's Quality Management Systems and in moderately complex Quality-related projects.
Please note this position is available initially as a 12-month fixed-term contract.
Responsibilities and Duties
* Possesses and applies a broad and increasing knowledge of Quality, and its application within Abbott Rapid Diagnostic, to the completion of moderately complex assignments.
* Broad knowledge of Abbott Rapid Diagnostic's organization's operations and practices to enable informed decisions in day-to-day operations and assignments.
* Demonstrates skill in data analysis techniques by resolving missing/incomplete information.
* Seeks consensus for decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, in order to produce effective end results.
* Applies risk assessment techniques in such circumstances.
* Drives business improvements through continuous improvement initiatives.
* Escalation point for quality-related non-conformances and CAPAs.
* Drives compliance cross-functionally in alignment with the regional objective for collaboration and multi-site ISO13485 certification.
Education, Skills & Experience
* Third-level qualification in a relevant Scientific/Engineering discipline.
* 5 years of experience in the medical device industry with minimum 3 years of progressively responsible positions, including;
* Competent working knowledge of recognized Quality Management Systems (e.g. ISO9001/ISO13485/ISO14971/GMP).
* Awareness of relevant laws and regulations (e.g. CE/FDA/PAL).
* Broad knowledge of engineering and technical applications applied in the development of medical devices.
* Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to make clear, well-founded decisions regarding conformity during audits.
* Pro-active attitude, excellent organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects while delivering results on time.
* Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and management of spreadsheets.
Salary: To be discussed in an interview.