Barry Fitzpatrick
About Barry Fitzpatrick
Barry Fitzpatrick is a Senior Calibration and Instrumentation Engineer at Bristol-Myers Squibb in County Dublin, Ireland, with extensive experience in various engineering roles across multiple industries.
Title
Barry Fitzpatrick is a Senior Calibration and Instrumentation Engineer currently employed at Bristol-Myers Squibb in County Dublin, Ireland.
Company
Barry Fitzpatrick is currently working at Bristol-Myers Squibb in County Dublin, Ireland. In his role, he manages internal calibrations, coordinates off-site calibrations and repairs, leads investigations on GMP critical calibration failures, and handles updates to the internal Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
Career Background
Barry Fitzpatrick has an extensive career in engineering, having held numerous positions in different companies. He previously worked at Hydrotech Water Services as Operations Manager in Roscommon, Ireland. Before that, he was Project and Process Engineer at WaterWipes in Drogheda, Co. Louth, and held roles as Staff Quality Engineer at Cheetah Electronics and AAA Component Test Lab, New Product Introduction & Process Improvement Engineer at ResMed Sensor Technologies, and Process Transfer Engineer at Xilinx in Singapore. His early career includes positions at Diamond Innovations, Geith International, and he amassed diverse experience in international locations including the US, China, and Singapore.
Education and Expertise
Barry Fitzpatrick holds a BEng Honours - 1st Class in Manufacturing Engineering with Management from the University of the West of Scotland, completed from 1997 to 1999. He also achieved a National Diploma in Manufacturing Engineering from Dundalk Institute of Technology, which he attended from 1993 to 1996. His early education was completed at St. Oliver's, where he obtained his Leaving Certificate from 1988 to 1993.
Achievements
At Bristol-Myers Squibb, Barry managed a critical improvement project resulting in annual savings of over 1 million euros in Water for Injection (WFI) and labor costs for GWR level transmitter calibrations of all vessels on-site. He is responsible for training engineers and technicians on critical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and work instructions for internal calibrations.