Senior Technical Support Scientist

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:

• Relevant third level qualification in scientific and/or technical field is desired or relevant combination of education and experience.
• 4 years’ related work experience and advanced degree is desirable.
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PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Independently manage complex, long-duration projects, product improvements and investigations.
• Proactively identify opportunities for significant operational, process, or product improvements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project Management: Independently design, manage, and conduct complex long duration projects, product improvements, and investigations (or supports Third Party Manufacturing projects).
• Product and Process Improvements: Independently manage complex long duration projects, product improvements, and investigations. Recognizes opportunities and proposes novel ideas for significant operational, process or product improvements. Proactively identify opportunities for significant operational, process or product improvements. Perform or support test and process method modifications , critical process parameters and analytical performance characteristics. Identify technical alternatives and make risk-based decisions within the area. Use technical data that interacts with multiple areas and processes. Provides diverse, independent technical data and insight to support risk management evaluation and assessment.
• Design control and risk management: Effectively balances compliance risk and business risk to create and review risk management files.
• Complaint and internal investigations: Independently manages complex investigations to resolution. Demonstrates advanced statistical techniques and or project management tools. Provides audit inputs and support as required
• Technical Support: Assist in resolution of multiple complex technical and quality issues across ADD Sites and or functions (instrument; reagents; software and commodities). Anticipate, recognize and resolve technical issues.
• Sharing Knowledge: Presents complex technical information to internal and external groups. Shares scientific information and expertise with customers and regulatory agencies. Experience mentoring and teaching others to facilitate timely resolution of product and process technical issues.
• Strategic and Results Orientation: Demonstrates fiscal responsibility through actionable recommendations and accomplishments. Translates top-level goals to specific goals and aligns activities with respective strategic business priorities.