Allergan Westport - More jobs

nuac

Great to hear of up to 200 new jobs in Westport. COngrats to Allergan and to all involved.

A very well run company. It's presence and continued success in Westport disputes the theory that major FDI should be confined to Dublin and other larger centres.

Neworder79

Press release says they have bought the adjoining IDA park, I presume they mean a portion of it, or have they more plans to reveal?

afatbollix

The worlds supply of botox is made there and well that's booming at the moment.

Great news, that company is keeping west mayo afloat at the moment.

Daisy M

Its great news for mayo and the fact that there will be 250 short term construction jobs is a great boost too.

yop

Maybe a bit of hope for people then. Its a start to try and bring, somehow!, a little hope to the area with so many young people leaving.

finisklin

The sun is shining out Whest today - Great newz.

Busy day for Inda fighting the OAPs on one hand and bringing good news on the other.

Neworder79

Actually all the reports reference buying the Technology Park which had around 6 remaining industrial sites. The MD saying they are positioning to take on new product development so looks like they have big plans in the long term.

YouTookMyName

Cue big scramble for the construction jobs.

yop

YouTookMyName wrote: »

Cue big scramble for the construction jobs.

That mightn't be the case you know, I am building a garage here and the trouble getting trades was mad.

1/2 of them would have immigrated at this stage!

Defiler Of The Coffin

Great news. Mayo badly needs a boost. We should be thankful Allergan are going ahead with this despite the state of the N5.

What kind of jobs will be created?

soterpisc

Yes... BUT and big BUT there is a cronic shortage of qualified people that Pharm companies need. Certainly not a lot of them in Mayo.

Ireland has thousands of open jobs for qualified people... We don't need unskilled people with only a leaving cert. (sorry its the hard truth) Companies are crying out for R&D professionals, Lab technicians, programmers, IT, Etc...

Kids need to wake up.. If you want to have a well paid job in Ireland you need to be qualified.

yop

All the IT based jobs are in Dublin or Galway. I spent over 12 months driving from Mayo to Dublin for a 3 day week in IT contract. There hasn't been 1 single Senior developer job in Mayo in the last 4 years. I have seen 2 junior roles and thats it.

Any way don't want to be dragging the thread off topic, but it could be hard to get pharma employees for sure, Allergan should be thrawling the secondary schools now offering scholarships to leaving certs to get them up and running.

irishgeo

yop wrote: »

All the IT based jobs are in Dublin or Galway. I spent over 12 months driving from Mayo to Dublin for a 3 day week in IT contract. There hasn't been 1 single Senior developer job in Mayo in the last 4 years. I have seen 2 junior roles and thats it.

Any way don't want to be dragging the thread off topic, but it could be hard to get pharma employees for sure, Allergan should be thrawling the secondary schools now offering scholarships to leaving certs to get them up and running.

I know the feeling yop.

shameful that castlebar doesnt have fibre optic broadband installed in it. Thats one of the reason for a lack of IT Jobs.

yop

irishgeo wrote: »

I know the feeling yop.

shameful that castlebar doesnt have fibre optic broadband installed in it. Thats one of the reason for a lack of IT Jobs.

Its an issue but not an issue, I am just over a year now working from the house for 3 different companies and it works sound. Broadband been down maybe 3 times in total but never for so long as it impacts.

I have spoken to a few Dublin companies about setting up here as they have been continuously on for staff and can't get them, but its a big trust thing.

Captain Slow IRL

Does anyone know exactly what roles will becoming available in the factory? Will there be any "General Operative" roles or all skilled/trained roles?

soterpisc

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Does anyone know exactly what roles will becoming available in the factory? Will there be any "General Operative" roles or all skilled/trained roles?

Just a Guess, but from what other companies are doing I would not be surprised if its R&D centre (usually looking for highly qualified people) Just a guess, but a lot of companies have done this or are doing this to avail of the tax breaks in Ireland.

Either that or they have a new product range or are planning to introduce a new produce and in that case they could need operatives.

If its a new product I think it first has to have been developed in Ireland to avail of the R&D tax break...

Anyway its good news one way or the other.

irishgeo

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Does anyone know exactly what roles will becoming available in the factory? Will there be any "General Operative" roles or all skilled/trained roles?

you have a long wait, they have to get planning and build the new factory yet.

YouTookMyName

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Does anyone know exactly what roles will becoming available in the factory? Will there be any "General Operative" roles or all skilled/trained roles?

2017 Before the new building will be fully operational.

Baldysp

What do you mean not a lot of them in Mayo

soterpisc wrote: »

Yes... BUT and big BUT there is a cronic shortage of qualified people that Pharm companies need. Certainly not a lot of them in Mayo.

Ireland has thousands of open jobs for qualified people... We don't need unskilled people with only a leaving cert. (sorry its the hard truth) Companies are crying out for R&D professionals, Lab technicians, programmers, IT, Etc...

Kids need to wake up.. If you want to have a well paid job in Ireland you need to be qualified.

yop

Baldysp wrote: »

What do you mean not a lot of them in Mayo

He hardly needs to explain it now does he? Its not a secret of the lack of skilled personnel to suit the positions in Allergan.

Needles73

I think you would be surprised how many suitable people are in Mayo for most of the Allergan jobs. Lab technicians, programmers, IT personnel are not scarce. The Allergan expansion is mainly Botox production capacity increase, however the crisis in europe (particularly Spain) has affected some of their regular product sales so you may find not all these jobs materialise . i.e staff from the other areas or depts may move into the new roles.
And most "kids" have woken up, a degree is now becoming minimum requirement for most industries, where it was diploma level or cert. The leaving cert is really only a college entry mechanism to young people.

yop

Needles73 wrote: »

I think you would be surprised how many suitable people are in Mayo for most of the Allergan jobs. Lab technicians, programmers, IT personnel are not scarce. The Allergan expansion is mainly Botox production capacity increase, however the crisis in europe (particularly Spain) has affected some of their regular product sales so you may find not all these jobs materialise . i.e staff from the other areas or depts may move into the new roles.
And most "kids" have woken up, a degree is now becoming minimum requirement for most industries, where it was diploma level or cert. The leaving cert is really only a college entry mechanism to young people.

Can't agree with you I am afraid, having been involved in trying to hire IT people, both admin and programmers in 3 different companies in Mayo believe me they are not there. Plenty of CV's came in with very very basic IT but it was so bad we only hired 1 person over the 3 companies and we were looking for 6!

Plenty of Mayo people work in IT, but they dont live in Mayo or if they do they commute.
A lot of the IT services for Allergan are outsourced, they have admin staff but the ERP systems in there are outsourced.

NewBeefFarmer

trust me, . . . . either be well qualified or know someone. . . . . . preferrably the later

Far Q Boss

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but does anyone know who recruits for Allergan in Westport? Do they outsourse the recruitment? Thinking of moving to Mayo so I'm on the look-out for a job there. Thanks

Mayo Miss

Far Q Boss wrote: »

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but does anyone know how recruits for Allergan in Westport? Do they outsourse the recruitment? Thinking of moving to Mayo so I'm on the look-out for a job there. Thanks

You need to fill in an online profile through their website.

Far Q Boss

Mayo Miss wrote: »

You need to fill in an online profile through their website.

I was on their website already, can't see any form so maybe they aren't hiring at the minute.. Damn, I thought they hired all year round to be honest. Thanks for the reply.

Mayo Miss

Far Q Boss wrote: »

I was on their website already, can't see any form so maybe they aren't hiring at the minute.. Damn, I thought they hired all year round to be honest. Thanks for the reply.

Look again in the careers section. Candidate profile.

Far Q Boss

Mayo Miss wrote: »

Look again in the careers section. Candidate profile.

Thanks very much for pointing me in the right direction! Unfortunately the online form won't work for me, it keeps saying my registration has failed, I'll try again later. thanks

Dudda

They will advertise most of the job opportunities closer to the completion of the building.

nuac

Building work is proceeding apace for the new extension. Sisks and specialist subcontractors.

afaik Allergan recruit directly