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Shannon, County Clare, Ireland

Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland

Galway

Working as a member of the Equipment Engineering department, I’m responsible for managing equipment builds for new and repeat production lines. I’m required to liaise with customers in order to understand equipment needs and to deliver results taking into consideration costs and timeline. My role also includes supporting equipment build, commissioning, validation and cleanroom installation during the project lifecycle.• Responsible for generating requests for quotations with external suppliers for new and upgrade equipment.• Ensures Equipment requests are processed within project timeline.• Participates on cross-functional Design Reviews.• Ability to multi task regarding project activities whilst working with internal and external cross-functional groups.• Calculating and managing time requirements and project deadline/due dates in an orderly manner• Evaluating project costs and required resources for project completion• Coordinates and prioritizes internal and vendor related activities i.e. maintenance, upgrades, etc.• Liaising with manufacturing groups to schedule equipment installations and upgrades with minimal production downtime.

Tuam, Connacht, Ireland

The Project Configuration Manager applies the configuration management to all documents, source code and project tools in the project according to the configuration management strategy. My goal is to establish and maintain the integrity of all these configuration items of the project and make them available to all concerned parties. Project configuration management is at overall System Level including Software Level, and Hardware & mechanics level. Among my responsibilities are the following:Develops, maintains and drives the Project Configuration Management Plan (SCMP) for completion. Also plans the configuration management activities in the projectProvides administrative support to the Change Control system and Daily Commit Review process for Software Integration, as well providing Change Requests/Problem Reports (CR/PRs)Ensure Project Configuration adheres to Automotive SPICE standrardsAdministration of Source Code Management system for the project, supports creation of repositories, branches, tags, etc.Generates Software Release Packages, both internally and for official customer releases.Performs smoke tests in conjunction with Software Integration Team, and provides Software Release Notes to both internal and external stakeholdersGenerates project and/or software baselines upon project leader requestSelects Configuration Management Tool(s), in case it is not made available by the organization. Identifies and coordinates Project Tools ADMIN (Access, Control, etc). Reports any defects of these toolsCoordinates the setup of the project configuration management, incl. baselines, folder structure, etcStores, handles and delivers configuration items. Ensures the repository of all configuration items following the configuration management plan, e.g. labeling, naming convention etc.Creates and maintains Project Configuration Item List. Reports continuously each Configuration Item Status to the Project Stakeholders

County Limerick, Ireland

As a member of the Solution Design department, I'm responsible for the design and integration of serialized Track and Trace solutions for packaging line equipment which ensures Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies comply with GS1 standards and global regulatory requirements. Among my responsibilities are the following:• Conduct Engineering Site visits at customer facilities to evaluate customer specific requirements• Lead the design of each solution from within the Engineering team, working closely with R&D, Quality, Electrical, Mechanical, Validation, Product and Software departments• Develop serialized and non-serialized solutions which comply with GS1 standards and meet customers’ specific requirements• Work with OEM’s and third parties from design cocept until the solution integration at the customer site• New machine introduction, installation and qualification from drafting the URS documents to executing FAT• Draft Functional Specification, Design Specification tailored to customers’ requirements• Review of documentation (URS, FDS, BRS, IOQ). Prepare and support FAT and SAT• Conduct weekly review meetings with customers to review tasks and ensure milestones are achieved on time and on budget• Act as a technical reference for customers on all aspects of the solution

County Limerick, Ireland

Working within the Software Team as a Configuration Engineer. I work daily in conjunction with the company's software developers, vision programmers and solution designers to provide a software solution which performs according to customers' requirements.Develop customized serialization and track and trace solutions for customers in the Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Work primarily with automated vision systems to inspect customers' products. Configure systems to both provide correct signals and results to an OEM's PLC, or do full tracking of products along customers production line, depending on their requirements. Among my responsibilities are the following:Performing Vision Feasibility Studies (Definition of the resolution, lenses, cameras and lighting used on the systems), and developing a strong knowledge of optics and vision hardware.- Performing Vision Regression Tests to improve the quality of image analysis on customer systems.- Providing support in the Research and Development for Vision Programmers.- Performing system tests with the Quality Control department to validate the configuration and suggest adjustments (Hardware and Software).- Participating in the elaboration of the solution with the Solution Design department.- Develop a strong knowledge of Serialization and Track & Trace for the Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry- Develop a strong knowledge of client specifications.- Configuring systems in XML and Python.- Providing support to the Integration team for configuring systems on-site.

County Galway, Ireland

Coop placement working in the Equipment Maintenance department. Key tasks included:• Fixing bugs and maintaining data in the departments’ Equipment Risk Management System, using Microsoft Excel.• Creating macros in Excel VBA to add functionality to the Risk Management System.• Compiling data from Maintenance Reports in order to monitor efficiency of specific machinery. Performed Minitab quality analysis on said machines.• Updated and monitored spare parts list for critical machinery.• Designed floor plan for new Equipment Maintenance Workshop on site.• Improved departments’ holiday tracker system. Included updating employee database on MS SQL, and debugging HTML for the tracker web page.• Completed in-house training for both Problem Solving and Microsoft Excel, including the Advanced Excel Training Course.

Master Of Science - Ms, Big Data Analytics And Artificial Intelligence, First Class Honors

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Engineering

2:2 degree achieved in June 2015 General Electrical & Computer Engineering course completed for 1st and 2nd year. Computer Engineering.