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 114,000 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 products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

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 blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre systems.

 

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 You’ll Be Doing:

Install and equipment validationConducting scheduled maintenance, diagnosing, and troubleshooting faultsPerform skilled maintenance and repair such as mechanical, pneumatics, electrical systemsLead on maintenance and/or process issuesAbility 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 we’re looking for:

Min level 6 qualification (Trade or Third level equivalent)Electrical and mechanical skills are desiredTechnical and fault-finding skills

 

What’s in it for you:

PensionHealthcareBonusLife insuranceDisability insurancePaid maternity leaveParental leaveAdoptive leaveFlexible working

 

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Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.