Operations Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 29, 2025. Uniphar scores B on the Alion truth index.
The Role:
- To play a leading role in a dynamic Engineering team delivering daily support to the Operations team and wider business group
- To work with a state-of-the-art Warehouse Management System (WMS), and Quality Management System (QMS)
- To identify areas of the WMS that need to be documented in SOPs or WIs going forward
- To work on a high-profile project, working alongside multiple teams to create all the necessary documents to record processes and SOPs for future training of users
- Assess and review all current SOPs & WIs and identify what documents need to be edited, updated or created for Project Dawn
Key Outcomes:
- Develop an expertise in fundamental processes within the integrated warehouse management system
- Work with the Engineering team to update/ create SOPs and WIs in line with the development of Project Dawn
- Develop an expertise in the QMS used for all SOPs and WIs.
Key Skills & Experiences:
- Attention to detail
- Experience in the Pharma/FMCG sectors is an advantage ·
- Lean Six Sigma qualification is an advantage
- Results-oriented - must be able to bring projects to completion
- Strong numerical & analytical skills
- Ability to learn new systems quickly
- Ability to see problems as a challenge
- Enthusiasm and willingness to get involved in all areas of Engineering, Facilities & operations
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Candidate must be team-oriented with the ability to work in cross-functional teams to accomplish goals set by the business.
Uniphar - Who we are
With a workforce of more than 3000 employees spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA, and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and MedTech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines around the world. Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our highly expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Supply Chain Retail & On Demand, Uniphar Med Tech and Uniphar Pharma.
Supply Chain & Retail
Supply Chain Services provides both pre-wholesale and wholesale distribution of pharmaceutical, healthcare and animal health products to pharmacies and hospital nationwide. The business supports a diverse customer base through the provision of strong service levels coupled with innovative commercial initiatives. In addition, the business provides services and supports that help independent community pharmacy to compete more effectively in an increasingly difficult environment and runs a network of Uniphar-owned pharmacies under the Life, Allcare, McCauleys and Hickeys symbol brands.
Pharma - On Demand
The On-Demand business is a specialist medical supply business that sources and distributes pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and consumable supplies to healthcare professionals in over 160 countries worldwide. We have offices in Ireland, UK, Europe, USA and New Zealand. The company’s main divisions encompass everything from International Sales through Sales to NGO’s and Charities, Clinical Trials Supply, Imported (Unlicensed Medicines), Sexual Health Supplies, and the storage and distribution of medical products and devices for third parties.
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Culture at Uniphar
Uniphar is a combination of many businesses each with its own identity, culture, values, and ways of working. Our overarching culture narrative is inclusive of each of these stores. Uniphar lives and breathes four key pillars which unpin and support our culture.
We have a people first approach - we do the right thing. We support entrepreneurial spirit where adaptability, commitment & resilience is embodied in our way of working. We have a Common Purpose that connects our diversified businesses and people. Finally, Trust is at the heart of how we operate.
Everything Uniphar does is enabled by our people and as we continue to grow domestically and internationally, we become more diverse. This diversity fuels our business and culture.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of what we do and is deeply embedded in our business strategy. We want to contribute positively to the people and the world around us. Running our business in a sustainable way ensures that Uniphar will continue to prosper in the long-term. We are focused on ensuring that each of the five pillars of our sustainability strategy are a fundamental part of our decision-making process.