Senior Quality Engineer - Fixed Term Contract

Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,500 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

The Senior Quality Engineer is a member of the Quality Systems department and plays a key role in ensuring that the Quality System functions are maintained in compliance with documented procedures. The Senior Quality Engineer supports the ID (Infectious Diseases) Business Unit’s QMS integration activity across the site providing guidance and expertise to ensure on-going compliance and continuous improvement. The position reports to the Quality Systems Manager and the role is based in Galway.

·       Actively stays current with external and internal quality systems standards and requirements providing quality systems support.

·       Possesses and applies a broad and increasing knowledge of Quality, and its application within the ID Business Unit.

·       Investigate complex product quality and compliance issues (e.g. CAPA, non-conformances, audit observations), analyze data, make recommendations and develop reports.

·       Identifies deficiencies in quality systems and defines systematic corrective actions. Supports the continuous improvement of quality system processes.

·       Develops effective quality metrics and communicates results to key stakeholders. Preparation and maintenance of records associated with the management review process.

·       Applies problem-solving skills in order to deal creatively with moderately complex situations, work that typically requires processing and interpreting, more complex, less clearly-defined issues. Identifies problems and possible solutions and takes appropriate action to resolve. 

·       Drives compliance cross functionally in alignment with the Business Unit objective for standardization and collaboration. 

·       Update and create quality procedures as required through the change control process.

·       Participate and support internal and external audits across the BU.

·       Implement the CAPA system ensuring that comprehensive root cause analysis is completed and that corrective and preventative actions are implemented.

·       Train, coach and guide lower level employees on routine procedures and processes.

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.