Eli Lilly Beings Recruiting 100 People for New Cork Biopharma Facility

Eli Lilly is to begin recruiting for 100 jobs for its new biopharmaceutical facility in Cork this week.

The company, which announced the €330m investment in a brand-new facility at its Kinsale campus in Cork back in 2012, said it would be looking for highly qualified personnel across a range of disciplines to add to the existing staffing of the new facility, with the bulk to be recruited this year.

The investment expands the Kinsale site’s existing biopharmaceutical mission with the establishment of an additional world-class commercialization and manufacturing facility.

The new facility, when fully operational in 2016, will require a range of skills including operators, process engineers, scientists, laboratory analysts, quality assurance and regulatory professionals. The recruitment campaign will begin this week across a range of media and will run through April.

“This is fantastic news not just for Cork but the pharmaceutical sector a whole,” said Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock, who visited the plant today.“These positions are spread over some different technical areas, and it is an exciting time for Eli Lilly.”

“Furthermore, it is great news that these positions are being recruited for immediately. I encourage everyone involved in this sector to look at the opportunities available to them from this recruitment campaign.”

“I am delighted that Minister Sherlock could visit Lilly Kinsale today and, in particular, at this historic/exciting moment for Lilly’s presence in Ireland,” said  Chris Langan, general manager of the Kinsale site. “The significant expansion endorses the site’s success in developing a world-class biopharmaceutical business offering highly skilled employment while developing life-saving treatments for patients around the world.”