Latest 6,000 Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Job Announcements for Ireland

By: Donagh Fitzgerald B.Prod Eng and Claire Wilson BSc. Last Updated: Feb 2025

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A staggering 6,000 job announcements have been made in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing sector, from January 2023 to December 2024 making this a fantastic time to pursue a career in this field

This growth has, of course, led to many companies looking to hire more staff.

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Latest 6,000 Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Job Announcements for Ireland

Our Irish Job Announcement List

The page contains a list of expansion plans and job announcements from January 2023 to December 2024 that are recruiting or will be recruiting till 2028.  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 List of 150 Pharmaceutical & Med Device Companies and this Table of 213 Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Factories in Ireland Organised by County.

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

Ulster

Munster

  • Astellas to add 100 jobs in Tralee, Co Kerry
  • Beckman Coulter invests €10m and creates 80 jobs in Clare
  • Boston Scientific to create 400 new jobs in Clonmel
  • Cara Partners to create 60 Cork jobs from €130m investment
  • Eli Lilly to invest $1bn in Limerick drug-manufacturing site
  • 150 new local jobs as US pharma giant announces €1billion Limerick expansion
  • Hovione to create 20 new jobs with pharma investment in Cork
  • MSD to acquire WuXi Vaccines’ Dundalk site, and plans 1,000 jobs in coming years

Leinster

  • BMS pharma to create 300 jobs in Dublin
  • Medical device company BD to create 85 jobs in Wexford and Dublin
  • South Korean pharma company SK Biotek to invest up to €35m developing new plant
  • 100 jobs to be created by Jacobs as new office opens
  • MSD to acquire WuXi Vaccines’ Dundalk site, and plans 1,000 jobs in coming years
  • Irish medtech firm Vertigenius to add 10 new jobs after raising €2.1m in fresh investment
  • 330 new Dublin jobs as West Pharmaceutical Services announces expansion

Connacht

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

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Donagh Fitzgerald

Head of Marketing & Product Development
Mechanical/Production Engineer

Donagh looks after the marketing and product development including the training and pedagogical elements of our programs and makes sure that all GetReskilled’s users can have a great online learning experience. Donagh has lived and worked in many countries including Ireland, America, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Donagh has also served as the Program Manager for the Farmleigh Fellowship based out of Singapore.

Donagh holds Degrees in Production Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from South East Technological University, Ireland.

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Claire Wilson

Content Marketing and Career Coaching

Claire runs GetReskilled’s Advanced Career Coaching Programme – our specially devised job hunting course that helps our trainees take that final step into employment by leading them through the job hunting process. She is extremely enthusiastic about helping people reach their final goal of employment in their new career path.

Claire has a BSc (Hons) in Medical Biology from Edinburgh University and spent 7 years working in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.