Maintenance Supervisor

ICompany Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

Job Description

We are recruiting a Maintenance Supervisor to join our team in Cork. This position reports to the Operations Engineering Manager. The Maintenance Supervisor manages day-to-day Maintenance Department activities on site to ensure that all products are manufactured to GMP guidelines. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving a culture of continuous improvements and maintenance excellence through our MEP (Maintenance Excellence Programme). They will also ensure that the Equipment P.M & Calibration schedule, stores stocks, and spare part list are maintained and up to date.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Staff organization within the department including holiday cover and TMS review.
• Management of timekeeping and holiday requests.
• Ensure that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner.
• Maintain training and safety awareness records and attendance records and ensure that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most updated version of the operating procedures.
• Responsible for all facility and live utility maintenance and upkeep.
• Preventative Maintenance / Calibration organization, control, and reporting.
• Work Request organization, control, and reporting.
• Assist in the preparation of departmental budgets.
• Establish and maintain computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, spare parts, time allocation, and maintenance history of plant equipment.
• Maintain and ensure compliance of Calibration systems, including discrepancies, KPIs, SOPs related to calibrations.
• Department Audit Leader.
• Supervise and coordinate Reliability Engineering activities including department metric reporting to management and external stakeholders, analyzing data related to equipment malfunctions, with a view to improving equipment availability and reducing downtime.
• Anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Initiate and carry out projects that improve efficiency and/or reduce operating costs.
• Track, analyze, and improve key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.
• Participate actively in the Change Control committee for equipment changes.
• Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to assess competency, knowledge, and contribution of maintenance technicians.
• Ensure statutory inspections related to the maintenance department are always completed.
• Direct, maintain, and enforce the safety program for the maintenance department; review safety records to uphold maximum safety standards for all maintenance technicians.

Qualifications

• Craft Qualification in electrical or mechanical trades.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a similar environment.
• Computer literate - MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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