Updated: August 2020

Ireland’s pharmaceutical and medical device industries have seen excellent growth over the last few years. If you want to know more about why check out this blog post.

This growth has, of course, led to many companies looking to hire more staff. It can be difficult to keep track of which companies are still in the process of recruiting for these announcements so we thought we’d do it for you!

The page contains a list of expansions plans and job announcements that could still be in the recruiting process. The links here are to news articles to let you see details of the announcements. To follow up, visit the company career pages or contact them directly. You can find a complete list of links to company career pages on our Job Website Directory.

We’ll be updating this page regularly so check back every-so-often to see new announcements!

• • • • • • • Abbott announced 500 new jobs as it expands its Donegal site.
            • AbbVie is creating 100 new jobs at its site in Sligo.
            • Aerogen is creating 80 new jobs in Galway.
            • Alexion is creating 200 new jobs at their facility in Dublin.
            • Avery Dennison announced 200 new jobs in Longford.
            • Bausch & Lomb is creating 100 new jobs as it expands its Waterford site.
            • Beckman Coulter announced 30 new jobs within its Clare site.
            • Central Pharma is creating 100 new jobs at a new site in Kerry.
            • Chanelle Group is creating 350 new jobs as it expands its Galway operations.
            • DePuy Synthes announced 30 new jobs in Cork.
            • Edwards Lifesciences is creating 600 jobs at a new manufacturing site in Limerick.
            • Eurofins’ Waterford site is creating 160 positions.
            • Fort Wayne Metals announced 40 new roles as it extends its Mayo facility.
            • Johnson & Johnson Vision Care is creating 100 new jobs as it expands its Limerick facility.
            • MeiraGTx is creating 100 positions at a new site in Clare.
            • MSD is creating a total of 880 new jobs (200, 330, 350 in separate announcements) across Carlow, Cork, Tipperary, and Dublin.
            • PCI Pharma Services announced 120 new jobs in Louth and Meath.
            • Phibro announced 150 positions at a new facility in Sligo.
            • Randox announced 540 new jobs as it expands its Donegal site plus 200 new jobs in Antrim.
            • Regeneron is adding 60 positions in Limerick (across two separate announcements).
            • Rockshel Lifesciences announced 200 new jobs at a new facility in Tipperary.
            • SMT announced 50 new Galway jobs at its new European HQ.
            • Surmodics announced 100 new jobs in Galway.
            • Synexa created 30 new positions in Dublin.
            • Takeda to create 70 new positions in Dublin.
            • Wasdell created 300 new positions at a new packaging facility in Louth.
            • WuXi Biologics announced 600 new jobs at a new facility in Louth.

We hope you find this list useful and wish you luck with your job hunt!

We are continually updating this page and try hard to keep this information as accurate as possible. But if you know of a company we’ve missed or see data that needs correction, please contact us.

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