Today, in a statement released by IDA Ireland, Abbott have announced a major expansion for their Donegal manufacturing facility. This development will result in the creation of 500 new jobs over the next number of years. This news comes ahead of our upcoming Jobs Expo Galway; subsequently, Abbott will be one of the exhibitors on the day. They are recruiting for a wealth of positions at the Salthill Hotel on September 8th, 2018. Register your place now for this free event and chat with Abbott in person about your future.
Abbott opened their plant in Lurganboy near Donegal town in 2006 to manufacture the worldwide supply of their FreeStyle brands of blood glucose test strips which are used in conjunction with blood glucose monitoring meters. As a result, the facility is a Centre of Excellence for blood glucose monitoring.
A diverse, global healthcare company, Abbott discover, develop, manufacture and market diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals. The company currently employs nearly 99,000 people in over 150 countries.
In Ireland, they employ almost 3,000 people across 9 locations. As well as Donegal, this company also runs manufacturing facilities in Clonmel, Cootehill, Longford, and Sligo. Additionally, they have commercial and support operations in Dublin and shared services in Dublin and Westport. Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products and has been operating here since 1946.
Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation Heather Humphreys said: ‘The Government has been working hard to ensure we have the right conditions in place to encourage job creation outside of our urban centres, and this is another positive signal that our pro-business policies are bearing fruit in Ireland’s regions.’
Meanwhile, IDA Ireland’s Executive Director Mary Buckley stated ‘This expansion of Abbott Diabetes Care, and the 500 jobs it will create in the coming years, is terrific news for Donegal and the North West which is a key area of focus for us. It demonstrates the company’s deep commitment to the Donegal site.’
We are happy to have Production Equipment Ltd join us once again for Jobs Expo Galway. Their recruitment team will be looking to recruit talented individuals on 8th September at the Salthill Hotel.
Production Equipment Europe was established in 1983 by directors John Doyle and Tom Keady. The company offers a service supplying tools, equipment, safety and consumable products of the highest standard to clients in the electronics and industrial, manufacturing and services sectors. Over the years, the company has gained a first class reputation for sales and service support throughout the industry.
Today, Production Equipment employs more than one hundred staff across Ireland and Europe. The majority, having been with the company from an early stage. This core group of management have in excess of 100 years of combined experience. As a result, Production Equipment Europe has an unparalleled reputation for consistent, quality service.
Production Equipment Europe has a highly qualified and customer-orientated team of sales and service representatives. Whether based at one of their company offices or an external sales or service engineer, their team can guarantee rapid response to customer requests anywhere in Ireland or European markets.
In addition, the company has an online store offering over 35,000 products.
Furthermore, the company offers a “One Stop Shop Facility.” Production Equipment Europe offers hundreds of different categories of tools, equipment and consumables from a single point of contact. As a result, they can dramatically reduce the amount of paperwork, goods receiving activity and validation that plague large manufacturing sites.
The Production Equipment Group is a single source supplier of product and services to industry with a client base made up of the world’s leading companies. They strive to provide service excellence to all their customers. In order to achieve this they recruit extremely talented and skilled staff. The Production Equipment team is made up of many talented individuals from around the world.
Are you interested in pursuing a career within the seafood industry? Bord Iascaigh Mhara will be exhibiting, and promoting courses, at Jobs Expo Galway. If you want to learn more about BIM, meet them on 8th September at the Salthill Hotel.
BIM helps to develop the Irish Seafood Industry. They provide technical expertise, business support and funding. In addition, they offer training and promoting responsible environmental practice. Furthermore, they promote careers in the Irish catching, fish farming and seafood processing sectors. BIM offer training to new entrants and enhance the skills of existing practitioners.
BIM, as the leading provider of Training & Education for the seafood industry, has developed over 30 courses that accommodate the requirements of the sector. These courses range from Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Level 3 courses for beginners to QQI Level 6 Awards covering Safety Managements Systems for the seafood processing sector. BIM operates the National Fisheries College of Ireland (NFCI) from locations in Greencastle, Co. Donegal and Castletownbere, Co. Cork and provides locally delivered training on the BIM mobile Coastal Training Units.
BIM’s Training Strategy 2018 to 2020 looks to provide SKILLS Development Services that will deliver a structured career path through the provision of life long, accredited learning to create a professional, educated talent pool for the sector. The long-term viability of the Irish seafood sector relies on attracting and retaining a highly-trained and educated workforce. It needs to increase its attractiveness to new entrants and provide a structured lifelong career path will attract and retain talent.
Today (16th July 2018), Med-tech Corporation, Cerner announced 50 new Research and Development-based roles for their Dublin Intellectual Property team. These new vacancies will be filled by software engineers, software architects, designers, and data visualisation developers – all with different levels of experience. Successful candidates will receive training on technology tools. This includes development in different programming languages, big data and Internet of Things technologies, and the Agile Software Development methodology.
Based in Kansas, Missouri, Cerner is an American supplier of health information technology, services, devices, and hardware. Originally, Cerner was founded in 1979 by Neal Patterson, Paul Gorup, and Cliff Illig. At the time, they were colleagues at Arthur Andersen. Initially, they went under 'PGI & Associates'; however, this was changed to Cerner in 1984, when they rolled out their first system, PathNet. After going public in 1986, Cerner's client base grew to 250 sites by 1990. Over the years, Cerner acquired a number of companies and technologies. Their global reach continued to expand. In fact, in 2015, they were one of several companies awarded a 10-year, $4.3 billion contract to overhaul and manage the electronic health records for the US Department of Defense.
Nowadays, Cerner has 24,000+ employees worldwide, including a continually expanding team in their Dublin office. Opened since 2007, this Irish base is the centre for Cerner’s European support operations, alongside an Irish consulting team.
The Irish subdivision of Cerner will develop eHealth systems and will work with the HSE to deliver the national Maternity and Newborn Clinical Management System. When implemented, this will connect all 43 HSE laboratories across the country. Ultimately providing much needed support to improve the delivery of diagnostic lab medicine. Other areas assisted will be healthcare quality and efficiency in the Irish healthcare system, with the goal of providing a better patient experience.
The project Cerner is developing in Ireland will initially focus on developing predictive algorithms to run on Cerner’s platform, HealtheIntentSM. The aim is to help clients proactively manage health and improve the well-being of communities. These advancements enable a shift from reactive care to proactive health.
Speaking about the announcement, Matthew Pickett, Senior Director and General Manager for Cerner Ireland, commented. ‘Projects resulting from this new investment, supported by IDA Ireland, will enable the delivery of smarter, better care for citizens and healthier populations across the globe.’
Aiden Malone, Cerner's Senior Director for Population Health, added: ‘Population health is about taking responsibility for managing the overall health and wellbeing of a defined population and being accountable for the health outcomes of that population. It’s about how we can move from treating conditions to preventing them from happening in the first place.’
For more information on roles or how to apply, visit www.cerner.com.
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We are excited to see Transitions Optical return to Jobs Expo Galway. The Photochromic lenses producer is looking to recruit in areas of IT, marketing and operations. Their team will be exhibiting on Saturday 8th September at the Salthill Hotel.
Transitions Optical was the first company to commercialise as well as manufacture plastic photochromic lenses. These are also called adaptive lenses as they automatically darken when in ultraviolet light. When there is no UV, such as indoors and at night, the lenses fade back to their original state.
Established in 1990, Transitions Optical is a pioneer in light management. The company’s innovative lenses help people by enhancing their vision and the way they perceive light. The company’s research and development professionals aim to create a better experience for anyone who wears spectacles.
The company’s adaptive eyewear comes in the widest selection of designs and materials. Transitions Optical does this through partnerships with leaders is the optical industry. Furthermore, the company is applying its technology to areas such as sports and leisure through partnerships with brands like Nike, Oakley and Lazer. Consequently, Transitions Optical make the number-one recommended photochromic lenses worldwide.
Transitions Optical has a centre of excellence in Tuam and its global marketing office in Dublin. The company is recruiting for roles in research and development, engineering, marketing and other disciplines.
The company offers an attractive benefits package as well as great opportunities for personal and professional development. In addition, employees have opportunities for career growth in an agile and collaborative environment that values ideas and diversity.
Transitions Optical has consistently scored at the top end of the scale for employee engagement. For four consecutive years, the company has won a Gallup® Great Workplace Award.
We are excited to have Ericsson exhibiting at our upcoming Jobs Expo Galway event. Meet the global IT company on Saturday 8th September at the Salthill Hotel.
Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers, with about 40% of the world’s mobile traffic carried through their networks. They enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services. These features are easy to manage making their customers successful in a fully connected world. For more than 140 years, Ericsson’s ideas, technology and people have helped changed the world.
Ericsson have lots of opportunities for undergraduates, graduates and for people early in their careers. In every case, the message is the same: connect with Ericsson for a fantastic development experience. Whether you join for an Internship or on one of the organisation’s more advanced Leadership Programs, they’ll help you grow and fulfill your potential.
As a business, Ericsson are constantly exploring new technologies, new industry sectors, new areas of innovation. In many areas of the organisation, they’ve already gone beyond telecommunications, evolving into ICT, broadcasting, 4G IP and broader business consulting. It’s an exciting, intriguing proposition, not just for the customers but for their employees too.
Ericsson careers in areas such as engineering, computer science, IT, human resources, sales, marketing and much more.
