Utility Engineering Front Line Leader

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.

Abbott Nutrition produces a range of infant formulae in all pack sizes under the brand name “Similac”. To complement the range of “Similac” infant formulae, the facility also manufactures a range of follow on formulae under the brand name of “Gain”. The essential ingredient is liquid skim milk and this is combined with carbohydrate, vegetable oils, vitamins and minerals. The product is blended, pasteurised, dried and packaged at the site and once packaged, is distributed to Europe, South East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Canada.

Established in 1975, Abbott Nutrition in Ireland is the largest powder manufacturing facility for the production of infant formulae within the Abbott Corporation worldwide.  Approximately 1,000 dairy farms in Ireland and Northern Ireland supply quality milk to the Cootehill facility which processes 500,000 litres per day. This secure supply together with Ireland’s reputation as a green, clean environment is of significant strategic importance to Abbott Nutrition.

Technical / Design

• →Independently gathers maintenance and manufacturing performance data (Maximo, EFT, Osi, BMS etc.), and performs preliminary analysis. Reports findings. Prepares and communicates recommendations and respective action plans to drive cost containment and cost reduction efforts.
• →Anticipates future directions. Benchmarks internally and externally.  Assists with deployment of predictive and reliability centred maintenance strategies.

Problem Solving:

• →Provide a centralized, strategic look across equipment performance (downtime), material/component failure analysis.
• →Predicts patterns/trends. Grasps complexities and sees relationships among data; determines consequences and alternatives; makes recommendations; analyses problems from multiple perspectives.
• →Improves maintenance processes. Recognizes and implements process improvements and cost reductions; creatively applies others’ ideas.
• →Leads root cause analysis for equipment downtime.

Organisational Interface:

• →Mentors others by sharing information and providing feedback and guidance.
• →Prepares written communication. Conveys information effectively through formal and informal documents with team members, designers, technicians, and other technical personnel, both internal and external to Abbott, using appropriate communication protocols; obtains approval to proceed with proposed action plans.
• →Establishes networks. Follows through on goals; contributes willingly and incorporates the ideas of others; shares resources, knowledge, and accountability to benefit the objectives of the business.
• →Builds relationships. Initiates and cultivates open, honest relationships with colleagues, customers, contractors, and vendors by establishing rapport, developing an understanding of others’ needs, promoting common goals, and following through on commitments, e.g. offers assistance; interacts effectively with stakeholders at appropriate levels of the organization.

• →Provide day-to-day guidance and support to a team of 5+ technicians.
• →Foster a collaborative, high-performing, and safety-focused work environment.
• →Support team development through coaching, mentoring, and performance management.

• →Ensure equipment and manufacturing processes operate safely, reliably, and efficiently.
• →Support the delivery of annual production and operational objectives.
• →Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity, quality, and compliance.
• →Maintain compliance with environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• →Contribute to the protection of company assets through effective equipment care and risk management.

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Compliance:

• Complies with all regulations and standards for quality, Environmental, Health, Safety, and Energy (EHS&E) Global Policies, Abbott Engineering Standards, and other governance areas as applicable.
• Ensures quality and effectiveness of assigned tasks.
• Has awareness of the potential consequences of changes to established processes.
• Identifies areas of risk with respect to compliance.

People:

• Contributes to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit.
• Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with Quality & EHS regulations).
• Holds themselves and others accountable to delivering results on time and right first time.
• Plans work, monitors labor utilization, and manages overtime
• Plan and schedule work in accordance with plant demand and available manpower.

Additional Responsibilities May Include:

• Develops procedures and standards.1pl & SW
  Directs the efforts of others such as technicians and outside resources and provides training where deemed necessary.
• Supervising the resources for Preventive/Predictive

Maintenance                                                            

• Customer interface (in support of uptime and meeting production plan) and/or daily performance review meetings – Tier 1 ,2 & 3.
• Leads capital plant projects or process/plant efficiencies, improvement initiatives (i.e. Uex) 
• Plan, implement, and perform effectiveness checks for corrective actions on quality reports.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a related discipline.

• Minimum 2 years' experience in an engineering environment.
• Experience leading, coaching, or coordinating teams is desirable.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Project, CAD, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to organize work effectively, prioritize tasks, and drive results.

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