Darragh Jones, Operations Lead

Darragh Jones

Operations Lead

Amgen

Location
Ireland
Education
Higher diploma, Innovation And Advancement
Experience
7 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :7 years, 3 Months

Operations Lead at Amgen
  • Ireland - Dun Laoghaire
  • My current job since January 2021

Responsibilities:
• Primary Production Process Owner Responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI) and Life Cycle Management (LCM) and process improvement projects
• Develop, Review and Approve generic batch records and parameter value lists across Formulation, Filling, and Inspection
• Evaluate, Plan and Implement Solutions for process improvement opportunities
• Own and Lead Change Controls as required by the NPI Project Team
• Liaise with Quality Assurance (QA) to ensure that GMP standards are maintained in line with current SOP’s, batch documentation and licences.
• Program Manager to Cross Functional Manufacturing Program
• Develop, review and update Product Quality Risk Assessments
• Assist in the discovery, development and implementation of continuous improvement ideas found during the NPI and LCM process

Quality Assurance Analyst at Bausch Health
  • Ireland - Tallaght
  • February 2017 to September 2021

Responsibilities:
• Designing/Writing SOP’s
• Project Manager Asia-Pacific (APAC) Artwork Internal Audit
• Cross Functional Team Representative for APAC Region Artwork Review

Continuous Improvement Specialist at Pfizer
  • Ireland - Droichead Nua
  • August 2019 to January 2021

Responsibilities:
• Data Driven Project Facilitation and Process Development within Operations Units
• Project Management of Departmental Initiatives in Upstream/Downstream and Raw Materials Units
• Cross Functional Support to Site Supply of Raw Materials
• Cross Functional Team Lead of Culture and Data Integrity (DI) Projects
• Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt: Programme Manager to Capacity Increase to Raw Materials Dispensing Unit to Support Site Wide Operations
• Change Control Facilitator for CMO Products as part of Project Management
• Liaising with Quality Assurance and Compliance on Improvements to GMP documentation
• Goal Setting/Driving Site and Departmental Goals

Production Team Lead at Leo Pharma
  • Ireland - Crumlin
  • July 2018 to August 2019

Responsibilities:
• Project Facilitation and Cross Functional Team Operations Subject Matter Expert (SME) of Site Wide Training Programme and Standard Work Initiative
• Developing, Reviewing and Implementing Process Protocols and Training Procedures for Increased Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE)
• Responsible for Driving Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Behaviours within the Operations Team
• Driving Right First Time (RFT) Practices through Training and Coaching on Troubleshooting GMP Documentation

Production Operator at Leo Pharma
  • Ireland - Crumlin
  • October 2017 to July 2018

Day to Day Process Activities

Education

Higher diploma, Innovation And Advancement
  • at National University Of Ireland – University College Dublin
  • June 2022

Level 9 NFQ Certificate in Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 3 Month Commercial Innovation Project with ESB, Ireland’s largest and main electrical provider. 3 Month Individual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project to scope a Service or Product to demonstrate understanding of innovation frameworks and processes

Higher diploma, Change Management
  • at National University Of Ireland – University College Dublin
  • June 2021

Professional Diploma Change Management

Higher diploma, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs
  • at Technological University Dublin
  • September 2020

Level 9 NFQ Certificate in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs

Bachelor's degree, Pharmaceutical Healthcare
  • at Technological University Dublin
  • October 2017

Level 8 NFQ BSc in Pharmaceutical Healthcare

Specialties & Skills

Entrepreneurship
Innovation Management
creative thinking
Leadership
Plant Operations
Teamwork, People Management, Lean, Change Management, Leadership
problem solving
Motivation, Coaching and Mentoring
Microsoft Excel
operations management
planning
Lean Leadership
Continuous Improvement
Project Management
operation

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Memberships

TU Dublin Rowing Club
  • Intermediate Oarsman
  • September 2014

Training and Certifications

Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020

Hobbies

  • Sculling Or Rowing
    Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt for delivering massive scale up operation to raw materials dispensing unit allowing site capacity to increase from 6 billion to 9.5 billion tablets with minimum expenditure.