About this role
Manufacturing Engineer – Medical Devices
About the Role
Baker Finn Recruitment is currently supporting a healthcare company in the recruitment of a Manufacturing Engineer for their Waterford operation.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically focused engineer to join a high-volume, regulated medical device manufacturing environment and play a key role in production support, process optimisation, troubleshooting and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will work closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, customers, vendors and suppliers to resolve manufacturing issues and improve quality, efficiency, throughput and process performance.
Company’s Waterford operation supports medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing and has capabilities including injection moulding, tooling, high-volume automation, complex assembly and GMP manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical engineering support to production, particularly around machine, tooling and process issues .
- Investigate and resolve manufacturing problems affecting scrap, quality, efficiency and throughput .
- Lead structured root cause analysis and technical problem-solving activities.
- Identify opportunities for process, tooling and operational improvements.
- Lead and support continuous improvement projects across manufacturing operations.
- Support medical device product and process characterisation and optimisation .
- Design, document and execute engineering experiments and tests.
- Participate in FMEA, DOE and other structured engineering activities .
- Develop and maintain tooling and equipment documentation.
- Update engineering drawings, maintenance procedures and work instructions.
- Support the implementation of engineering solutions within production.
- Work cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Engineering and Maintenance teams.
- Support company safety, quality and continuous improvement initiatives .
- Ensure engineering activities and manufacturing processes comply with relevant GMP requirements and company procedures .
- Maintain accurate engineering and technical documentation.
- Work with customers, vendors and suppliers on technical issues and engineering requirements.
Candidate Requirements
Education & Experience
- Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment is desirable.
- Experience within medical device, pharmaceutical or another regulated manufacturing environment would be advantageous.
- Experience with manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment or process optimisation is beneficial.
Key Skills
The ideal candidate will have
- Strong technical troubleshooting and fault-finding ability.
- Experience with root cause analysis and systematic problem solving .
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes and production environments.
- Strong analytical and data analysis skills.
- Experience with or understanding of FMEA / DOE .
- Knowledge of Lean / Continuous Improvement / Lean Six Sigma would be advantageous.
- Good understanding of project management principles.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a cross-functional engineering team .
- A proactive and solutions-focused approach.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality, safety and compliance.
Key Stakeholder Relationships
The Manufacturing Engineer will work closely with
- Moulding Workcell Technical Lead – technical guidance, prioritisation and engineering performance.
- Operations & Production Management – production support, issue resolution and throughput improvement.
- Quality & Engineering Teams – process optimisation, investigations and continuous improvement.
- Maintenance – equipment troubleshooting and reliability.
- Customers, Vendors & Suppliers – technical communication and coordination of engineering requirements.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a global healthcare manufacturing organisation and work within a technically advanced medical device manufacturing environment in Waterford.
The role offers exposure to process optimisation, tooling, manufacturing engineering, problem solving, continuous improvement and regulated medical device production, making it well suited to an engineer looking to develop their career within a high-volume manufacturing environment.