McDermott Laboratories Limited Posted September 18, 2026

Senior Manufacturing Engineer ( 24 Months Fixed Term Contract )

Baldoyle, Ireland Full time
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About this opportunity

McDermott Laboratories Limited

Viatris is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases.

We have been included on number of award lists that demonstrate the impact we are making.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here is how the Senior Manufacturing Engineer role will make an impact:

You can make a difference to our patients, these being your family and friend, by ensuring that Viatris Dublin Respiratory manufacturing equipment performs, ensuring a right first time and on time supply of product to the market.

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who exhibits a passion for developing and leading technical solutions on equipment in support of the highest levels of performance.

If you have a positive resilient approach and like to work in a high-volume manufacturing environment, have high regard for Quality and Safety compliance, then we would like to hear from you.

Team

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, this is a key role supporting the manufacturing process and equipment.

We are a team of Manufacturing and Automation Engineering professionals who embrace a collaborative environment to tackle sophisticated challenges that meet the needs of our patients. We often need to change direction and respond to issues to avoid disruptions in our fast-paced manufacturing environment. Together, we build and maintain a positive work environment.

When you join us, you will collaborate with committed individuals who trust each other to deliver on the tasks at hand. We support innovation and out-of-the-box thinking balanced with collaboration across functions and other teams. Our leadership understands the need for continuous education and provides opportunities for further development.

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with Viatris, you will have the opportunity to lead by example, and enjoy mentoring and learning from others. Here, you are empowered to manage your own time and provided with opportunities to gain experience, you are encouraged to take ownership of your personal development.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

Leading execution of continuous improvement projects and initiatives on manufacturing equipment, demonstrating a data driven approach.

Supports the manufacturing process and develops expertise on equipment and interactions with the process, being a key contributor to resolution of persistent complex technical problems using a data driven approach.

Preparing equipment performance reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends, in support of process improvement.

Demonstrable capability to manage multiple deadlines and determine work priorities, the majority of which is to be done autonomously.

Actively promotes and participates in cross functional teamwork as an influential team member.

The minimum qualifications for this role are:

The ideal candidate will be a Mechanical/Manufacturing/ Engineering graduate with 5 yrs. experience in a high speed, highly automated drug, or medical device fill/assembly/packaging operation within a highly regulated industry.

Proficient and experienced in driving projects and continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing, with knowledge and competencies in quality, validation, and maintenance systems.

A motivated and flexible person who can formulate detailed plans with minimum supervisory influence and manage them through to completion.

Developed problem solving ability requiring good analytical skills and sound judgment to respond to potentially complicated or novel situations.

Demonstrated experience in design and execution of technical reports in support of manufacturing process improvement, deviations and problem solving.

Demonstrated strong communication and team-working skills including the ability to work effectively and influence decisions across functions, communicating effectively through verbal and written means.

A track record of developing efficient, innovative, and creative solutions to complex and challenging engineering problems, using established tools and frameworks. Lean/Six sigma certification would be advantageous.

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits, and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives, and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

A t Viatris, we offer   competitive   salar ies , benefits   and   an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.

Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Baldoyle, Ireland
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 489 comparable Senior Manufacturing & CMC roles across 74 biopharma companies.

489Comparable roles tracked
477Currently active
74Companies hiring similar roles
31Countries represented

Salary context

208 of 489 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Director, Digital Scientific Workflows · Merck $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Highest disclosed · Senior Principal Scientist, Upstream Process Development Group Lead · Merck $190,800/yr – $300,300/yr
Peer group range $0 – $245,550 (median $150,600)

Where these roles are based

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United States326
India38
Netherlands20
Ireland15
United Kingdom9
Singapore8

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Seniority mix

489 of 489 peers have a known seniority level

Senior323
Principal92
Associate Director74

Therapeutic area mix

2 of 489 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease2

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