Manufacturing Technician
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Posted on:
09-09-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Who we are:
Abbott has a presence in over 160 countries and has over 113000 employees. Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny (R95 A02A) is Abbotts 7th manufacturing site in Ireland.
The facility is a centre for world-class engineering quality medical device manufacturing. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.
Abbott Ireland
In Ireland Abbott employs around 6000 people across ten sites. We currently have seven manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel Cootehill Donegal Longford Kilkenny and Sligo 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.
What is this position:
As Manufacturing Technician you will provide technical support relating to equipment utilized in the manufacturing areas by repairing maintaining or modifying production equipment.
Monitoring machine output on the shift to and ensure all cells are running to cycle time to meet specific targets.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Install and equipment validation
- Conducting scheduled maintenance diagnosing and troubleshooting faults
- Perform skilled maintenance and repair such as mechanical pneumatics electrical systems
- Lead on maintenance and/or process issues
- Ability to interpret blueprints and schematics.
- Certifies and train manufacturing associates in the production processes.
- Identifies and implements corrective actions for manufacturing related issues.
How does this role fit into the organisation:
You will report to a process Engineering Manager on a team of approx. 20. Your team will include process engineers and manufacturing technicians.
What were looking for:
- Min level 6 qualification (Trade or Third level equivalent)
- Electrical and mechanical skills are desired
- Technical and fault-finding skills
Whats in it for you:
- Pension
- Healthcare
- Bonus
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid maternity leave
- Parental leave
- Adoptive leave
- Flexible working
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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer
The base pay for this position is
N/A/hourIn specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Facilities & Maintenance
DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:
Ireland > Kilkenny : Kilkenny Business and Technology Park
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Ie - Kky3Cyca (Ireland)
TRAVEL:
Yes 20 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Not Applicable
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Hand Tools
- Basic Math
- Math
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Assembly Experience
- Computer Literacy
- Schematics
- cGMP
- Clamp Truck
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
About Company
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