Process Engineer

4 weeks ago


Cootehill, Cavan, Ireland Abbott Laboratories Full time

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 4,000 people across nine sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.

Abbott Ireland Nutrition Division Cootehill Cavan

Established in 1975, Abbott Nutrition in Ireland is the largest powder manufacturing facility for the production of infant formulae within the Abbott Corporation worldwide. Approximately 1,000 dairy farms in Ireland and Northern Ireland supply quality milk to the Cootehill facility which processes 500,000 litres per day. This secure supply together with Ireland's reputation as a green, clean environment is of significant strategic importance to Abbott Nutrition.

The role of Reliability Engineer at Abbott

This role is ideal for something with a an Continuous Improvement mindset and is critical to the overall Operations of the Site.

Reporting into the Senior Leadership team this role has the primary objective of managing any risk to the achievement of the site's strategic objectives in the areas of asset capability, quality, production and environmental health and safety.

Responsibilities Include

  • With Senior Leadership define relevant KPIs, cognisant of current site objectives and how these objectives cascade down to departmental objectives.
  • Services, troubleshoots, and solve engineering problems with processes or equipment already in operation to maximise uptime / Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and other relevant KPIs.
  • Works with project engineering to ensure the reliability of new and modified installations.
  • The reliability engineer is responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
  • Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans. Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers. Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.
  • Participates in the final check-out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
  • Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety/security systems.
  • Interact collaboratively within cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, quality, technical and materials with the objective of delivering key site projects focused on operations, utilities and facilities areas.
  • Embed lean thinking and OPEX principles across the engineering department. Lead efforts to Identify waste and subsequent projects (CIP) to eliminate this waste delivering quantifiable € savings.
  • The Reliability Engineer will guide efforts to track and reduce carbon emissions, maximising energy efficiency across the site focusing on scope 1 emissions (Utilities) and scope 2 emissions (imported electricity).
  • Optimises the Predictive vs Preventative maintenance routine mix, utilising the current Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to define, track and manage specific KPIs
  • Utilise Data Analytics, six sigma, to drive intentional improvement initiatives

​Education Required:

  • Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent discipline

Knowledge

  • Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in Engineering.
  • Prior experience in a manufacturing environment is essential, or in-depth knowledge of key ultilities, e.g. steam, refrigeration, compressed air, HVAC etc.
  • Knowledge of an Automated Manufacturing Environment with a good solid understanding of FMCG and Utility equipment is essential
  • The ability to organize, motivate and understand people [Contractors, Equipment Suppliers and team members]

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