SimoTech Snowman Competition

Not so long ago, we all wished Emerson Kirby the best of luck in his participation in the 2017 Iron Man Triathlon. We thought we would allow Emerson the chance to rest up having completed nine months of training and completing, what is widely considered as, one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world.

Emerson finished the Triathlon in a very impressive 10 hours and 49 minutes.

The single-lap, 3,800 meter swim off ...

Irish-owned automation engineering company, SimoTech creates 30 highly skilled new jobs

Michael McGrath TD officially opened SimoTech’s new headquarters in Cork on Friday 20^th October, announcing the creation of 30 specialist engineering roles in automation, IT and validation.

Speaking at the office opening, Michael McGrath TD said, “I am delighted to be here to support the launch of SimoTechs’s new offices and ...

Today we are very proud to wish Emerson Kirby the best of luck in this years’ Ironman Triathlon. Emerson has spent the last nine months training for the triathlon. He is on his way to Barcelona where he will partake in the gruelling event organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. The triathlon consists of:

• 86 km swim, followed by
• 25 km cycle, followed ...

SimoTech recently sponsored Highfield Under 12’s rugby team and their coaches, one of whom is our very own Kevin Nolan (CSV and Compliance Manager), to travel to Germany to play a number of games against rugby clubs based in the Cologne area marking the end of ‘mini rugby’ for these players, many of whom started playing rugby with Highfield at the age of 5.

For Highfield U12, goodwill over the years has made this long standing annual ...

SimoTech would like to congratulate, Ceara Dhingra, a 4^th year (Transition Year) Student who instead of going on the class year trip to Malaga decided to raise money on behalf of Habitat Humanity Ireland and to travel to Romania and build homes for families living in the most appalling housing conditions. The house you see below ...

SimoTech is delighted to announce that Kevin Nolan has joined the SimoTech team as CSV & Compliance Manager. Kevin has over 18 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries. His roles have involved the implementation and leading of CSV activities for both new control systems and the remediation of legacy control systems. He is experienced in all areas requiring CSV such as production & utility equipment, building management systems, data historians, ...

SimoTech is a fast growing Automation Consultancy and Project Management Company. We are excited at being involved in some of the largest BioTechnology projects in Ireland and are seeking to grow our client side teams in Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Sligo.

As a tightly knit group with a strong ethos in developing individuals skills and career objectives we ensure each individual is respected within the organisation and valued for their contribution. We provide competitive salaries and/or contract rates as well as ...

SimoTech is proud that it has achieved a ranking in the top 10% of suppliers of contract engineering resources to one of the major multinational biotechnology manufacturers in Ireland. The ranking was achieved for the second Quarter of 2014 and it builds upon the companies consistent ranking above average in the manufacturer’s quarterly supplier rankings over the past 12 months. SimoTech performed strongly in the following areas:

• Shortlist Rate of Proposed Candidates
• Hit Rate of Offered Positions
• No False Starts (No shows)
• Completion of ...

Fellow Automation Industry Professionals

Thank you to all who took the time to participate in the Automation Market Survey. The survey ran from 10^th June through 5^th August 2014 and we are pleased with the number of responses received.

The survey incorporates a wide representation among the automation community of practice, primarily in Ireland, with participation from a good variety of employers, employees, and contractors at different levels across the main industry sectors.

Significantly, the survey results would indicate an overall positive outlook ...