JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 6000 people across tensites. We have seven manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.

Abbott Ireland Vascular Division Clonmel

Abbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses. Abbott Vascular is uniquely focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease and improving patient care by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development and advancing medicine through training and education.

Our broad line of vascular devices–which includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies–are used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries and peripheral blood vessels. These vessel diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia and other serious vascular conditions.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Under the Supervision of the site EHS Manager, assist and support the maintenance of an effective EHS management system that complies with legislative requirements, Abbott technical and management standards. Provide day to day support as an EHS Team member fostering safety and occupational health awareness on site and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide day to day support for Occupational Health, safety and environmental department including database entry, metrics management, equipment calibrations, 5s, co-ordination of site occupational health and safety communication processes, site recognition processes and co-ordination of occupational health, safety and environmental related training activities.
Support implementation of continuous improvement actions that align with strategic focus and audit readiness.
Support standard work activities ensuring continuous compliance to Corporate and technical standard requirements. Identify and manage improvement activities as required.
Act as Abbott Clonmel representative at Abbott Ireland wellness forums. Oversee management and execution of wellness events on site including external reporting requirements.
Oversee and improve occupational health initiatives on site including the development of a framework for occupational health standard activities, the site ergonomic stretch programme, the site gym and fitness programme and the annual flu vaccination programme.
Co-ordinate environmental monitoring in line with the site monitoring plan.
Leverage technical expertise to collaborate with functional support teams providing advice and consultation on all occupational health, safety and environmental elements.
Support completion of area risk assessments in line with the site risk reduction programme.

EDUCATION & COMPETENCIES

National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) level 6 qualification in a relevant discipline. Relevant work experience advantageous but not essential or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Working knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures and practices. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. Has a general knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.
Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks. May demonstrate basic project management skills by acting as a project lead on small, well defined projects. Provides guidance to less experienced staff. Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management.

REFER TO THE SITE SAFETY STATEMENT (SHE038447) FOR YOUR SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE AT WORK RESPONSIBILITIES

Abbott Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer

The base pay for this position is

N/A

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

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

LOCATION:

Ireland > Clonmel : Cashel Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Ie - Coreflex (Ireland)

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable

Junior Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator

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