Operations Specialist - Finishing

at  Abbott Laboratories

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 115,000 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 6,000 people across ten 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.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• A third level qualification in a relevant Chemistry or Life Science discipline or Engineering
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• Relevant professional qualification as this level of education provides a necessary foundation for this Job function.
• A minimum of 20 months experience in a regulated environment of which 12 months is in the manufacturing/testing or support of diagnostic products.
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• A relevant post-graduate qualification with 12 months experience in the manufacturing/testing or support of diagnostic products.
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• A relevant professional qualification, together with a minimum of 12 months experience of supporting the manufacture/test of diagnostic products.
  
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Support the Manufacturing/Finishing processes within the Operations department through developing and maintaining expertise in a designated process or technical speciality.
• To ensure the plant meets its customer quality, service, regulatory, financial and safety goals through effective technical support of Diagnostic products.
• Provide the necessary support to the Finishing Operations team, ensuring that production targets are attained.
• Manage all assigned projects to timely completion and deliver cost savings as agreed per project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop Subject Matter Expertise, and take lead, in designated change control / process / technical speciality.
• Establish oneself as key contact for designated process.
• Provide necessary support to production schedule requirements as designated by Team Leader.
• Champion the principles and practices of GMP/GLP. Lead by example and provide mentoring support for team members.
• Lead and support process investigations in the finishing manufacturing area.
• Identify, initiate and execute to completion cost improvement projects
• Challenge conventional wisdom by posing new ways of doing things and demonstrating the successful application of new methodologies
• Minimise generation of deviations by ensuring that all relevant documentation is being followed and that verification steps are being completed accurately and objectively.
• To ensure that the plant meets the quality requirements of its customers, internal quality systems, internal & external auditors, and other external agencies.
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• To liaise with, seek appropriate advice from and report when necessary to colleagues in other sites.

• To assist in the periodic review of controlled documents per site procedures.
• Maintain ETMS To Do List.
• Responsible for technical transfer activities for the manufacturing/Finishing process as applicable through drafting/review of documents include protocols, MES recipes/Master data, Qualifications and Reports.
• Coordinate validation activities involving cross-functional, multi-departmental teams including Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality.
• Support product development activities by providing operational leadership to the team by giving technical support and recommendations of effective solutions to the Manufacturing/Finishing issues.