Equipment Maintenance Supervisor

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your team

At Baxter, we are passionate about saving and sustaining lives by finding solutions to complex problems. Every single day, the manufacturing team strives to create quality products for our customers—and are sometimes met with unforeseen issues to tackle. The high-caliber talent at Baxter meets these challenges head-on, as a team, to build products with the customer's needs top-of-mind.

What you'll be doing

• Supervise and lead a maintenance team that will include mechanics and technicians to support operations.

• Be responsible for execution of assigned shutdown and / or other projects.

• Ensure compliance as it relates to PMs, maintenance documentation, training, quality, 6s, safety.

• Provide a positive and equitable working environment emphasizing the Baxter Shared Values – Respect, Responsiveness and Results.

• Support and Emphasize the Safety and Quality commitments of the department – make decisions concerning these commitments within the area.

• Provide direction of resources in the most efficient and productive manner possible.

• Identify/prioritize/provide resources on a shift to assist the superintendent to meet the annual operational plan and budgetary commitments.

• Facilitate, verify, and even conduct appropriate training for employees in the area (including but not limited to GMP, troubleshooting, maintenance skills, and safety).

• Ensure compliance with all GMP rules, specifications, SOPs, and FDA requirements as the need arises.

• Commit to employee feedback and developmental process – support Talent Management goals, conduct recognition and disciplinary action for employees, facilitate employee representation throughout the organization.

• Submit and/or maintain and distribute reports related to attendance, labor, maintenance metrics, safety, and others as needed.

• Sustain a clean and safe work area using 6S principles

• Learn, understand and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

What you'll bring

• AAS degree in a scientific or engineering field with a minimum of 6 years of industrial maintenance experience or equivalent.

• Demonstrated communication, administrative and strong technical leadership skills with ability to interface well with other departments and lead effectively and efficiently in a team environment. Proven professional writing skills.

• Strong ability to effectively prioritize responsibilities in a manufacturing plant setting.

• Good assessment and troubleshooting skills (mechanical, electrical, and process) with demonstrated and proven experience and background.

• Solid understanding of maintenance systems to include preventive maintenance and CMMS.

• Ability to understand regulatory and safety guidelines applicable to the medical / pharmaceutical industry and industry in general. Must have experience and knowledge with Lockout / Tagout and other Safety Programs.

• Interact with all levels of personnel to analyze and tackle problems related to equipment but also with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and personnel issues.

• Knowledge of WCM methods (Lean, Six Sigma, and QLP).

• Ability to respond to detailed inquiries, and present information to groups and department management.

• Understand verbal and written safety and quality instructions and read and comprehend written work instructions including words and drawings.

• Must have basic English written and oral communication skills adequate to communicate with other team members.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay pr