Job overview
Provides technical support and leadership on production/processing methods and controls to meet quality standards in the most efficient manner for new and existing moulding processes.
Company overview
For the last 10 years, Jabil’s facility on Cork Road in Waterford has helped some of the world’s leading healthcare and pharmaceutical companies bring their products to market – improving patient lives every day.
Employing over 350+ people at its 200,000 square-foot facility, Jabil in Waterford offers tailored solutions from concept to industrialisation for medical products. Jabil’s world-class capabilities in tooling design, injection moulding, quality control and assurance and manual to high-speed automated assembly, enable the company to cater for markets including diagnostics, consumer healthcare products, medical devices, and pharmaceutical delivery systems.
Role responsibilities
- Oversight for Injection moulding process start-up, process monitoring during running and shut down in a safe manner to achieve production targets for a quality product (customer volume, yield, scrap and material cost).
- Take ownership of process escalations for injection moulding to ensure action is taken to troubleshoot & resolve issues in a timely manner using a systematic approach to ‘root cause’ problem-solving.
- Ensure tool set-up & changeover activities are optimised to meet production targets.
- Support process engineer in the development of new processes set up, Proof of concept & validation runs for existing and new production & prototype tools.
- Ensure completion and accuracy of required documentation in the manufacturing area from all operation team supporting injection moulding.
- Support continuous improvement projects using ‘Decoupled’ process & lean tools to optimise injection moulding performance and improve reliability.
- Ensure personnel are distributed as per planning from Team Leader / Shift Manager.
- Ownership for updating the visual area board, shift handover meeting and operational workbook- assuming responsibilities of Team Leader / Shift Manager when necessary.
- Work with quality personnel to rectify any issues promptly.
- Comply with the EHS & cGMP policies and procedures, leading safety audits, 5S & cGMP activities online.
- Where appropriate support the development of documentation, training and work instruction activities within injection moulding. Support cross training of personnel across Injection moulding programmes site wide. Ensure skills & knowledge gained through JABIL Process training are applied consistently.
- Support all company safety and quality programs and initiatives.
- Ensure ongoing compliance with GMP in all practices, recording of events and processes.
- Ensure compliance with all learnings from all GMP training events.
- Other responsibilities may be assigned from time to time as needed, based on the evolution of the company and the requirements of the department/position.
Benefits/package
- Health Insurance
- Pension
- Pay For Performance Bonus
- Reward and Recognition Scheme
- 2 Wellbeing Days
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Sick Pay
- Discounts with local businesses
- Further Education Scheme
- Free car parking
Qualifications/experience required
- Leaving Certificate or equivalent, 3rd level NCEA Level 6 (Mechanical / plastics engineering) or equivalent preferable.
- 5 Years + experience in injection moulding, preferably Healthcare with high volume automation desirable.
- Experience in mould set up and working with a wide variety of plastics and mould types.
- Additional specialist industry standard ‘process technician training’ is desirable.
Skills/Attributes:
- Excellent IT, Communication and Interpersonal skills.
- Capable of running injection moulding equipment & completion of accurate documentation.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Good mechanical & process aptitude.
