Industrial Engineer

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 aqround 6,000 people across ten sites. We have seven manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford, Kilkenny 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 DIABETES CARE DIVISION DONEGAL

The Abbott Diabetes Care division based in Donegal Town manufactures FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre system.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

To identify, review and lead strategic Industrial Engineering activities leading to improvements in efficiency, processes and utilisation of equipment, materials and personnel across ADC.

Responsible for identifying and implementing improvements to strategic site operations and processes to support the delivery of site goals.

Lead industrial engineering activities relating to clean room and equipment expansion programs and achievement of planned capacity.

Apply engineering methods to deliver models and presentations relating to facility, capacity and expansion planning and recommendations to management

Measure and report on efficiency data. Maintain oversight of manufacturing data routinely collected to ensure necessary data is available to inform strategic decision making. Use influencing skills to ensure outcomes of analysis are implemented to good effect.

Recommend and develop manufacturing methods and tools that support and promote improvements in the utilisation of people, equipment, processes materials and utilities across all business processes.

Establish, set and maintain process standards and the capacity book, measuring performance to plan. Deliver solutions to address unfavourable variances. Through knowledge and Lean Sigma tools identify and deliver improvements to reduce waste and improve process and system performance.

Analyse capacity requirements to achieve output, propose labour and equipment resources to achieve business plans. Develop and lead continuous improvement projects, working cross functionally to implement changes that deliver savings across the business.

Work closely with Systems and Process Engineers to develop and improve dashboard visualisation to support manufacturing teams

Note: This job description describes the principal and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they currently exist but it is not intended as a wholly or comprehensive or permanent representation.

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering / Science

+3 Years Relevant Experience, In-depth knowledge and application of industrial engineering techniques, measurement of OEE, and knowledge of Lean Sigma tools

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters and help people to live a healthier and full life, grow your career, and learn, be your true self. You will have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of

An attractive benefits package

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

A challenging position in a fast-growing crisis independent industry

To become part of a dynamic, highly educated, highly skilled, and motivated team

Flat hierarchies, open appreciative mentality, and efficient, constructive lines of communication

Multi-national environment, where we foster the development of our talents within the enterprise