Operations Quality Technician Shift

JOB DESCRIPTION: 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 around 6,000 people across ten sites. We currently have seven manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford, Sligo & Kilkenny 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. Please note any offer of employment for this position isconditional upon the successful completionof a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a medical practitioner designated by the Company.

Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, 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:

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the 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

This is a shift based role on 4 cycle shift.

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.

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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.

The base pay for this position is N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Operations Quality DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care LOCATION: Ireland > Kilkenny : Kilkenny Business and Technology Park ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 10 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it's next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life's greatest health challenges.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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