MES Data Engineer

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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, nutritional's 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.

About this role in Abbott:

The main responsibility of the MES Engineer is to support the use of the MES system in the manufacturing environment. This includes change management, troubleshooting and continuous improvement activities, ensuring the site delivers safe and effective products that meet customer needs whilst maintaining compliance. The MES engineer will provide subject matter expertise to the operations team for day-to-day production and project work to ensure that output targets are met in line with the production plan. It will be a very big plus if you can bring experience in developing projects or sites from square one.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME knowledge to the operations team with respect to the MES system.

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, IT and Quality functions to ensure efficient and effective MES site support during operational hours.

• Work with the operations teams to deliver on department goals, schedules, and timetables for activities.

• Ensuring conformance with all relevant Policies and Procedures. Contributing to the creation of Work Instructions and Procedures to maintain compliance.

• Coach and mentor the operations team on the use of the MES system, upskilling operations staff on the basics of troubleshooting.

• Conduct business in a manner designed to be protective of human health, safety, and the environment.

• Lead MES activities relating to expansion, projects and enhancements.

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and performing other duties as assigned by management.

• Gather data from manufacturing and MES databases to support investigations and data queries.

Qualifications and Experience

• A relevant technical diploma.

• 3 years’ experience in a related environment.

Technical Skills & Competencies

• Experience working with MES in a manufacturing environment.

• Proficienct in Programming languages such as C# or Python to aid recipe development/troubleshooting.

• Experience using SQL for data extraction and analysis.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and >

  The base pay for this position is

  N/A

  In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

  JOB FAMILY:

  Engineering

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  LOCATION:

  Ireland > Kilkenny : Kilkenny Business and Technology Park

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  Standard

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