Quality Technician

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 over 5,000 people across nine 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, 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.

At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare. 

This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:

As a Quality Technician you will be responsible formaintaining 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 4 cycle shift.

Key Responsibilities

Maintainthe effectiveness of the Quality System

Ensure the site provides safe and effective products that meet customer needs while maintaining compliance.

Assist engineering in collecting, compiling, measuring, and recording data.

Support continuous improvement through continuous maintenance of the quality management systems.

Maintain the quality and compliance of associated quality records.

Raise any Quality / Compliance issues.

Present and communicate status, report metrics, identify potential issues, and improvement initiatives, as applicable.

Ensure audit readiness tasks are actioned within area of responsibility.

Identify projects to enhance the effectiveness and effectiveness of the quality system and product quality.

Support Operations to make Quality / Compliance decisions on product during processing, manufacturing, and testing.

Qualifications and Experience 

Minimum NFQ Level 6 Qualification in Engineering, Science or Manufacturing qualification

Minimum 2 years experience in food/medical/pharmaceutical industry

Strong communication

Strong attention to detail.

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.

Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.