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, nutritional and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Abbott in Ireland
Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.
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.
Key Responsibilities
- Plans and conducts small- to medium-sized assigned projects within engineering specialty requiring conventional types of plans, investigations, and/or equipment validations.
- Maintains a good understanding of customer, business, and technical considerations, incorporating into work/project scoping and planning.
- Coordinates, monitors and manages activity/project implementation, adjusting as required to ensure quality and alignment to plan.
- Estimates and coordinates resources needed (materials, budget, time and people) to accomplish assigned tasks, incorporating contingencies
- Participates in basic economic analysis and feasibility studies related to project alternatives with support.
- Benchmarks and monitors external and internal environments, evaluating changes as potential indicators of future problems and/or opportunities, and preparing for those potential scenarios
- Independently executes the design of products/processes/equipment /systems/facilities using standard engineering theories, concepts, and techniques within the discipline.
- Independently investigates, conducts tests or experiments, gathers data, and performs preliminary analysis, reports findings and communicates recommendations to a variety of stakeholder audiences.
- Creates/modifies designs for intermediate problems, including designing and modifying more complex components/processes, and writing detailed design specifications.
- Reviews and analyzes data for patterns/trends, seeing relationships of growing complexity among the data, drawing insights and making recommendations to pursue opportunities and/or solve problems.
- Conducts root cause analysis to resolve underlying problems, applying a customer-centric lens to identify needs and propose solutions/alterations to meet those needs.
- Implements improvements to methods, designs and processes, proactively sharing and adopting ideas and best practices to reduce cost and optimize efficiencies/effectiveness
- Communicates to a variety of stakeholders using formal and informal media, based on the needs and priorities of the audience
- Builds open, honest, collaborative with a network of colleagues, contractors and vendors by developing an understanding of others’ needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments.
- Mentors others by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance within the team and to cross-functional partners
Minimum Experience Required
Experience in GMP regulated environment
Minimum Education Required
A Bachelors Degree in Engineering, science or closely related discipline is desired, or equivalent technical experience plus demonstrated competence, with a desired 2+ years of significant engineering and/or operational experience. Additional post-graduate education may contribute towards the desired years of experience.