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Abbott Senior IT Specialist in Donegal Town, Ireland
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 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.
Diabetes Care Donegal
The Abbott Diabetes Care division based in Donegal Town manufactures FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre system
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The IT Senior Specialist for the site you will have primary responsibility for the IT Support effort of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) - POMSnet & all auxiliary systems. Play a key role in the managing the sites overall IT business objectives. The role will Interface with all areas of the business & participate in all aspects of the manufacturing & day to day support.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Ability to lead work efforts to successfully support POMSnet & auxiliary systems.
Manage day to day incident management.
Strong Problem-Solving Abilities – able to identify facts, consider approaches and evaluate the most appropriate action.
Ability to assist with new machine integrations, configurations & peripheral devices.
Monitors IT processes to ensure compliance with corporate, divisional and local policies and procedures.
Support IT maintenance schedules
Supports system software upgrades including planning and scheduling & testing with operations in accordance with SLC Validation Change Control.
Proven record to execute IT projects working with cross functional teams.
Provide IT and Business Process technical expertise to support Manufacturing Operations.
Communicate with project teams for regular updates, reports, and project escalations.
Assist in defining standards, guidelines, best practices, metrics KPIs
Ensures Local IT has business continuity/disaster recovery plans and participates in testing of plans, as necessary and monitors results of business continuity testing.
Act as the primary liaison between the IT and business areas, supporting applications, in areas such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Labelling, and general manufacturing control systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
5 years plus experience working in IT / MES environment preferably with direct manufacturing exposure
Experience working with operating procedures, policies and processes in a GMP environment.
Bachelor’s degree in Computing or equivalent in Manufacturing or Engineering discipline
Exposure to supporting large scale Oracle upgrade implementation, preferable.
Experience with ERP systems POMSnet and/or MES experience & integrations with applications such as SAP, OSI-PI, Kepware advantageous
Experience in Oracle Databases, SQL scripting, Label printers, Scanners Configurations.
Experience with Software Lifecycle, including IQ/OQ/PQ validation and execution.
Successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work in a fast paced, team environment with strong attention to detail and quality results.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written & verbal communication skills are essential.
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