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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.\nAbout Abbott\nAbbott 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.\nAbbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny\nAbbott Diabetes Care has opened a new site, in Kilkenny, that is at the forefront of Diabetes care with the latest technology, to manufacture 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 systems.\nMAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE\nResponsible for facilitating and executing to the CAPA process. Support the continuous improvement and effective maintenance of the QMS Ensure the use of appropriate risk management tools to prioritise activities and the level of effort required.\nMAIN RESPONSIBILITIES\nParticipate in, or lead, the completion of CAPA projects, assuring compliance, quality and timeliness of records.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams using various methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma root cause analysis/problem solving skills).\nIndependently investigate, gathers data, and perform preliminary analysis.\nProcess requests, ensuring owners are assigned, and timely responses and approvals are provided in alignment with quality\ngoals.\nPresent and communicate status, report metrics, identify trends potential issues, improvement initiatives, as applicable\nExecute and provide on-time completion of Quality Assurance engineering deliverables.\nSupport team in the delivery and oversight of CAPA training program.\nResponsible for identifying projects to enhance and promote the effectiveness and efficiency of the quality system and product\nquality.\nSupport Operations to make Quality / Compliance decisions on product during processing, manufacturing, testing, monitoring\nand packaging\nEnsuring the site delivers safe and effective products that meet customer needs whilst maintaining compliance\nProvide support and subject matter expertise during audits and inspections.\nQualifications & Experience\nMinimum Level 7 NFQ qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline\nPrevious CAPA and/or quality assurance/engineering experience and demonstrated use of\nquality tools/methodologies.\nPrior medical device experience preferred.\nKnowledge of FDA Quality System Regulations (21 CFR Part 820), GMP, and ISO 13485:2016.\nSolid communication and interpersonal skills.\nDemonstrated and impactful project management and leadership skills, including the ability\nto lead multi-departmental project teams and resolve quality-related issues in a timely and effective manner.\nAdvanced computer skills, including statistical/data analysis and report writing skills.\nWhat we Offer\nAttractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as\nFamily health insurance,\nExcellent pension scheme\nLife assurance\nCareer Development\nFantastic new facility\nGrowing business plus access to many more benefits.\nImportant Information\nPlease note that any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a Company-designated medical practitioner.\nConnect with us at www.abbott.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.\nAbbott is an equal opportunities employer.\nThe base pay for this position is\nN/AIn specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nOperations QualityDIVISION:\nADC Diabetes CareLOCATION:\nIreland > Kilkenny : Kilkenny Business and Technology ParkADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nIe - Kkyflx (Ireland)TRAVEL:\nNot specifiedMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNot ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nNot Applicable","description_format":"text","description_chars":4379,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Ireland","iso":"IE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Health Care","Prescription Drugs","Cardiovascular Devices","Neurotech & Neuromodulation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T17:52:56Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:11","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-03T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-capa-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-capa-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-04T01:28:22Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1907,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3093,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-05T00:00:00Z"}}}