Archive for the ‘Manufacturing Engineering’ Category

Procedural Kits

Friday, April 16th, 2010
Have you Got What it Takes

Have you Got What it Takes

Are proficient with Procedural Kits?

Have you a long standing background in QA/ RA in the Medical Device industry?

Are you up to date with Product Development and CE Marking?

We may have the perfect job for you!

We have an urgent requirement for a Procedural Kitting Director in the Midlands

  • Candidates must be Degree qualified in a relevant Engineering/ QA subject
    MBA qualified is a distinct advantage
  • 5 years minimum experience required in Medical Devices
  • Reporting to the VP of Marketing & Product Development, candidates must have product development experience, ideally in QA/RA or procedural kits.
  • Must be flexible and willing to travel overseas often
  • This is a permanent Medical Device Kitting Director position

If this is for you get in touch!

I would love to hear from you!

Investment in new Science jobs

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
New Science Jobs planned for in Medical Devices and Biopharma

New Science Jobs planned for in Medical Devices and Biopharma

Investment in new science jobs are being planned in the areas of Biopharmaceuticals, Medical Device Manufacture, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and Semiconductor manufacturing.

The IDA announced yesterday that their strategic investment plan Horizon 2020 will involve the creation of over one hundred thousand new jobs in the next five years through a combination of nurturing indigenous employers and targeting FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) from the likes of Pfizer, Intel, Teleflex, KCI, Boston Scientific  and HP.

FDI has created over 140, 000 jobs and supports indirectly 240,000 jobs in the economy which has led to expenditure of €19 Billion and payroll of close to €7 Billion.

But has been said before plans are great but action is better- lets hope the IDA plans come to fruition.

Plastic People

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Plastics People Technical skills continue to be in demand

Plastics People Technical skills continue to be in demand

Plastic people -or those persons associated with manufacturing utilising polymer plastics such as PET continue to be in demand in the medical device manufacturing industry.

Positions for catagories such as Moulding Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or Production Manager with knowledge of injection moulding are keenly saught after by companies such as KCI, Vistakon and Mergon as these professionals are at the heart of their R&D and CIP stratagies which require cutting edge technology and High Value Added Knowledge and expertise that place Ireland at the same levels of Quality and New Product Development as  Singapore, Germany and the US.

Our only weakness it would seem is there just are not enough qualified engineers and managers with plastic knowledge- perhaps we need to stretch our educational resources further to meet the demands of this increasingly lucrative sector?

Polymers and Plastic

Monday, February 1st, 2010
Plastics and composite Polymers producing advanced forms

Plastics and composite Polymers producing advanced forms

Polymer and Plastic Injection Moulding Engineers are in increasing demand in Irish manufacturing and greater pressures are now on  manufacturing engineers as the drive for high tech goods such as medical devices, automotive, telecommunications  and IT hardware devices continues to increase as the applications for technology move towards convergence.

For instance, not so long ago telephones and cameras would not have been identified as mutually combineable products but today few people would consider buying a mobile phone without an integral camera. Similarly we are now finding that its the little things can be the difference when selling a car. These are sometimes innocuous  items such as an Ipod Port or the external or internal dash or bodywork mouldings which have been designed  on computer to provide either the most efficient aerodynamic profile or the optimum ergonomic interior for driver and passenger.

At the heart of all these items are polymers and plastics that consider touch, colour and in some case smell, providing product designers with hitherto previously unrealisable avenues for selling the end product whether its the latest lightweight Ipod or the fastest, safest  and most fuel efficient cars on the road today.

Medical Device Manufacturing

Monday, January 25th, 2010
Plastic Injection Moulded Medical Devices

Plastic Injection Moulded Medical Devices

Medical Device Manufacturing continues to remain an active sector for science jobs recruiting. Current demand seems to be developing for Manufacturing Engineers, Production Managers and QA/RA Engineers.

In particular multinational employers are seeking candidates with experience of injection moulding manufacturing operations involving  medical device products. However prospective candidates with injection moulding experience  are not limited to the healthcare industry and can come from the automotive sector for instance where innovative technical moulding solutions are in demand for customers demanding precision and high quality end products.

A typical Production Manager in demand today may be educated to degree level or hold an equivalent engineering discipline qualification and be experience as a production/manufacturing manager in plastics moulding operations. Ideally those operations that involve carrying out custom moulding for the medical device, healthcare or automotive sectors. Production/Manufacturing Managers also tend to have excellent planning, problem solving, leadership and people management skills.

Given the current market it appears these skills will be in demand despite the downturn witnessed in other sectors and it is a positive indicator that perhaps there are prospects yet for those seeking science jobs in Ireland today.

What does it take to be Head of R&D?

Monday, November 9th, 2009
Medical Device Product R&D

Medical Device Product R&D

What does it take to be Head of R&D?  To be head of R&D in a major medical device company, the ideal candidate for this role generally needs to be capable of leading engineers, scientists and technicians usally being cogniscent of efforts taking place at various sites both at home in Ireland and around the globe. They also need to communicate effectively between the sales and marketing front end of the business as well as the R&D Facilities.

Commercially R&D Managers need to review the market competition and to give the R&D function pragmatic, realistic and practical product projects to bring them to the market. Within the medical device sector this will also involve working closely with doctors and key opinion leaders to identify and progress new technologies, to improve existing product designs and to seek new clinical applications for existing technologies.

R& D Managers direct engineering operations and carry out scientific assessments of new technologies, products, concepts and applications and solutions. They work very closely with QA/Regulatory affairs to define the transfer over of these products to manufacturing operations. R&D Managers also heavily influence the tactical and strategic direction of the companies they work for through the sharing of their technical knowledge and the guidance and influence they have on people, programs and technology

Research and Development (R&D)

Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Medical Device Components

Medical Device Components

Research and Development (R&D) investment continues to increase by major multinational companies operating in Ireland today. In particular there have been several major investments announced within the Irish Medical Device  manufacturing industry. Boston Scientific, Medtronic and Teleflex have indicated sizable investments in their research facilities based in Ireland that have positive long term implications for jobs already established here and for future investment that can only add to the technological career opportunities available for R&D, Quality, Materials, Product development  and Tooling/ Moulding Engineers.  These professionals; particular those with expertise in Processing,  Polymers and advanced Plastics, will be required to support these projects and future advanced research projects which are at the heart of some of the most sophisticated medical devices manufactured anywhere in the world.

Needless to say, these are careers that are both well paid, and with considerable promotional prospects that are not confined to traditional Irish manufacturing industries but also offer possibilities far beyond these shores and in other allied industries such as BioPharmaceuticals and semiconductor  to name a few.  Irish Recruitment agencies have not been slow to recognize this and are now actively supporting it as a core industrial sector.

Green Light for Green Jobs

Monday, October 12th, 2009
A Mechanical Commissioning Engineer ensures his harness in safely in place.

A Mechanical Commissioning Engineer ensures his harness in safely in place.

Good morning and welcome to My science jobs with news that we have a green light for green jobs.

Recently at the IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology) symposium, the Irish government with the backing of Major Multinationals such as Intel and Microsoft and supported by sustainable Energy Ireland, have made a commitment to drive greater resources into the Smart economy.

In paticular this will be in the areas of Green IT and Green Tech jobs.

This commitment will include:-

Ensuring the supply of  highly skilled talent and the supply of high achieving graduates up to Phd level.

Investing heavily in research and development and enhancing the environment between Academic and market facing commercial interests.

Implementation of a “Green Deal” and moving towards Green Renewable Energies and away from Fossil fuel energy programs.

Promoting Green Collar jobs and Green Enterprise.

Within the Green Collar Jobs sector there are a number of employment possibilities covering such aspects as energy production as well as conservation not simply related to areas such as wind turbine manufacture. Opportunities here exist for a wide variety of professional engineers such as:- Precision Tooling Engineers, Toolmakers, Mechanical, Electrical, Automation and Manufacturing Engineers.

R&D carried out in Ireland has also led to the development and manufacture of micro turbines that can produce electrical energy in even the smallest of wind environments and as a result have made them cheaper to manufacture and increasingly attractive to a wider range of customers both domestic as well as commercial. The implications for the marketing and sale of these devices and the possibility for increases in employment growth is therefore significant.

Here we can see opportunities for Moulding Engineers, Project Managers and Project Engineers in addition to Systems and Telecommunications Engineers

Additionally,  in areas such as inteligent lighting systems that detect the level of ambient light and switch of lights when they are not needed. These specific inteligent public lighting systems are already in operation in Germany and are being looked at with keen interest by Intel who have been quick to see their application globally, these too are manufactured here in Ireland.

Again we have seen there has bene an increase in the demand for manufacturing, QA/QC, Mechanical and Tooling Engineers as well as Project Managers, Mechanical and Electrical Technicians, Equipment Engineers, Schedulers and Planners as demand is expected to increase.

Green Tech and Green Research & Development  then offers considerable long term employment prospects for native Irish  engineering talent. For further information on Green jobs in the green technology and Green R&D jobs, stay tuned or visit Jackie Brown Medical for further recruitment opportunities in a host of new technology sectors such as Medical Device jobs, Manufacturing jobs, Engineering jobs and science jobs.