Manufacturing Team Leader

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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.Abbott Ireland Diagnostic Division SligoAbbott Diagnostic's is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics with approximately 70,000 institutional customers in more than 100 countries. Our diagnostic products offer a broad range of innovative instrument systems and tests for hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices and clinics.Abbott’s diagnostic products offer customers automation, convenience, cost effectiveness and flexibility. Abbott has helped transform the practice of medical diagnosis from an art to a science, helping to create the modern diagnostics industry through the company's commitment to improving patient care and lowering overall costs. The history of Abbott Diagnostics is filled with examples of first-of-a-kind products and significant technological advancements.PURPOSE OF THE JOB:To provide a Facilities, Instruments and/or Manufacturing Engineering service to the plant, in order to maximize the availability of Testing Instruments, Plant and/or Manufacturing Equipment.To ensure continual compliance with the policies relating to Personnel, Quality, Engineering, Safety and Finance.To control all relevant engineering budgets.To develop the Engineering team with the emphasis on continual operational improvements and employee development.MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:Establish with the relevant Manager the department goals.Ensure Safety Standards are met and safe-working practices adhered to.Foster and lead continuous improvement to the culture of safety.Recommend/implement improvements to safety standards.Liaise directly with other departments in accident/incident investigations and address any issues arising from these investigations.Preparation and management of departmental budgets to agreed time-lines.Preparation of Capital Expenditure Requests for Plant and manufacturing equipment.Manage and support the Engineering Team in ensuring that facilities, instruments and testing support activities, utilities and equipment are maintained to meet the required legal, divisional and corporate standards.Compliance with requirements of plant quality system.Compliance with requirements of the internal CAPA system, i.e. NCR initiation, investigation preparations, CAPA plan preparation, corrective action completion, etc.Liaise with Division Engineering.In conjunction with the Calibration Co-coordinator ensure compliance with calibration requirements.Ensure the maintenance of the facility, instruments, and manufacturing equipment.Ensure that the team supports testing and manufacturing activities in the Technical Operations and Quality areas to ensure that product passes through the area in an efficient manner.Ensure the maintenance of utility services and process plant.Ensure the maintenance of appropriate test instrumentation.Ensure the maintenance of pest control, housekeeping and GMP.Ensure prompt attention of the Manufacturing Manager in areas of risk, which might have an adverse effect on product quality and/or safety.Implement relevant engineering projects to support on-going EHS plans.Manage Risk insurers audit assessment and ensure compliance.Ensure PM system is implemented on facility and manufacturing equipment.Identify and manage the development needs of the engineering Team to ensure optimum use of resources and succession plans.Ensure each individual in the team has an annual Performance Appraisal.Identify and implement CIP’s.Ensure the implementation of an efficient Energy Management Programme and implement initiatives to reduce energy requirement and costs.Ensure External contractors are managed and supervised.Negotiate Cost / Quality Effective External Contracts.Ensure the effective management of appropriate internal and external plant projects.EDUCATION & COMPETENCIES:Third level qualification in Engineering or related discipline to provide the foundation necessary to understanding engineering principles and develop ongoing engineering skills.2 years experience in an Engineering supervisory position and/or 5 years experience of manufacturing operations in healthcare type industry.Detailed functional knowledge required of wide range of manufacturing equipment.Must be self-starter with ability to organise and work within a team.