Maintenance Shift Supervisor - Weekends

We are looking for a Maintenance Shift Supervisor to support the day-to-day maintenance requirements of Manufacturing Operations based at AbbVie, Westport. This position reports to the Associate Director, The Maintenance Shift Supervisor lead and manages a team of engineers and technicians to ensure the continuity and effectiveness of manufacturing. To be successful in this role, you need to be self-motivated and enjoy working with a high level of autonomy.
The successful candidate will work Weekend rotating shifts ( Days, Evening & Nights)
Roles and Responsibilities
Responsible for continuity across shifts, throughout the week, including handovers. Typically there will be two hand over meetings, one at the start of the shift (evening hand over) and one at the end of the shift (night handover or weekend handover).
Responsible for timecard review and approval for all PSEs.
Ensure adherence to training schedule, delivery of toolbox talks, WO coordination, WO reviews.
Complete weekly review of PH sheets for accuracy and completeness.
Arrange shift cover for A/L, approval of A/L requests.
Set goals, performance management and development of all direct reports.
Input to weekly planning meeting.
Represent Engineering shift support at meetings.
Resolve manufacturing escalations in a timely manner.
Coordinate resources including outside contractors/services engineers and commissioning engineers, division equipment engineers etc.
Work closely with Technical Shift Leaders/Operation Supervisors to ensure interdepartmental activities are planned and executed safely.
Responsible for engineering compliance with all safety, environmental and quality related BOPs.
Adhere to and follow all procedures policies and guidelines ensuring compliance with cGMP and HPRA/FDA regulations and company policies, procedures and guidelines.
Documentation of all activities in line with cGMP requirements.
Cross train within the team and train new team members.
Maintain the overall cGMP of the pharmaceutical processing areas.
Build an ethos of Right First Time.
Diploma/Trade qualification in suitable science/engineering course and/or suitable experience.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a highly regulated industry in a similar role.
Detailed functional knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing equipment is required.
Proven instrumentation/troubleshooting ability.
Strong interpersonal skills are essential as you will interact with external vendors, auditors, inspectors and other external parties.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No