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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.5 - Manufacture Of Medical And Dental Instruments And Supplies
330 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 November 2024
Employment effect (start)
14 November 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
American headquartered medical device manufacturing company, West Pharmaceutical Services, is to create 330 new jobs in Ireland as part of an expansion of its manufacturing site in Dublin. The new roles will all be based at the Dublin site in Damastown, Dublin 15.
Recruitment for the new roles has already begun. The roles will be in automation, process, validation, quality and maintenance, as well as production supervisors and operators, toolmakers and operations leads.
The company currently employs approximately 1,200 people in Ireland at sites in Dublin and Waterford.
Eurofound (2024), West Pharmaceutical Services, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 201945, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201945.
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