Process Continuous Improvement Engineer

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, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices, and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs 6,000 people across ten sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford, and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations, and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946. Abbott Ireland Nutrition Division Cootehill Cavan Abbott Nutrition produces a range of infant formulas in all pack sizes under the brand name “Similac.” To complement the range of “Similac” infant formulas, the facility also manufactures a range of follow-on formulas under the brand name of “Gain.” The essential ingredient is liquid skim milk, which is combined with carbohydrate, vegetable oils, vitamins, and minerals. The product is blended, pasteurized, dried, and packaged at the site and once packaged, is distributed to Europe, South East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Canada. Established in 1975, Abbott Nutrition in Ireland is the largest powder manufacturing facility for the production of infant formulas within the Abbott Corporation worldwide. Approximately 1,000 dairy farms in Ireland and Northern Ireland supply quality milk to the Cootehill facility, which processes 500,000 litres per day. This secure supply, together with Ireland’s reputation as a green, clean environment, is of significant strategic importance to Abbott Nutrition. The role of Process Continuous Improvement Engineer will involve the following:

Primary Function

1. Plan and schedule work in accordance with plant demand and available manpower.
2. Ensure compliance with Abbott International Global Standards, GMP, and environmental requirements.
3. Ensure all efforts are made to reduce product cost by improving efficiencies.
4. Drive a Continuous Improvement culture through effective RCA & PPS.
5. Ensure all employees follow correct procedures when carrying out hot work, working at height, and confined space entry, ensuring work permits are fully in compliance with SOPs.

Major Responsibilities

1. Services, troubleshoots, and solves engineering problems with processes or equipment already in operation.
2. Support the Maintenance FLL to develop improved maintenance plans and drive efficiencies to reduce equipment downtime.
3. Interact with a cross-functional team including engineering, manufacturing, quality, technical, and materials with the objective to deliver key site projects focused on Wet Processing, Evaporation, and Spray Drying areas.
4. Ensure all project quality and validation requirements are met through thorough planning, agreeing, preparing, and executing successful trials and validations as per Abbott policy.
5. Take action to resolve operational problems and minimize delays.
6. Implement continuous improvement projects and complete associated Regulation documentation (EHS, Validation, and Compliance).
7. Participate in preparing engineering designs and work specifications, developing project schedules, budgets and forecasts, and selecting materials, equipment, project staff, and external contractors.
8. Participate in selecting and managing the activities of contractors to ensure they are integrated into the project and the organization receives satisfactory standards of service.

Education & Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Food Process Engineering or equivalent Engineering/Science discipline. Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Engineering/ manufacturing environment. Prior experience in a Dairy/Food Process Engineering role is essential, or in-depth experience with Evaporators and Spray Dryers and equipment cleaning. #J-18808-Ljbffr