Engineering Lead

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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 114000 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 Ireland Abbott currently employs about 6000 people across ten sites located in Dublin Donegal Clonmel Cootehill Galway Kilkenny Longford and Sligo.

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 Abbotts 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 that enable 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 .

Purpose of the Job

We are looking for a highly skilled Engineering Lead to drive advanced injectionmoulding and reeltoreel metal stamping solutions with our global thirdparty manufacturing partners. If youre passionate about tooling precision engineering and delivering robust manufacturing processes this is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of highimpact highvisibility projects. This role is part of the global engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and projectmanage thirdparty manufacturers to deliver worldclass injectionmoulding reeltoreel stamping and forming solutions.

• Define requirements evaluate technologies and oversee specification procurement installation and qualification of moulding and stamping equipment.

• Drive tooling and moulding activities at supplier sites to ensure flawless production startup and smooth scaleup to higher volumes.

• Lead the design/specification purchase and qualification of:

  • Mould tools

  • Injectionmoulding equipment

  • Progressive die stamping and stripforming tooling

  • Reeltoreel feed systems

  • Indie sensing systems

  • Metrology equipment and fixtures

Supplier & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with project teams tooling manufacturers and highspeed reeltoreel stamping suppliers to meet all project objectives.

• Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) or Independent Technical Expert (ITE) for complex technical matters.

• Communicate and report componentrelated issues to internal and external stakeholders.

• Manage metrology method development and ensure strong GD&T compliance.

Engineering Excellence & Compliance

• Initiate change control documentation and lead material data creation for plastic components.

• Conduct risk assessments and ensure strong process validation FAI capability studies and FAT activities.

• Troubleshoot mould tools stamping dies and equipment applying structured problemsolving and DOE methodologies.

• Maintain full compliance with Corporate Divisional EHS and Quality System requirements.

• Ensure timely accurate documentation and adherence to engineering standards.

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Polymer Engineering Polymer Science Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline (Masters is a plus).

• Equivalent technical experience also considered.

• 8 years of significant engineering or operational experience in injection moulding tooling or highvolume manufacturing.

• Experience with die design fundamentals tolerance stack-up analysis blank development and springback compensation.

• Proven success qualifying tooling using FAI capability studies and tool transfer methods.

• Experience working with injection mould tooling manufacturers toolmakers and supporting FAT/validation activities.

• Strong understanding of GD&T and qualification of metrology fixtures.

• Excellent communication documentation presentation and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong problemsolving capability with experience in DOE for plastics process development.

• Demonstrated ability to lead crossfunctional teams manage vendors and deliver complex projects with accountability and precision.

• Familiarity with Quality Systems engineering standards and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) requirements.

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

• Growing business plus access to many more benefits.

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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.

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In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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