• Overview of West Pharmaceutical Services Worldwide
• West Pharmaceutical Services in Ireland
  • West Pharmaceutical Services in Dublin
  • West Pharmaceutical Services in Waterford
• Connect with West Pharmaceutical Services
• How to Get a Job With West Pharmaceutical Services in Ireland

• Total Sales 2023: $2.95 billion
• R&D Spend 2023: $0.07 billion
• Global Number of Employees 2023: 10,600

West Pharmaceutical Services design and produce packaging containment and drug delivery products for injectable medicines.

The company was founded in 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Herman O. West. Its first product was rubber plungers for dental cartridges.

Today, the company manufactures a range of products including seals and stoppers for injectable packaging systems and syringe and cartridge components. They work in partnership with many of the world’s top pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

In Ireland, West Pharmaceutical Services operate 2 manufacturing facilities (one in Dublin and one in Waterford) as well as a Global Financial Services Centre.

The company employs around 1100 people across these 3 sites.

Overall rating by their employees 2024 (source):

• Employees in Waterford: 260
• Activities: Pharma packaging

West’s Waterford manufacturing site officially opened in July 2018 after a reported investment of over $125m. The 20,500 square meter facility is a centre of excellence for West’s elastomeric laminate sheeting used in insulin pen injectors, as well as manufacturing other high-value finishing components.

In 2021, workforce numbers at the site rapidly expanded to help meet the increased demand for vaccine vial stoppers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out this video of West management talking about this investment in the Waterford area…

GetReskilled courses taken by alumni employed by West Pharmaceutical Services:

• Conversion Course Into Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• Certificate in eBioPharmaChem
• Certificate in eValildation
• Starter Validation Training Course

If you already have experience in the pharma or medical device manufacturing industries, you can head straight over to our dedicated pharma jobs board and see the current West Pharmaceutical Services vacancies in Ireland.

If you have some science, quality, or engineering qualifications/work experience, check out our specialist conversion courses that bridge the gap between your current knowledge and the technical information required to work in this highly regulated industry:

• Conversion Course into Pharma for Scientists
• Conversion Course into Quality Roles in Pharma
• Conversion Course into Engineering Roles in Pharma

For all other backgrounds (including sales, retail, hospitality, etc), check out our Conversion Course into Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. This course helps you take the transferable skills acquired in any other industry and combines them with essential technical knowledge and job-hunting skills, to make you an ideal candidate for entry-level pharma manufacturing jobs. (Note: NO science or engineering knowledge or experience is needed!)

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