Operations Internship job from Abbott Laboratories in Cavan, County Cavan, Ireland

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At Abbott we create quality health products as if they’re for our own families, with integrity in everything we do. We drive change through access to healthcare, community engagement, science education and shared impact

Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 4,000 people across nine sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.

Responsibilities include:

• Follow all Environmental, Health and Safety Rules and Regulations in the plant.

• Report any current or potential hazards to your manager immediately.

• Wear the correct Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E) at all times. Consult the appropriate SOP where required.

• Play an active role in the Food Safety Management Team with an insight into the HACCP Programme

• Responsibility for reviewing all SOP’s for any job task he/she may carry out and ensure he/she fully understands and adheres to the SOP.

• Lead strategic quality initiatives in the areas Compliance and other specific areas.

• Key role in assisting audit readiness in Manufacturing

• Participate as an auditor within the plant in internal audit schedule, plant walk-downs and external audits.

• Play a key role in ensuring the plant is audit ready for CRQS, Division and regulatory audits.

• Communicating with the Third Party Warehouse on a regular basis, organising samples to be brought back to AN Cootehill for testing

Major Responsibilities

• Completing CAPA Actions that have been created from quality events on the Abtraq system.

• Reviewing and updating SOP’s, plant forms, logbooks. Raising change requests on M-Files system.

• Managing statistical sampling for quality events to release product for MSP Release, this will consist of organizing samples to be called back from the third party warehouse and managing personnel to complete the sampling

• Manage Quality Inspections that the Third Party Warehouse are completing on behalf of Abbott

• Closing out actions generated from internal and external audits, completing 6M’s to identify the root cause for the actions identified.

Accountability / Scope

• This function will have responsibility to ensure that Compliance is managed effectively and will provide leadership in the areas of Manufacturing Packing Compliance, Strategic Compliance initiatives, cGMP and Food Safety.

What are we looking for?

To apply for an Internship position, the following criteria need to be applicable:

• Available to commence a 6, 9 or 12 month placement from June 2022

• Pursuing a third level Undergraduate or Post Graduate in Environmental Health and Safety.

• Candidates must have a minimum of 2.1 Grade in their degree course

• Good communication skills

• Strong problem solving skills

• Flexibility to be based at one of our Abbott sites around Ireland