Controls Engineering Team Lead
23 hours ago
Have 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 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.
Abbott Ireland
In Ireland, Abbott employs around 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.
Diabetes Care Kilkenny
Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, 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 that enable people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can. At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare.
The Opportunity
Based at our new Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC) manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, Ireland the site’s Operation System Engineering function currently has an opportunity for a Controls Engineering Team Lead to join their expanding team.
The team supports the on-going development, validation, deployment, and support of data systems which integrate into our manufacturing operations, enabling ADC to provide innovative state-of-the-art solutions that facilitate the company’s Factory 4.0 initiatives.
As the Controls Engineering Team Lead, you will be primarily responsible for managing a team of engineers to support sourcing, qualification, production support, and maintenance of Automated Manufacturing Equipment and their underlying control systems. The Controls Engineering Team Lead will be a subject matter expert for all machine controls systems including PLCs, HMIs, Line Controllers, Scada Systems, Interface Systems, and machine control devices at the site.
Responsibilities
- Manages a team of controls, systems and vision engineers
- Provides technical leadership on all controls engineering topics
- Supports in-production Automated Manufacturing Equipment
- Troubleshoots and solves problems with processes and hardware
- Plans preventive maintenance of controls systems
- Coordinates with others in order to investigate problems and implement solutions
- Provides technical assistance as needed by internal customers
- Manages relations with vendors
- Defines performance metrics
- Supports qualification and validation activities
- Leads projects to specify and implement new processes and process improvements
Education and Experience
- Level 7 NFQ qualification in Automation, Mechatronics, Computer science, Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of in a similar position
- Experience managing teams and projects
- Experience with Allen Bradley Controllogix PLCs and Siemens TIA portal
- Experience with developing users and system requirements specifications
- Experience in controls system development and deployment
- Experience in software testing, verification, and validation
- Experience with supporting manufacturing systems
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Experience with controlling and implementing software changes
- Demonstrated ability to effectively integrate information from varied disciplines and work within a highly regulated environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Electrical, Biomedical, or Software), or related discipline
- Experience working in the medical device industry
- Experience with line controllers, SCADA, MES systems.
What we Offer
Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as
- Family health insurance,
- Excellent pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Career Development
- Fantastic new facility
- Growing business plus access to many more benefits.
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.
Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.
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.
Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.
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