At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.Abbott IrelandIn Ireland, Abbott employs around 6,000 people across ten sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.Diabetes Care KilkennyOur new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, opening in 2024, 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, including the FreeStyle Libre 3, a system that automatically delivers real-time, up-to-the-minute glucose readings, with the smallest and thinnest wearable glucose sensor that provides unsurpassed 14-day accuracy and optional glucose alarms directly to smartphones. This enables people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can.At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare.Main Purpose of RoleThe Quality Technician is responsible for maintaining the effectiveness of the Quality System.Assists engineering in collecting, compiling, measuring, organising and recording data.Ensure functional area is compliant to site and divisional policies and proceduresSupport the continuous improvement and effective maintenance of the QMSSupport the building and maintenance of successful cross functional relationships with departments such as R&D, Technical, Engineering, Operations and Regulatory Affairs in order to achieve all operational goals.This is a shift based role on 4 cycle shiftKey ResponsibilitiesResponsible for the maintenance of the Quality SystemEnsuring the site delivers safe and effective products that meet customer needs whilst maintaining complianceMonitor and maintain the quality and compliance status of associated quality recordsResponsible for identifying and raising Quality / Compliance issuesPresent and communicate status, report metrics, identify trends potential issues, improvement initiatives, as applicableResponsible for audit readiness tasks within area of responsibilityResponsible for identifying projects to enhance and promote the effectiveness and efficiency of the quality system and product quality.Support Operations to make Quality / Compliance decisions on product during processing, manufacturing, testing, monitoring and packagingQualifications and ExperienceMinimum NFQ Level 6 Qualification in Engineering, Science or Manufacturing qualificationStrong communicationStrong attention to detailWhat we OfferAttractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such asFamily health insuranceExcellent pension schemeLife assuranceCareer DevelopmentFantastic new facilityGrowing business plus access to many more benefits.Connect with us at or, on LinkedIn at, on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews.Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.