Great employment news for Waterford and Dublin as 300 jobs are set to be created in the healthcare and digital marketing sectors.
OPKO announce 200 jobs in Waterford
OPKO, the healthcare company, announced plans to create 200 highly skilled jobs over the next five years with the expansion of its existing EirGen Pharma facilities in Waterford and the establishment of a new product development centre in the city.
EirGen Pharma was established in 2005 by two former IVAX Pharmaceuticals executives, Patsy Carney and Tom Brennan. The company focuses on the development and supply of oncology products. It was acquired by OPKO Health in May 2015.
Search Optics to create 100 new jobs in Dublin
In Dublin, US digital marketing firm Search Optics announced plans to create over 100 jobs over the next two years through the establishment of its EMEA headquarters in the capital.
Search Optics provides an integrated digital marketing platform to many of the world's leading blue chip companies. The company will be recruiting both new graduates and existing industry professionals.
The company already has corporate offices in Ireland, as well as in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the UK, and the US. Dublin was chosen for the new headquarters because of the city's reliable and comprehensive technology infrastructure, and skilled workforce.
West Pharmaceutical Services is a leading manufacturer of packaging components and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products. West creates products that promote the efficiency, reliability and safety of the world’s pharmaceutical drug supply. West is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, and supports customers from locations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. West is making additional investments in Ireland and broke ground on a new site in Waterford. The new facility will be fully operational by late 2018.
West Pharmaceutical will be exhibiting at Jobs Expo Cork on June 23rd 2016 at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork.
Wayfair is one of the largest online retailers specialising in home furnishings and décor. Wayfair offers more than 7 million items from 7,000 suppliers to help customers find the perfect product at the right price. Wayfair is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA and employs more than 2,000 people across the world in locations such as Galway in Ireland, Berlin in Germany and Sydney in Australia. Wayfair was named one of America’s Most Promising Companies by Forbes magazine and selected by the Boston Business Journal as a Top Company to Work For.
Wayfair will be exhibiting at Jobs Expo Cork on June 23rd 2016 at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork.
University College Cork was founded in 1845 and is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. UCC has been named Irish University of the Year by the Sunday Times on four different occasions, most recently in 2015/2016. Among a field of 1200 participating universities, in 2015 UCC was named as a top performing university by the European Commission’s U-Multirank system. Notable past staff include George Boole, the inventor of Boolean logic whose work forms the basis of modern high-speed computing, and Mary Ryan, the first woman in Ireland and Great Britain to hold the position of professor.
UCC will be exhibiting at Jobs Expo Cork on June 23rd 2016 at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork.
SouthWestern is one of the top business process outsourcing companies in Ireland, providing public sector and corporate clients with integrated front and back office services. As part of Capita plc, one of the most respected outsourcing firms in the world, SouthWestern is able to focus on new technologies and market trends, leading their clients into the next stage of solution delivery. The company has won several accolades, including the coveted "Best Managed Company” award from Deloitte in 2009, which they have successfully retained.
SouthWestern will be exhibiting at Jobs Expo Cork on June 23rd 2016 at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork.
Randox is the largest diagnostic company in the UK and a world leader in in-vitro diagnostics. They supply laboratory instruments and tests across the globe, and more than 370 million people across 145 countries receive diagnoses using their products every year. The company places high value on research and development with the aim of continuously improve existing products and developing innovative new ones. Randox’s four key manufacturing, research and development sites are located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland; Bangalore, India; and in the Greater Washington DC area, USA.
Randox will be exhibiting at Jobs Expo Cork on June 23rd 2016 at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork.