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Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

At AbbVie Cork, we seek our next Automation Engineer to join our team. (Onsite position)

Our Carrigtwohill site in Cork is a modern ‘bulk tablet’ facility manufacturing solid and capsule formulations for key therapeutic areas such as oncology and virology. It’s a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose facility set to develop further following a recent €60 million investment. AbbVie offers a defined career/development path and a comprehensive package, including bonuses, pension, health, and well-being.

Reporting to the Automation Manager, you will work with counterparts in Production, QA, and Engineering departments and as a team. You will be responsible for all manufacturing Automation OT systems/processes in use.

Role and Responsibilities:

• To administer and support all Automation OT Processes in our Pharmaceutical Manufacturing environment.

• Implement, qualify, commission and maintain manufacturing Automation OT systems (Siemens, SCADA etc.) and associated infrastructure to deliver operational efficiency and agility.

• Identify, evaluate and implement opportunities for continuous Automation process improvement.

• Define requirements on capital projects and interact with internal & external stakeholders, vendors and contractors.

• Manage Automation projects throughout the project lifecycle

• Work with Production/Engineering and Quality to troubleshoot and optimise automation systems.

• Generate & Maintain documentation (SOP’s & Technical Documentation) for full cGMP validation and operation, including documentation of changes made.

• Maintain Data Integrity Program, including remediation of legacy systems to ensure robust procedure and systems are in place covering data integrity, security and recovery

• Actively Contribute to the Automation Business Strategy

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant 3rd level degree in Mechatronics, Electronics or Computer Technology

• 3-4 years’ in a similar role in the Life Sciences environment

• Experience working on PLCs (Siemens), SCADA (iFix, WinCC), Control Architecture and process equipment

• Experience working on large-scale projects in Life Sciences generating, reviewing and approving lifecycle documentation

• Building relationships with key stakeholders across the business

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.