We are looking for a Moulding Engineer  who will join our global enineering team based in North Dublin. The successful candidate will be responsible for design, development, implementation and ongoing support of plastic moulded commodities that support all of Abbvie’s products including devices.  You will serve as both a technical expert in moulding as well as a project manager for moulding projects and will works regularly with R&D, operations, supply chain and suppliers.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage moulded commodities over life cycle including tactical and strategic activities to support ongoing business such as product, process, quality and cost improvement initiatives, supplier and resin changes, and obsolescence.
• Troubleshoot moulding issues in conjunction with supplier and lead/support internal investigations as needed.
• Work closely with moulding suppliers to ensure reliable supply of parts and meet cost objectives. Perform capacity analysis for moulds, presses and assembly automation and make recommendations for future investment.
• Ensure adherence to quality system through creation and update of specifications, metrology setup, design control and qualification, FMEA, or other as appropriate. Identify critical dimensions and work with supplier to ensure proper process controls are in place.
• Process design and development, tooling/automation design, procurement and qualification.
• Moulding and tooling process troubleshooting.
• Manage and coordinate the activities of prototype tooling and mould design and builds.
• Oversee mould maintenance programs for company owned moulds, responsible for troubleshooting and giving recommendations on repairs of tools.
• nclude the ability to be proficient in 3D programs such as Solidworks, ProE or AutoCad. 
• Oversees the process of the design review and build of moulds at tool vendors,  FAT’s, DOE’s, dimensional analysis, define and agree any tool correction, and validation of mould.
• Document design decision history, test and observation activities in a formal manner using division document systems, project notes or formal test reports - Knowledge of six-sigma troubleshooting and lean manufacturing processes a plus
• Familiarity and ability to perform failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
• Seek the appropriate incremental approvals in a cross-functional team environment

Travel requirements could be 20-40%.