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We are looking for qualified Pharmacists to fill two positions in Limerick:
Whether you are a Pharmacist, Hospital Pharmacist, Head of Pharmacy and looking for a Pharmacist position, Pharmacy job or have Hospital Pharmacy in mind we want to see your CV!
Chief Science Officers come from a variety of Science backrounds including Pharmacy
Science Officers Lead The Way in Irelands start up and established Pharmaceutical R&D companies. They provide the scientific backbone of R&D, Regulatory affairs and Pharmacovigilence activity where insight and understanding go hand in hand.
A typical Chief Science Officer will manage and administer the actvities of other medical drug safety officers, science officers and technical personnel involved first hand in project engineering and the management of other scientists who may also be Pharmacists engaged in the introduction of new drugs which will also involve vigilence reporting and monitoring of ADR’s and PSUR’s.
Irish Pharmaceutical enterprises are highly engaged in the latest Pharmaceutical drug research and development and it is through the technical and scientific know how of science officers that Ireland has gained significant FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
Eight out of ten major internationla biopharma and pharmaceutical multinationals have now sited here in Ireland and this is showing no sign of slowing yet despite the economic downturn.
BabelFish-translation for a global audience
I talk you listen! Google are taking their Babelfish program one step further by combining translation and speech recognition software technology and incorporating both in their Android mobile phone operating system.
Babelfish as most ITphiles may be aware is Googles Translation software service which translates multiple languages but is currently only available as a written translation service and now Google are seeking to extend this service by taking the next evolutionary step by using voice recognition software to provide a speech to speech translation service.
Although requiring additional R&D and some years in the future with undoubted technical hurdles to overcome, Google are convinced and see this as a realistic objective. We may yet see Babelfones come to pass in a relatively short period of time offering a flexible translation service to a global customer base and marking yet another milestone in Convergence Technology.
The Science of Ergonomics
The Science of Health and Safety involves and incorporates numerous aspects of work as well as how work is undertaken. Ergonomics for instance is the science of work, equipment and workplaces to fit the worker. Done correctly, ergonomic design can prevent RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) which can progresively develop over time leading to long term disability.
Health and Safety professionals cover a variety of industries and play an important role in creating a safe and hazard free environment for all workers whether they are working on construction sites, manufacturing facilities or office environments.
Consideration then for Occupational Health and Safety which is a cross discipliniary function with the objective of creating and maintaining a safe environment for all workers but also has consideration for the possible safety risks to members of the public or nearby communities.
Science Jobs have grown up around this profession in areas incorporating diverse roles and professions such as Ergonomists, Drug Safety Officers, Hygenists, Public Health Engineers, Toxicologists, Radiological Protection Officers, Design Safety Engineers, Risk Assessors, Loss Prevention Engineers up to and including Disaster Management professionals- which Ireland appears to be in very short supply of -given how well (or rather not) that the recent floods, snow and ice weather events have been dealt with.
Perhaps there’s an opening in government for anyone who would like to take on the role given our own ministers abundant inability and lack of concern (due to holiday commitments) who also have no clear or obvious understanding of the importance of preparing for bad weather by simply making sure we have plenty of grit;-I hear its dirt cheap these days!
Surprisingly enough we get the same weather the same time every year and yet our ministers are constantly surprised each year by ice or rain in January. For those ministers who havent witnessed it that time of year (or season as they refer to it scientifically) is called Winter!
Ending on a positive note however, as with most science jobs in Ireland today, there has certainly been a significant increase in Health and Safety related jobs with a continuing demand that is indicative of growth in general for the Irish economy which has been painfully slow in coming after recent catastrophic employment losses. Long may it continue.
Medical Devices Marketing Directors Lead the Way
The Market for Marketing Directors and Managers for Science jobs has broadened and expanded to include almost all science sectors. Medical Device Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Biopharmaceuticals and laterly IC have begun to experience a resurgence of growth that is a positive indicator for the employment prospects of sales and marketing professionals. To date, all have witnessed considerable retrenchment in the technology sectors but no longer is this the case.
Medical Device and Pharmaceuticals manufacturing in Ireland as previously discussed has witnessed steady growth despite a global downturn that has affected most other sectors.
Medical Device Marketing Directors and Managers with expertise in marketing medical devices particularly disposable products are in great demand given the presence of such firms as Teleflex, Merit Medical, Boston Scientific and Medtronic who have seen huge growth in demand for their products.
Additionally, we have witnessed a considerable increase in key positions such as Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing Manager, Chief Science Officer and Head of Research & Development to aid the development, sales and marketing of these new products for the local and foreign export markets.
New automated manufacturing technologies have also helped to reduce manufacturing costs for these goods and allied to applied R&D in these sectors there have been startling new product developments which have produced corresponding increased profits resulting in a far greater resilient industrial sector engaged in new science job creation centers which are of such vital importance to Ireland’s new smart economy.
Science Jobs in Engineering
Science Jobs are engineering the future in Ireland today as the demand for R&D Engineers, Polymer Engineers, QA/RA Engineers and openings for senior professionals such as, Head of Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs Specialists and Scientists continues to increase despite the economic downturn.
In particuar Research and Development investment from inward and outward sources has trebled in the past 10 years and is now at €2.6 billion or almost 1.7% of GNP. Intelectual property rights within the pharmaceutical, medical devices, software and ICT manufacturing industries are now being given serious consideration as a major and strategic contributor to Ireland’s economy which as a revenue generator has a far greater long term financial generational potential than energy resource such as offshore oil and gas which todate have proved so far to be both costly and disappointing.
With the advent of the internet, Ireland has found its engineers and scientists research and design skills are now open for trade with the world and unlike natural resources are only limited by the numbers we educate and train in our universities and colleges.
To this end, Ireland has already begun a move away from depending on the goodwill or self interest of overseas multinationals and is now making provision for the future itself by strategically identifying those industries and markets worldwide that our native human resource skills can be applied to and to gain our financial share of a global market that numbers in the Trillions of Euros.
As previously mentioned Ireland is already at an advanced stage of exploiting opportunities within the global nano technology markets that combine hybrid technolgies such as biopharma -nanobots, programable drugs and micro medical devices.
Instead of being discouraged by the limitations of what resources we have had in the past, Ireland is now positively assessing what we do have and the futher potential we have by shaping the world around us to our advantage to engineer the future.
After all the description of Ireland in the past as that as the Island of Saints and Scholars is not far from what we would wish overseas investors seeing Ireland anew as, the Isle of R&D.
Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Technician
Intels next generation is here. The Atom range of chips sets will power the next generation of note books and entry level PC’s and hopefuly for Intel steal a march on its major competitors- notable AMD. Original Engineering Manufacturers have already indicated their commitment to using the new processors in their systems within weeks, the NM450 and NM10 are already lined up for the Notebooks and the entry level PC’s are expected to utilise either the D410 or D510 processors.
All of this is good news for the Intel Ireland facility based at Leixlip which has seen major investment in the FAB 24 and FAB 24-2 wafer fabrication facilities which will undoutedly be ramping up to take account of increased demand in the coming months.
Leixlip has several Wafer FABbrication facilties the newest of which opened only 2 years ago and which will newly see the opening of an advanced R&D facility.
Currently Intel is upgrading and retrofitting both the FAB 10 and FAB 14 facilities which will add increased manufacturing capacity to a plant which is already operating at peak demand.
A New Year and New Science Jobs are expected to increase. Last year American firms were the largest investors in
Intel- One of Ireland Inc's Largest R&D Investors
Ireland inc with nearly 2000 additional jobs created across a range of manufacturing and technical service sectors. The US has invested almost $150 Billion in Ireland in the past year with major investments from Intel, Boston Scientific, Teleflex, Pfizer, HP and Abbott to name a few. This investment is showing no immediate sign of diminishing.
Almost 100, 000 people are in full time emplopyment with US multinationals counting for almost 70% of IDA backed projects throughout Ireland with close to 600 firms covering Biopharma, medical devices, semiconductors, precision engineering, software, telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, Project Management and Engineering firms providing high end design and technical skills that will be the basis for Irelands future smart economy.
2009 was with out doubt one of the hardest years Ireland has endured economically but we possess a wealth of technical and knowledge based skills that translate and compete internationally with the best and brightest from the US, Germany, Japan and Singapore.
R&D invetsment in Ireland both Nationally and internationally has also grown which indicates a level of confidence in the future that looks beyond the recession we have experienced to date. We are definately not out of the woods yet but we can see through the trees to the light beyond. Knowledge will light the way to a brighter future.
Medical Device Manufacturing- Product Development- R&D
A €30 million investment in medical devices, R&D and facilities has been made by three seperate multinationals located at three seperate locations around Ireland. This is a superb vote of confidence in Irish R&D and is yet another example of the commitment shown by multinationals to their Irish operations that will see them into and beyond 2010 .
Merit Medical Systems, Sanmina and Baxter Healthcare will continue their FDI investment program of over €30 Million in further R&D and facilties expansion projects and cover a number of disparate projects.
Merit who manufacture proprietory disposable medical devices for diagnostic and interventional procedures worldwide will be investing €20 million in a new product and upgrading others at their Galway manufacturing facility. This will lead to greater diversity and enhancements in the current production facilities and product lines and add considerable value .
Baxter Healthcare will add a €5.5 Million new CHP (Combined Heat and Power) plant to their Castlebar plant which will account for almost 75% of its energy requirements and reduce their operating costs substantially.
Elsewhere in the country, Sanmina in Fermoy are investing €10 million in their electronic medical devices manufacturing facility. Fermoy is seen as the leading R&D facility within Sanmina and will be enhancing and further developing the current R&D facilities to account and cover for outsourced design, development and manufacturing for OEM (Original Engineering Manufacturing) Clients. Sanmina will now employ just under 500 persons as a result of this investment and indicates the continued level of importance placed on the Fermoy facility within the Sanmina corporate structure.
Happy 2010 to all!
A Changed Economy and a Changed World
The cost of high value jobs in Ireland had already run away from reality five years ago as demand for high level and scarce technically qualified professionals outstripped supply. Added to this was the rising cost of living in Ireland largely led by an ever increasing property bubble.
In my own experience as a recruiter in the mid nineties, a very good engineer could expect a salary in the low to middle twenties, on average though they were generally in the late teens to early twenties. Five years later these figures had blow out of all proportion. Granted we had changed currency to the Euro but this did not account for an almost doubling, if not in general; trebling in average wages. Something was wrong in the economy as we lost hold of what had brought jobs and prosperity to Ireland in the first instance.
We lost our competitive edge and the jobs; slowly at first, with companies such as fruit of the loom- closed and moved to low cost manufacturing centers such as Mexico and India. We fooled outselves that these were low tech jobs and that this couldnt happen with the high tech high value jobs that we were now a knowledge based economy.
Within a matter of years Dell closed, 7000 direct jobs and almost 15,000 indirect jobs were lost in one fell swoop. Pfizer trembled and more plants were closed, Motorola closed and soon an epidemic was underway. The demand for higher wages to support an economy awash with credit was killing jobs.
Yesterdays budget is the harshest in memory. It is perhaps only the start of what we need to bring is back from the brink.
Churchill said after the Battle of El Alamein, “now this is not the end,it is not even the begining of the end, but it is perhaps, the end of the begining”.
