Operations Engineer

Unipharmedtech; Ireland; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniphar is seeking a proactive Documentation & SOP Specialist to join our Engineering team in Ireland. You will deliver daily support to Operations and the wider business, working with our WMS and QMS to document processes and create SOPs and WIs for training on Project Dawn.

You will audit existing SOPs and WIs, identify gaps, and collaborate across cross-functional teams to ensure documents are current and fit for purpose. Attention to detail and strong analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Attention to detail and strong numerical/analytical skills are essential.
• Experience in Pharma/FMCG sectors is advantageous.
• Lean Six Sigma qualification is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead role in Engineering to support Operations and wider business.
• Work with WMS and QMS to document processes.
• Identify areas of WMS that need SOPs or WIs documented for future training.
• Create documents to record processes and SOPs for Project Dawn training.
• Assess and review current SOPs & WIs and identify edits or new documents needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Pharma/FMCG experience

Lean Six Sigma

Results oriented

Numerical/Analytical

Learn new systems

Problem solving

Team player

Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Role:

• To play a leading role in a dynamic Engineering team delivering daily support to the Operations team and wider business group
• To work with a state-of-the-art Warehouse Management System (WMS), and Quality Management System (QMS)
• To identify areas of the WMS that need to be documented in SOPs or WIs going forward
• To work on a high-profile project, working alongside multiple teams to create all the necessary documents to record processes and SOPs for future training of users
• Assess and review all current SOPs & WIs and identify what documents need to be edited, updated or created for Project Dawn

Key Outcomes:

• Develop an expertise in fundamental processes within the integrated warehouse management system
• Work with the Engineering team to update/ create SOPs and WIs in line with the development of Project Dawn
• Develop an expertise in the QMS used for all SOPs and WIs.

Key Skills & Experiences:

• Attention to detail
• Experience in the Pharma/FMCG sectors is an advantage
• Lean Six Sigma qualification is an advantage
• Results-oriented - must be able to bring projects to completion
• Strong numerical & analytical skills
• Ability to learn new systems quickly
• Ability to see problems as a challenge
• Enthusiasm and willingness to get involved in all areas of Engineering, Facilities & operations
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Candidate must be team-oriented with the ability to work in cross-functional teams to accomplish goals set by the business.

Uniphar - Who we are

With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams.

Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.

Supply Chain & Retail Supply Chain Services provides both pre-wholesale and wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical, healthcare and animal health products to pharmacies and hospital nationwide.

The business supports a diverse customer base through the provision of strong service levels coupled with innovative commercial initiatives.

In addition, the business provides services and supports that help independent community pharmacy to compete more effectively in an increasingly difficult environment and runs a network of Uniphar-owned pharmacies under the Life, Allcare, McCauleys and Hickeys symbol brands.

Pharma - On Demand

The On-Demand business is a specialist medical supply business that sources and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and consumable supplies to healthcare professionals in over 160 countries worldwide.

We have offices in Ireland, UK, Europe, USA and New Zealand.

The company’s main divisions encompass everything from International Sales through Sales to NGO’s and Charities, Clinical Trials Supply, Imported (Unlicensed Medicines), Sexual Health Supplies, and the storage and distribution of medical products and devices for third parties.

About Us - Who we are | Uniphar Culture at Uniphar

Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working.

Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores.

Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.

We have a people first approach - we do the right thing.

We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience is embodied in our way of working.

We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people.

Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.

Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse.

This diversity fuels our business and culture.

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy.

We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us.

Running our business in a sustainable way ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long-term.

We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy are a fundamental part of our decision-making process.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.

Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful.

They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.