Engineering Front Line Lead (FLL)

About AbbottAbbott 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 107,000 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 4,000 people across nine 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.Abbott Ireland Nutrition Division Cootehill CavanAbbott Nutrition produces a range of infant formulae in all pack sizes under the brand name “Similac”. To complement the range of “Similac” infant formulae, the facility also manufactures a range of follow on formulae under the brand name of “Gain”. The essential ingredient is liquid skim milk and this is combined with carbohydrate, vegetable oils, vitamins and minerals. The product is blended, pasteurised, dried and packaged at the site and once packaged, is distributed to Europe, South East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Canada. Established in 1975, Abbott Nutrition in Ireland is the largest powder manufacturing facility for the production of infant formulae within the Abbott Corporation worldwide. Approximately 1,000 dairy farms in Ireland and Northern Ireland supply quality milk to the Cootehill facility which processes 500,000 litres per day. This secure supply together with Ireland’s reputation as a green, clean environment is of significant strategic importance to Abbott Nutrition.MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIESDrive a culture of continuous improvement through defined CI Project Methodologies (CHARTER, SIPOC, FMEA, GANTT, etc.)Coordinates and monitors activities within the Maintenance Excellence program. Reviews plans and monitors status of implementation for those people assigned to effort; participates in site assessments.Estimates and coordinates resources needed (materials, budget, time and people) to accomplish assigned individual tasks.Participates in economic analysis and feasibility studies. Jointly responsible for achieving financial targets in support of business objectives.Supports the start up of new facilities in the development of their maintenance strategyParticipates in annual planning (budget) and execution of capital spending for the business.Provide Engineering & technical leadership to the manufacturing operations.Predicts patterns/trends. Grasps complexities and sees relationships among data; determines consequences and alternatives; makes recommendations; analyses problems from multiple perspectivesDevelops and executes reliability studies and evaluations of equipment robustness.Ensures the engineering team and other manufacturing departments work together cohesively.Mentors others by sharing information and providing feedback and guidancePrepares written communication. Conveys information effectively through formal and informal documents with team members, designers, technicians, and other technical personnel, both internal and external to Abbott, using appropriate communication protocols; obtains approval to proceed with proposed action plansComplies with all regulations and standards for quality, Environmental, Health, Safety, and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott Engineering Standards, and other governance areas as applicable.Ensures quality and effectiveness of assigned tasksHas awareness of the potential consequences of changes to established processes.Identifies areas of risk with respect to complianceHolds themselves and others accountable to delivering results on time and right first time.Plans work, monitors labor utilization, and manages overtimeAdminister policies and procedures as they apply to employees.Plan and schedule work in accordance with plant demand and available manpowerInput information to the production stream technical database including all shared learning’s from improvements, routines, problem solving, preventive maintenance and autonomous maintenance activities.Spare Parts: to log, record and trend the usage of all spare parts.Feedback all relevant technical information to production stream team members and to other team members in different production streams where relevantDevelops procedures and standards.Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources.Provides training, Supervising the resources for Preventive/Predictive Maintenance. Customer interface (in support of uptime and meeting production plan) and/or daily performance review meetings – Tier 1 ,2 & 3.Leads capital plant projects or process improvement initiatives (i.e. Opex) Plan, implement, and perform effectiveness checks for corrective actions on exception reports.Crafts report to this positionEDUCATION & COMPETENCIESBachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent discipline3 years relevant experience in Engineering.The ability to organize, motivate and understand people.Ability to work on platforms, scaffolding & ladders.Ability to multi-task and to work in a high paced environment with an awareness of continued impact on production and the plant performance.Organised and resourceful with excellent attention to detail and ability to get the job doneClear written and verbal communication skillsEnergy and self-motivation.Proven Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusionsDemonstrated time management skills - ability to handle multiple tasks, set priorities and meet deadlines