Operational Excellence Engineer - Abbott Laboratories
  • Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
  • via BeBee.com
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Job Description

**Job Summary** Abbott is a global healthcare leader helping people live more fully at all stages of life. We seek a professional to manage risk and achieve strategic objectives in environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality, and production. **About the Role** 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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. We are based in Ireland, where Abbott employs over 6,000 people across nine sites. Our diverse range of healthcare products includes diagnostics, medical devices, and nutritionals. **Key Responsibilities** • Manage risk to the achievement of an organization's strategic objectives in the areas of environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality, and production • Maintain and improve the Engineering Department's Enterprise Excellence initiatives, including: + 6 S Program + Gemba Program + Shingo methodology • Promote a culture of continuous improvement across the Engineering Department • Lead problem-solving activities utilizing various improvement tools • Deploy lean six sigma, change management tools, and methodologies to ensure project success • Maintain visual boards to provide clear and transparent linkage of performance, continuous improvement activity, and the Site Strategy Map • Track and report project status efficiently to all relevant internal stakeholders **Requirements** • Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Engineering/Science • 3 years of experience working in a manufacturing/engineering/science environment • Knowledge of an Automated Manufacturing Environment with a good solid understanding of FMCG

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