Working as Auditor as part of Quality Department

My current duties while being employed at Abbott are:• The picking and preparing commodities for all sectors of Abbott.• Replenishing and ordering commodities.• Full adherence to Health and Safety Regulations in Warehouse.• Attention to detail and understanding of OP’s.• Problem Solver and Communicator with Various Team Leaders.• Comprehensive knowledge of Supply Chain.• Fully trained in SAP System.• Forklift truck trained.• Ad Hoc, Cycle Counts and Audit Prepared.• Chemical Handling.

When my employment with Abbott commenced I was initially employed as a diagnostic assistant, my duties & responsibilities were as followed:• Full adherence to all GMP requirements.• Daily duties on operations floor with Fill – Label and Kit Pack.• Filling out and revising all paper work on GMIs.• Adhering to Health and Safety Procedures in work place.• Ensuring product is to the highest quality to improve health care globally.• Product is labelled within time with minimum waste.• Communication and concentration.• Update ETMS and continually improve.• Assist new workers in operations.

Though I am still currently employed in Abbott, Co. Longford I was previously a reviewer & my duties and responsibilities were as follows:• Check Fill and Label paperwork for adherence to OP’s.• Full understanding of Fill and Label procedures to examine for mistakes.• Check for full compliance on quality assurance.• Report errors and dock errors to Quality Manager / Team Leader.• Up-skill on any new Fill or Label Methods.• Communicate with workers in regards to any paperwork errors.

During my contract with Mercury Engineering Dublin, I was employed as an assistant electrician. As part of a team, I was involved in a large scale deployment project. It was a mile stone and quality built in project that demanded attention to detail to satisfy clients demands. It was an interesting and unique project to be part of. I assisted electricians with electrical layouts and infrastructure.

I joined the client based Metroselskabet team in monitoring production, checking health and safety issues, reviewing method statements, assisting site managers and producing site activity reports. We worked closely with all site management and workers to achieve adherence to Danish Health & Safety laws. This client based role was a wonderful insight into metro station construction and "top down" engineering. It was a role that demanded resilience, diplomacy, understanding, communication and tact. Sites were working 24 hours a day. The role always felt like a team effort due to positive feedback from site and project managers and one needed the resolve to be self diligent and self reliant at times to deliver results.

While I was employed with Irwin Construction I was responsible for working on and supervising overhauls on power stations in the midlands region. This involved closures to certain parts of Power Stations while we cleaned and attended to mechanical and construction issues that needed addressing. A challenging environment at times where adhering to health & safety requirements and method statements was paramount to safe working and health.

I have always enjoyed writing, so I immersed myself in all types of media, this led to writing music reviews for my local county paper. I reviewed weekly new releases, covered gigs, local bands and also reviewed music festivals. Deadlines and quality were the main factors in this sphere. I found it challenging and very rewarding.

During my time at Shannonside & Midlands 103 radio I was involved in many tasks & responsibilities: News reporter, production assistant, producer, presenter, sports journalist and documentary maker. My time in media came about when the financial crash of 2008 happened. At that point I wanted to upskill in a different direction. I went back to college and studied media production. I was always fascinated with different forms of media and have a creative side that I wanted to explore. At the end of the course I was given a months work experience in Midlands 103 located in Tullamore. It broadcasts to counties Offaly, Westmeath, and Laois. This led to me working full time in the role of reporter in news and sports, news reader, and programme producer and editor. It was a teamwork and self regulating environment at times, always busy but very satisfying. The aspects of myself that propelled me in this work area were, perfectionism, dynamism, resilience, hard work, teamwork and quality. I produced a weekly show called The Parish, I explored small villages and towns in the region and listened to ordinary people tell extraordinary stories. I focussed for a month on charitable organizations. One of these was Brainwave, an organisation that helps people and families with the effects of epilepsy. I presented and produced my show about Brainwave in Tullamore and won an International award for my efforts. It was a fantastic honour and I was deeply grateful to the honsetsy shown by the participants. My time in media has many fond memories and I made a great number of friends there.

I moved back home and applied for job as setting out engineer with PJ McLoughlin Builders in Longford town. A smaller and more family feel to the organisation than that of Laing O Rourke. I really flourished in this environment. The team in McLoughlin's office work tirelessly to procure work and we were very busy for the four years. I was lucky to work on notable projects such as Roscommon Civic Offices, Virginia Secondary School and my favourite O Connor Park Stand in Tullamore, as I'm an avid GAA fan. I progressed from setting out to site management and project management, over seeing weekly client meetings, method statements, production reports. Managing workers and sub contractors whilst surveying all elements. I learnt a lot more about the different facets of construction and construction management with Mcloughlins. The economic crash happened and the whole sector suffered a downturn. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with McLoughlins where key attributes were adaptability, attention to detail, understanding all the different aspects of construction management, diplomacy, leadership, teamwork and being client focussed. Working within budgetary confines was a major learning curve for me during my time with McLoughlins.

From 1999 to 2004 I was employed by Laing O Rourke. After working with smaller contractors I had been in college studying surveying and construction. Laing O Rourke were a sector leader in construction and engineering. I became an engineers assistant, in old terms, a chain man. In this role I learnt about surveying, setting out, maths, equations, the office workings on a construction site, checking drawings, checking details, archiving, dealing with workers, understanding the flow of construction information. A brilliant firm to learn from, extremely pressurised environment, deadlines and finishing projects correctly and before time was paramount. Check twice cut once was a matra I learnt working with this firm and I never forgot it. Worked on notable projects in UK and Ireland and progressed within their ranks. From assistant to junior to senior engineer. Working on such projects like Bedfont Lakes in UK, to Belgard Square Tallaght, one of the most challenging and interesting projects was the Sports and Fitness Centre in Irishtown Dublin, a track and field athletics ground where the tolerance in millimetres was 2 -3 mm as it was built to European Athletics Standard. A curved building was part of the office structure also on site. I learnt a lot from my time with Laing O Rourke a company that demanded perfection at all times.

While working with this construction company in the UK I was employed as a construction worker & construction managers assistant. We refurbished houses and demolition, it was a one man lead construction firm that was successful. We focussed on houses and apartments, gutting, refurbishing, structural work. Worked closely with skilled tradesmen and began to learn the basics of construction processes.