Process Engineer (Mechanical or Electrical)

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. 

Due to the expansion of our high performing engineering team in Westport, we are looking for an experienced Process Engineer to join us on a permanent basis.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist with the management, engineering, process improvement, equipment reliability, and control system activities.
• Identify, plan, schedule, manage and communicate on production related projects to all affected stakeholders.
• Implement lean technologies such as standard work, visualisation boards.
• Support the Business Unit by developing robust process & systems to ensure delivery of effective quality.
• Ensure that line processes, equipment and materials are maintained to deliver consistent, reliable and predictable process performance and product quality.
• Develop & implement systems & structure to minimise technical downtime on the line.
• Resolve technical issues in an effective & timely manner with the technical team to support operations.
• Drive continuous improvement and process efficiency programs, i.e., OEE, OPEX, RCA, RCM and productivity output for the BU.
• Manage external vendors and services for equipment and technology in the BU along with the Manufacturing.
• Manage the technical documentation, reports, files, logs and records for the BU.
• Assist with the trending, monitoring, performance of equipment and the reduction of unplanned downtime. 
• Help manage, track and monitor the relevant KPIs for the Technical Team.
• Assist with the trending, monitoring and reduction of repeat deviations associated with the equipment and technology in the BU. Generate and approve associated change controls and relevant protocols.
• Help support the BU during regulatory and compliance audits.

• Third level qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Process Engineering.
• +4 years experience working in a regulated environment. 
• Detailed knowledge of regulatory requirements in a pharmaceutical GxP environment.
• Experience in a high volume automation pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
• Excellent documentation skills.
  Ability to organize work load and work on own initiative.
• Experience with Maximo, One Vault, Quality software systems, working with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.). 
• Experience of working on a team, including strong organisational and time management skills. 
• Strong ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems.
• Ability to learn new and different technologies.
• Flexibility to respond to issues outside normal business hours.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.