Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business, 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
Develop \ design and implement cost justified process and equipment improvements with minimal impact to production operating under 24/7 environment.
·Identify and eliminate repetitious machine failures.
·Provide consultative support to the Manufacturing and Maintenance groups.
·Utilise Lean Six Sigma tools and data to drive continuous improvement.
·Develop and Implement Safety and Quality improvements.
·Develop methods to ensure personnel engaged in operations\maintenance activities have sufficient knowledge to perform their assigned tasks
·Prepare design specifications and associated documentation for equipment and system upgrades.
·Fault-finding \ troubleshooting of equipment and process issues.
·Installation, Commissioning and Validation of automation.
·Implement improvements under change control.
·Develop Functional and Detailed Design Specifications from formal and informal User Requirement Specifications.
·Be familiar with 21 CFR part 820 guidelines
·Present, where appropriate, technical data to internal/external audit and inspection groups.
·Ensure Health and Safety Regulations and Procedure are adhered to always for self and others.
Qualifications/ Experience required:
·Bachelor’s Degree in engineering (mechanical \ electronic) preferred.
·A minimum of 3-5 years in technical role in high volume manufacturing environment.
·Solidworks experience preferred
·Six sigma experience preferred
·Good problem-solving abilities – able to identify facts, consider alternative approaches and evaluate the most appropriate action
·Medical device and/or pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
·Experience working in a validated environment with strong discipline with regard to change control is preferred.
Bausch & Lomb is committed to equal employment opportunity and complies with equal employment opportunity laws in effect wherever it operates.
