Industrial Engineer

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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 nutritionals 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.

Abbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Abbott Diabetes Care has opened a new site in Kilkenny that is at the forefront of Diabetes care with the latest technology to manufacture FreeStyle Libre 3 blood glucose testing in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre systems.

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

In this role you will be responsible for delivering immediate operational impact by optimizing the utilization of personnel processes and equipment within Operations. You will apply Lean Six Sigma tools to drive nearterm improvements including process flow development value stream mapping time studies line balancing and the reduction of material and labour waste. You will update and develop standard work analyse headcount versus capacity models and embed Lean and MOS principles into existing facility infrastructure. Through the application of lean fundamentals you will improve quality cost safety and delivery performance across operations.

In parallel you will build and own a medium to longterm operational excellence strategy translating business and growth objectives into a clearly defined roadmap for future manufacturing layouts capability development and facility evolution. This strategy will ensure sustainable performance improvements scalability and alignment with organisational priorities while enabling continuous improvement to be embedded across Operations over time.

An Industrial Engineers role isnt just to improve metricsits to ensure the system delivers:

• Faster lead time

• Higher quality

• Lower cost

• Better experience

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for identifying and implementing improvements to strategic site operations and processes to support the delivery of site goals.

• Leadindustrial engineeringactivities relating to clean room and equipment expansion programs and achievement of plannedcapacity.

• Apply engineering methods to deliver models and presentations relating to facility capacity and expansion planning and recommendations to management.

• Measure and report on efficiency data. Maintain oversight of manufacturing data routinely collected to ensure necessary data is available to inform strategic decision making. Use influencing skills to ensure outcomes of analysis are implemented to good effect.

• Recommend and develop manufacturing methods and tools that support and promote improvements in the utilisation of people equipment processes materials and utilities across all business processes.

• Establish set and maintain process standards and the capacity book measuring performance to plan. Deliver solutions to address unfavourable variances. Through knowledge andLean Sigma toolsidentify and deliver improvements to reduce waste and improve process and system performance.

• Analyse capacity requirements to achieve output propose labour and equipment resources to achieve business plans. Develop and lead continuous improvement projects working cross functionally to implement changes that deliver savings across the business.

• Work closely with Systems and Process Engineers to develop and improve dashboard visualisation to support manufacturing teams.

• Note: This job description describes the principal and main elements of the job. It is a guide to the nature and main duties of the job as they currently exist but it is not intended as a wholly or comprehensive or permanent representation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in engineering / science.

• 3 Years Relevant Experience In-depth knowledge and application ofindustrial engineering techniques measurement of OEE and knowledge ofLean Sigma tools.

• Black Belt Qualification.

• Experience with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)data management statisticalprocess control(SPC) financial budgets/standards.

• High degree of technical expertise and familiarity withmanufacturing processes.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency inproject managementandmathematical modelling.

• Knowledge of Lean principlesSix Sigma and other improvement methodologies.

• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced changing environment.

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

Key Skillset

• Lean and Six Sigma
• Data Analytics and Statistics
• Project Management
• Critical Thinking and RCA
• Workflow and System Design
• Strong communication and facilitation
• End to End Thinking

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.

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

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