Overview
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life‑changing technologies spans diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. With 114,000 colleagues serving more than 160 countries, Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and employs about 6,000 people across ten sites, including Kilkenny. The Kilkenny site is a cutting‑edge diabetes care facility that manufactures FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and sensors.
As an Operations Quality Engineer you will analyse quality standards for components, materials or services, apply sampling methods, testing methodology and other procedures to ensure quality standards are met, and provide expertise and guidance to manufacturing and operations teams.
Responsibilities
Apply quality principles, analyse quality records, prepare reports and recommend improvements.
Conduct inspection, verification and validation of components or materials used in development processes.
Identify and address recurring problems with product quality or testing reliability.
Document quality issues and performance measures for management review.
May liaise with external vendors.
Monitor and maintain validation status of site products, processes and systems; maintain process FMEA and critical quality attribute systems; maintain site validation plans and conduct periodic reviews.
Support equipment, software and process validation activities.
Provide regular updates to peers and colleagues on project resource requirements and involve other quality functions as needed.
Report and support implementation of actions to reduce non‑conformances, initiate exception reports for discrepancies during inspection/testing.
Present and communicate status, metrics, trends, potential issues, improvement initiatives and CAPA requirements.
Investigate customer complaints, forward reports to the PQA group and maintain corrective and preventive action programs.
Maintain a balance of quality, compliance and business risk; use risk‑management tools to prioritize activities.
Ensure project teams maintain quality records in compliance with the Quality System and planned requirements.
Support DMR change‑control and calibration activities.
Qualifications & Experience
Minimum NFQ Level 7 qualification in Engineering or Manufacturing.
At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing, science or engineering environment.
Experience with GMP/GDP and ISO 13485.
Yellow belt qualification desired.
What We Offer
Competitive salary and attractive compensation package.
Family health insurance.
Excellent pension scheme.
Life assurance.
Career development opportunities.
Fantastic new facility and growing business.
Additional benefits.
Abbott is an equal‑opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workforce and provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call or email.
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