Engineering Team Leader

1 day ago


Sligo, 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 113,000 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 6,000 people across ten 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 Diagnostic Division Sligo

Abbott Diagnostic's is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics with approximately 70,000 institutional customers in more than 100 countries. Our diagnostic products offer a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics.

Abbott’s diagnostic products offer customers automation, convenience, cost effectiveness and flexibility. Abbott has helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science, helping to create the modern diagnostics industry through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs. The history of Abbott Diagnostics is filled with examples of first-of-a-kind products and significant technological advancements.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Engineering Manager main responsibilities will include;

- To provide a Facilities, Instruments and/or Manufacturing Engineering service to the plant, in order to maximise the availability of Testing Instruments, Plant and/or Manufacturing Equipment.
- To ensure continual compliance with the policies relating to Personnel, Quality, Engineering, Safety and Finance.
- To control all relevant engineering budgets. To develop the Engineering team with the emphasis on continual operational improvements and employee development.

The primary responsibility of the Engineering Manager will include the following:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Recommend/implement improvements to safety standards. Liaise directly with other departments in accident/incident investigations and address any issues arising from these investigations.
- Preparation and management of departmental budgets to agreed time-lines.
- Preparation of Capital Expenditure Requests for Plant and manufacturing equipment.

- Manage and support the Engineering Team in ensuring that facilities, instruments and testing support activities, utilities and equipment are maintained to meet the required legal, divisional and corporate standards.
- Compliance with requirements of plant Quality System, internal CAPA system, i.e. NCR initiation, investigation preparations, CAPA plan preparation, corrective action completion, etc.

- Liaise with Division Engineering.
- In conjunction with the Calibration Co-coordinator ensure compliance with calibration requirements.
- Ensure that the team supports projects meeting milestones and validation plans.
- Implement relevant engineering projects to support on-going EHS plans.
- Manage Risk insurers audit assessment and ensure compliance.
- Identify and manage the development needs of the engineering Team to ensure optimum use of resources and succession plans.
- Ensure each individual in the team has an annual Performance Appraisal.
- Identify and implement CIP’s.
- Ensure the implementation of an efficient Energy Management Programme and implement initiatives to reduce energy requirement and costs.
- Ensure External contractors are managed and supervised.
- Negotiate Cost / Quality Effective External Contracts.
- Ensure the effective management of appropriate internal and external plant projects.

EDUCATION & COMPETENCIES:

- Third Level Qualification in a relevant discipline
- 2 years’ experience in Technical Engineering Leadship position and/or 5 years experience of manufacturing operations in healthcare type industry.
- Detailed functional knowledge required of wide range of manufacturing equipment.
- Proven capabilities in validation and change management
- Must be self-starter with ability to organise and work within a team.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com or https://www.ie.abbott/, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews.



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