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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.

Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Our 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.

This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:

As a Quality Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Ensure the area is compliant to site and divisional policies and procedures. Support 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 a 4 cycle shift.

Key Responsibilities

1. Maintain the effectiveness of the Quality System.
2. Ensure the site provides safe and effective products that meet customer needs while maintaining compliance.
3. Assist engineering in collecting, compiling, measuring, and recording data.
4. Support continuous improvement through continuous maintenance of the quality management systems.
5. Maintain the quality and compliance of associated quality records.
6. Raise any Quality / Compliance issues.
7. Present and communicate status, report metrics, identify potential issues, and improvement initiatives, as applicable.
8. Ensure audit readiness tasks are actioned within area of responsibility.
9. Identify projects to enhance the effectiveness of the quality system and product quality.
10. Support Operations to make Quality / Compliance decisions on product during processing, manufacturing, and testing.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Minimum NFQ Level 6 Qualification in Engineering, Science or Manufacturing qualification.
2. Minimum 2 years experience in food/medical/pharmaceutical industry.
3. Strong communication skills.
4. Strong attention to detail.

What we Offer

Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as:

• Family health insurance.
• Life assurance.
• Career Development.
• Fantastic new facility.
• Growing business plus access to many more benefits.

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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.

The base pay for this position is N/A/hour

JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality

DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care

LOCATION: Ireland > Kilkenny: Kilkenny Business and Technology Park

WORK SHIFT: Ie - Shftpre0 (Ireland)

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

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