JOB DESCRIPTION:
Senior Supplier Quality Engineer, Third Party Manufacturing
Location – Fermoy, Cork
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 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 mostly located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.
Main purpose of the role
The position of Senior Supplier Quality Engineer is within our Abbott Diabetes Care Division, located in our Cork office. The Senior Supplier Quality Engineer will be responsible for activities related to Third Party Manufacturing (TPM) performance, monitoring and management. In this role you will provide QA leadership and expertise to Supplier Third Party Manufacturing. You will have the opportunity to work within a highly diverse, innovative team in a global organization with significant opportunities to develop your career further.
Main Responsibilities
Support the maintenance of an effective Supplier Quality System
Monitor Supplier performance per associated performance requirements
Liaise on Suppliers quality issues and initiate/approve supplier corrective action Reports (SCARs) as required
Using problem solving tools, conduct and support investigations as they arise from quality events, product complaints or other sources from the quality system ensuring root cause is determined and appropriate CAPA actions implemented
Participate in Supplier Change Management and continuous improvement activities, including associated change control documents and Validation/Qualification activities
Ensure compliance of Supplier quality system documents including, but not limited to Non-Conformances, Deviations and Quality Assessments, to division and global policies and procedures
Mitigate risk by working with the Supplier to document Process Flow Charts, PFMEAs, and Control Plans
Comply with regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science (Master’s preferred).
- 4–8 years of relevant experience at least 2 of which is in a regulated manufacturing environment.
The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:Operations Quality
DIVISION:ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:Ireland > Cork : Sanmina Rathealy road
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:Standard
TRAVEL:Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Not Applicable
Top Skills
What We Do
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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
