Operations Quality Engineer — Manufacturing Excellence

Abbott Laboratories; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family health insurance

Excellent pension scheme

Life assurance

Career Development

Fantastic new facility

Growing business

Job summary

Abbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny seeks an Operations Quality Engineer to analyse and improve quality across components, materials and processes. The role supports manufacturing, testing and vendor interactions to ensure compliant, on-time product delivery at Abbott’s Kilkenny site.

The position is shift-based, with a focus on applying quality principles, maintaining CAPA and validation activities while contributing to continuous improvement and risk management across the site.

Qualifications

• Minimum NFQ Level 7 Qualification in Engineering or Manufacturing.
• 3 years in a Manufacturing/Science/Engineering environment.
• GMP/GDP experience.
• ISO 13485 experience.
• Yellow belt qualification desired.

Responsibilities

• Analyse quality standards for components, materials or services.
• Apply measures, sampling methods and testing to ensure quality.
• Support Manufacturing/Operations, Product Test and Incoming Materials.
• Identify and address recurring quality issues.
• Document quality issues and performance metrics for management.
• liaise with external vendors when needed.

Skills

Quality engineering

GMP/GDP

ISO 13485

Yellow belt

Manufacturing

Education

NFQ Level 7 Engineering/Manufacturing

Job description

Abbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny seeks an Operations Quality Engineer to analyse and improve quality across components, materials and processes. The role supports manufacturing, testing and vendor interactions to ensure compliant, on-time product delivery at Abbott’s Kilkenny site.

The position is shift-based, with a focus on applying quality principles, maintaining CAPA and validation activities while contributing to continuous improvement and risk management across the site.