As Manufacturing Team Leader in Operations, I am responsible for the filling and final packaging of diagnostic reagents. • Managing and directing two shift operations teams on a six day shift pattern.• Ensuring that all staff operate within GMP’s and maintaining a safe work environment.• Ensuring that all metrics relating to output, quality, documentation, safety and reporting are met.• Working in a collaborative manner with multiple site functions across Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain.• Delivering Continuous and Cost Improvement Initiatives.• Recommend/Implement improvements to same standards and foster continuous improvement culture to safety.• Liaise directly with other departments in accident/incident investigations and address any issues arising from these investigations.• Ensuring area is operating to standards set by Manufacturing Manager.• Ensuring area is operating to the required quality level/standard.• Ensuring all employees are performing effectively and efficiently.• Ensuring area is working within budgeted cost constraints.• Ensuring schedules are met.• Ensuring that manufacturing component inspections are performed in a timely manner and according to procedural requirements• Ensuring harmonious working conditions and relationships are maintained.• Ensuring personnel are properly trained.• Ensuring regular appraisals are carried out. Training needs identified, training plans agreed and completed.• Maintain a positive attendance management procedure.• Motivate employees and build teams to support the plant’s policy of continuous improvement towards the concept of zero defects.• Ensuring all direct reports are fully trained cross and booster trained with regard to safety, method and efficiency and maintain all relevant training records up to date.• Optimise the use of human resources by encouraging an atmosphere of involvement, open communications and effective teamwork.• Participate in all EHS awareness activities.

Engineer•Engineering Project lead for new equipment for Sligo site..

Assistant Engineering •Day to day demand maintenance of equipment as required.•PM of equipment.•Design, FAT, SAT and install of equipment.•Design of equipment carried across other Abbott sites.•Engineering Project lead for new platforms for Sligo site.

Abbott Diagnostics is a global leader of in vitro diagnostics. As part of the Abbott Diagnostics Engineering team I have responsibility to:• Provide technical leadership and develop engineering solutions for products and processes; implementation of major projects across The Sligo site and other EU sites with cross functional teams.• Manage internal engineering projects that require leadership, technical competency and excellent communication skills to drive solutions across multiple sites.• Develops, plans, coordinates and directs engineering aspects of projects of major scope and importance for the Sligo site.• Maintains project controls and reporting for cost, scope and schedule, develops execution strategy and contingency plans in the event of schedule slippage or cost overruns.• To provide the necessary Engineering support & services to Engineering Departments across ADD European Sites.• Develop scope, design and Cost Estimates on process improvement projects. Write requests for capital expenditure (RCE’s) for division wide projects

Engineering assistant•Day to day demand maintenance of equipment.•PM of equipment.•Site engineering line owner.•Design,FAT,SAT,Install and qualification of new equipment.

•Operation of fill line equipment.•Training of new staff.•SME lead operator, for new fill line equipment on Abbott projects.•FAT of new equipment with site engineering and divisional engineering.•Install and SAT of equipment.•Qualification of equipment – IQ/OQ/PQ.•Development of training documents.

As an operations technician my duties were:•Day to day operations duties.•On demand maintenance of the equipment.•PM of equipment.•Batch reporting. •Scada system operator. •Warehouse material control.