**Have you ever wanted to make a difference?** At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries. **Abbott Ireland** In Ireland, Abbott employs around 6,000 people across ten sites. We currently have seven manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford, Sligo & Kilkenny and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946. **Vascular Division Clonmel** Abbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses. Abbott Vascular is uniquely focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease and improving patient care by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development, and advancing medicine through training and education. Our broad line of vascular devices–which includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies–are used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries, and peripheral blood vessels. These vessel diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia, and other serious vascular conditions. **About the role** Provides technical assistance to engineering to support manufacturing efforts by implementing corrective and preventative actions. Assists engineers in developing methods and procedures to control or improve manufacturing processes. **What You’ll Do** + Assists engineering in providing manufacturing support bylearning to analyse data and identify manufacturing issues and trends. May also train operators on basic processes and engineering changes, and perform operator certification on-the- job training and testing. + Assists in identifying manufacturing issues by working withengineering to determine root cause and implementcorrectiveand preventative action. + Learns process to disposition non-conforming material byutilising quality tools and by developing know ledge of manufacturing practices andprocedures. + Helps to develop and implement process improvements byassisting engineering in researching and validating changes in processes/equipmentandtestmethodstoimproveyieldand/orreduce cycle time per established procedures. + Assists engineering in supporting process development duringnewproductintroductionbyprovidinginputtotraceabilityandinspectionrequirements,providinginputforstatisticalprocess control criteria, developing manufacturing instructions, and creating training sheets and certifications. + Assists engineering with qualification and validation studies andreports by collecting, compiling, measuring, organising andrecording data, and by writing procedures. May keeplab notebook. **What You Bring** + National Framework of Qualifications(NFQ)level6qualificationinarelevantdiscipline.2+yearsof related work experience, or an equivalent combinationof education and work experience. + Applies broad knowledge of general technical concepts and practices and a general understanding of product or systems fundamentals. Utilises increased knowledge of numerical and statistical data and computer software programs to resolve non­ routine/moderately complex problems. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations. + Performs non-routine to moderately complex technical assignments using standard methods and sequences . Performs set-up, testing , repair, inspection, and/or maintenance of all area-specific equipment, materials, systems, and/or product. Makes adjustments, modification s, and replacements as directed. Assignments require broad judgment in troubleshooting proven processes as well as the ability to suggest alternatives. + Regularly presents findings to cross-functional teams and begins to win support for ideas. Can adequately write procedures and product disposition documentation that may be presented to external auditing bodies. + Mentors new team members. Ensures open communication within group and across shift and relevant functions to resolve technical issues and promote learning. + Plans, organises, and prioritises own daily work routine to meet established schedule. + Solves a variety of problems of limited to moderate scope and complexity requiring basic interpretation of defined procedures and practices. Maintains confidentiality in handling sensitive information or documents. ​ **REFER TO THE SITE SAFETY STATEMENT (SHE038447) FOR YOUR SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE AT WORK RESPONSIBILITIES** **Abbott Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer** + ​Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/ , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com