We are recruiting a Maintenance Supervisor to join our team in Cork. This position reports to the Operations Engineering Manager. This 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.
* 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 be responsible for Calibration systems and compliance, including discrepancies, KPIs, SOPs related to calibrations.
* Department Audit Leader.
* Supervision and coordination of Reliability Engineering activities including Department Metric reporting to Management and external stakeholders, analysing data from QA relating to equipment malfunctions, with a view to improving equipment availability and reducing instances of 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, analyse and improve key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.
* Play an active role in Change Control committee for equipment changes.
* Conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution of the maintenance technicians.
* Ensure statutory inspections relating to the maintenance department are always achieved.
* Direct, maintain, and enforce the safety program for the maintenance department; review safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all maintenance technicians.
Qualifications
* Craft Qualification in electrical or mechanical trades.
* Minimum of 3 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry or similar environment.
* Computer literate - MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Strong problem-solving skills.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.
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