OverviewHave you ever wanted to make a difference? 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 with a portfolio spanning diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the lives of people in more than 160 countries.Abbott IrelandIn Ireland, Abbott employs over 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.Vascular Division ClonmelAbbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development, and advancing medicine through training and education. Our broad line of vascular devices includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries and peripheral blood vessels. These diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia and other serious vascular conditions.We are currently looking for Manufacturing Engineers and Quality Engineers to join our modern site in Clonmel.This Is How You Will Make a DifferenceAs a Manufacturing Engineer, you will be responsible for engineering support of manufacturing operations, including key engineering metric management and process optimization activities such as manufacturing yield improvement, product quality monitoring, lean manufacturing design and material/equipment/process troubleshooting using continuous improvement tools and methodology. You will liaise with operations, quality, R&D and materials & purchasing to ensure quality and efficient manufacturing operations.Key Responsibilities - Quality EngineerIdentifies manufacturing process defects (scrap, non-conforming material, customer complaints) by dispositioning non-conforming material, identifying primary root causes and suggesting corrective and preventive actions. May be responsible for querying and bounding data to support implementation of basic product stops.Assists in development of product quality plans, documents and systems by providing input to product specifications, quality specifications, quality plans, risk analyses, Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) in conjunction with other product development team members. May be responsible for providing input to risk analyses and Failure Mode Analyses (FMEAs).Becomes skilled at using process monitoring systems by starting to identify critical process steps and applying basic methods to reduce process variation to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects.Assists product/process improvement efforts (example, scrap, nonconforming product, customer complaints) by systematically gathering quality metric data based on previous program templates and by assisting in the appropriate analysis methods to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.Becomes skilled at using quality tools and training materials by working with existing quality tools and training materials and by understanding evolution/history of tools in use.Participates in validation activity. Role may vary between providing input to owning activities such as protocol/report writing and managing execution of validation activities.Participates in corrective and preventive action activity.Participates in Field Discrepancy Notification (FDN) investigations.Experience, Education And Skills Required - Manufacturing EngineerNFQ level 7 qualification in a relevant discipline; 2+ years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.Basic technical knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures; limited understanding of business unit/function.Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems.Developing a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks.Ability to work with basic quality systems and to apply professional methods to reduce process variation.Experience, Education And Skills Required - Quality EngineerEducation: NFQ level 7 qualification in a relevant discipline; 2+ years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.Technical/Business Knowledge: Working technical knowledge in quality systems; understanding of business unit/function; awareness of regulatory compliance.Cognitive Skills: Ability to analyze problems of moderate scope and exercise judgment within defined procedures.Influence/Leadership: Ability to work with internal networks; may lead a project; mentor to less experienced staff.Planning/Organisation: Plans and prioritizes own daily work.Decision Making/Impact: Exercises defined judgment; errors may cause project delays.Supervision Provided: May provide limited guidance to subordinates.Shift and Working EnvironmentShift: 2-cycle shift (8:00-16:30 and 16:30-00:30).About AbbottAbbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio includes diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines, serving people in more than 160 countries.Purpose StatementProvide Process/Quality Engineering support to manufacturing, helping to ensure delivery of the highest quality product to the customer. Provide Process/Quality Engineering support to product development teams, helping to ensure development of the highest quality new products.
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