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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 in Ireland

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.

Primary Function :

The Operations Engineer is chiefly responsible for carrying out direct operational engineering activity in third party manufacturing facility’s thereby ensuring the site(s) delivers safe and effective products that meet customer needs whilst maintaining compliance.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lean six sigma experience.

• OpEx experience

• Can lead a team in Root Cause Analysis using established methods and drives through to resolution and is creative in identifying corrective, preventive actions.

• Writing / providing input for operating procedures.

• Familiar to use and navigate through a quality management system.

• Computer data inputting

• Can influence decision makers and can work within the Abbott TPM team to build relationships with the TPM Engineering and Operation Teams

• Be accountable and delivers on commitments.

• Takes responsibility for issues with a sense of urgency and will lead resolution and communication to business leaders. Will communicate Lessons Learned

• Responsible for proactive maintenance program to deliver reliability and improvements to processes.

• Be capable of creating / analysing reports and communicate out

• Ad hoc tasks

Education and Years Experience:

• Degree in Technical Discipline, life science, Operations / Engineering or a closely related discipline OR relevant combination of education or experience

• ​​Track record of delivery of Continuous Improvement initiatives

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com