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Bausch + Lomb Process Engineer in Dublin, Ireland
Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies Inc., is solely focused on making people see better to live better. The company has a 40-year track record of growth and diversification in Waterford – Ireland’s oldest city.
From Waterford, Bausch + Lomb supplies eye health products to people across the world.
The company’s success in Waterford has been built on a great team who between them have thousands of years of experience of delivering the highest quality every time. As the facility has grown, new opportunities have been created for skilled people to join the team and take their careers to the next level in a global company with deep local roots in Waterford.
Duties and Responsibilities
•Ensure manufacturing equipment consistently and sustainably meets/exceeds Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), such as yield, throughput and productivity.
•Support Shift Leads and Area Manager to achieve daily, weekly and monthly KPIs.
•Provide line support to resolve quality and technical issues using appropriate troubleshooting techniques.
•Develop, optimise, implement and coordinate planned maintenance and calibration procedures for equipment.
•Monitor, identify & source appropriate spare parts.
•Participate in cross functional teams to manage the introduction of equipment or processes, provide operational support to ensure plant goals are met.
•Provide technical core competency support, including training to operations and maintenance personnel on an as-needed basis, including possible off-hours, remote and onsite coverage rotation.
•Promote & Engage Lean Manufacturing & Visual Management concepts within the Value Stream and continuously improve the performance of the process, demonstrate ability to use statistical analysis in relation to review of system yields to identify issues.
•Maintain compliance to GMP’s, GDP & GEP & implement improvements under change control.
•Maintain record/database of issues & fixes
•Analyse trends to identify improvements and optimisation of manufacturing process and procedures.
•Track and report on daily, weekly and monthly KPIs as required and implement systems to improve monitoring.
•Own, track and report on status of NC’s, CAPAs, Change Controls, and projects related to the Engineering function.
•Develop relevant work instructions and SOPs.
•Writing/executing process and equipment engineering studies and protocols.
Requirements
•Level 8 Engineering Degree – preferable in Mechanical Engineering discipline
•5+ Years relevant experience in a highly automated, regulated medical device/pharmaceutical environment
•Prior experience of strategic prioritisation and championing critical process issues and continuous improvement through data analysis & Lean/Six Sigma methods
•Excellent ability to contextualise and communicate work completed and future direction
•Experience of developing a working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic software controls, and automated vision systems
•Project Management Qualification & Vendor Management experience expected
•Prior experience of Project leadership including team building, training and mentoring
Bausch & Lomb is committed to equal employment opportunity and complies with equal employment opportunity laws in effect wherever it operates.