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 serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 5,000 people across nine 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.
Abbott Ireland Nutrition Sligo
We understand that proper nutrition is the foundation for living the best life possible. That’s why we develop science-based nutrition products for people of all ages. Our products help babies and children grow, keep bodies strong and active, and support the unique nutrition needs of people with chronic illnesses — to make every stage of life a healthy one.
Abbott is a leader in providing enteral nutrition feeding devices, including enteral feeding pumps and pump sets. Enteral feeding (also known as tube feeding) is a means of providing nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by swallowing. Enteral nutrition contains all the calories and vitamins a person needs.
Primary Function / Goals / Objectives
An engineering professional who applies scientific knowledge, engineering knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to complete assignments related to maintenance excellence and reliability. This position is involved in the overall lifecycle of capital assets (designing, delivering, operating, maintaining, and decommissioning) in the most productive and cost effective manner.
Routine Responsibilities
Project Management:
Coordinates and monitors activities within the Maintenance Excellence program. Reviews plans and monitors status of implementation for those people assigned to effort; participates in site assessments.
Estimates and coordinates resources needed (materials, budget, time and people) to accomplish assigned individual tasks.
Participates in economic analysis and feasibility studies. Jointly responsible for achieving financial targets in support of business objectives.
Supports the startup of new facilities in the development of their maintenance strategy
Technical / Design:
Independently gathers maintenance and manufacturing performance data (Maximo, Zenon, etc.), and performs preliminary analysis. Reports findings. Prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans to drive cost containment and cost reduction efforts.
Anticipates future directions. Benchmarks internally and externally. Assists with deployment of predictive and reliability centered maintenance strategies.
Problem Solving / Innovation
Provide a centralized, strategic look across equipment performance (downtime), material/component failure analysis, and changeovers.
Predicts patterns/trends. Grasps complexities and sees relationships among data; determines consequences and alternatives; makes recommendations; analyzes problems from multiple perspectives.
Improves maintenance processes. Recognizes and implements process improvements and cost reductions; creatively applies others’ ideas.
Facilitates root cause analysis for equipment downtime.
Develops and executes reliability studies and evaluations of equipment robustness.
Organizational Interface:
Mentors others by sharing information and providing feedback and guidance.
Prepares written communication. Conveys information effectively through formal and informal documents with team members, designers, technicians, and other technical personnel, both internal and external to Abbott, using appropriate communication protocols; obtains approval to proceed with proposed action plans.
Establishes networks. Follows through on goals; contributes willingly and incorporates the ideas of others; shares resources, knowledge, and accountability to benefit the objectives of the business.
Builds relationships. Initiates and cultivates open, honest relationships with colleagues, customers, contractors, and vendors by establishing rapport, developing an understanding of others’ needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments, e.g. offers assistance; interacts effectively with stakeholders at appropriate levels of the organization.
Additional Responsibilities May Include:
Develops procedures and standards.
Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources.
Provides training.
Education/Years Experience
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. A Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree or related experience is preferred.
Knowledge
Excellent communication / interpersonal skills
Enthusiastic and energetic with the ability to integrate quickly into a team environment
Demonstrated flexible and innovative approach to work
2+ years relevant experience
Good mental ability to logically follow a line of thought for problem solving.
Strong mechanical and electrical ability with computer experience, MS excel and word are essential
Computer statistical skills will provide immediate expertise for the trending and reporting of data
Must possess good organizational skills and attention to detail
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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