Engineering Manager

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

We are recruiting a Engineering Manager to join our engineering team in Manorhamilton Road (MHR), Sligo. AbbVie MHR produces Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, both small molecule and antibody drug conjugates, including highly potent compounds, and finished products including a variety of oral solid dosage (OSD) forms. This position reports to our Operations Engineering Manager.  Your team will be responsible for investigations, local projects and ensuring that day-to-day preventative and demand maintenance activity is completed to maintain manufacturing and utility equipment.  

The Engineering Manager’s team comprises engineers, technicians, and apprentices and the role requires cross-functional collaboration with contract maintenance providers, production, technical operations, quality and other personnel to ensure equipment performance is maximized. 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Establish with the Operations Engineering Manager the department goals, schedules and timetables for activities. 
• Assist with the management and support of manufacturing equipment development. 
• Support the Engineering Team in ensuring that manufacturing equipment is maintained to meet the required legal, divisional and corporate standards. 
• Prepare appropriate CAPA plans and implement timelines. 
• Undertake specific investigations, and equipment monitoring, with the view to improve manufacturing performance e.g., reducing plant downtime and maximizing Plant output and yield.   
• Implementation of equipment/process upgrade in an environment of continuous improvement. 
• Develop monthly engineering metrics and provide management reports in a timely manner. 
• Ensure relevant budgets are within target and prepare capital expenditure requests for plant as required.  
• Ensure successful external, Division and Corporate audits. 
• Ensure safety standards are met, and safe working practices are adhered to.  
• Manage internal and external plant projects as needed. 
• Supervise and manage relationships with external contractors.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant discipline  
• Minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience with a minimum of 2 years’ experience as an Engineering Supervisor.
• Prior experience in a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, particularly within the Engineering Department, is required.
• High level of attention to detail and mental concentration, to ensure accuracy and total compliance with procedures.  
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make prompt decisions on engineering

Closing Date for internal application is Friday 11th October 2024

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