Equipment Engineering Supervisor - 1st Shift

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Equipment Engineering Supervisor

Divisional Information

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Westfield, IN location in the Structural Heart division (SH).

Main Purpose of Role

As the Equipment Engineering Supervisor, you will coach and mentor maintenance technicians including the prioritization and execution of equipment maintenance and calibration as well as assist them in diagnosing more complex problems with machinery or equipment.

What You’ll Work On

• Prioritize and assign tasks so that the team’s resources are used effectively, and that work schedules and targets are met.
• Supervise operation, maintenance, machine shop, calibration, repairs and overhaul to the related plant equipment.
• Train new workers in the organization’s operating procedures and standards.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining effectiveness of the quality system by ensuring quality/compliance of equipment & tooling (including engineering, maintenance, machine shop and calibration areas).
• Supervise and coordinate contracted services to adhere with GMP and plant’s procedures and requirements.
• Creates short to mid‐range plans to carry out objectives established by management. Recommends or modifies the structure of the team subject to approval of management.
• Be responsible for overall equipment performance & maintain equipment downtime to an acceptable level; support and lead equipment upgrades/new installations. Recommend and implement changes in equipment operating procedures, design or configurations that improve cost performance, operational performance, efficiency, and reliability, while remaining within
• OEM warranty specifications.
• Maintain and administrate preventive maintenance, corrective, predictive, calibration program for plant equipment, including the implementation of critical equipment and ready for install assets to optimize equipment changes and reduce downtime.
• Assure adequate spare parts, tools, and other items needed to perform the maintenance, calibration and MAXIMO system work duties.
• Maintain and administrate the MAXIMO/CMMS system.
• Assist/support other functions as needed; proactively seek ways to increase productivity (i.e., leading the identification and implementation.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Ability to travel approximately 5% if need.

Shift

Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00pm with protentional overtime

Required Qualification·        

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• 4+ years related work experience.
• Strong experience managing people.
• Ability to