Custodian - Grounds and Sanitation L05

AbbVie•North Chicago, IL

3h•$65,500 - $125,500

About The Position

Responsible for leading and coordinating approximately 10–15 housekeeping staff, including a Team Leader, to ensure housekeeping activities are performed safely, effectively, and in accordance with site procedures and applicable requirements. The role supports housekeeping across a diverse manufacturing environment, including chemical process unit operations, warehouses, classified cleanroom manufacturing areas, weigh booths, common areas, restrooms, locker rooms, and exterior areas. The position ensures appropriate staffing, work coordination, quality standards, safety practices, and cleanliness expectations are maintained to support safe and compliant manufacturing operations. Under the general guidance of the Section Manager, the role plans, organizes, staffs, trains, directs, and controls housekeeping activities. It develops and issues goals, policies, procedures, and programs aligned with corporate objectives and the needs of customer divisions and departments, including managing urgent and conflicting demands. The role determines requirements for new and replacement tools, provides training and job instruction, and maintains knowledge of safety rules and regulations. The position stays current with housekeeping techniques, equipment, and materials and provides technical support for green, yellow, and red radioactive environments; Bio levels 1, 2, and 3; and hazardous waste disposal. It requires knowledge of controlled-environment entry and exit procedures, cross-contamination control, and microbial control. The role ensures regulatory requirements are met and maintained, including FDA, GMP, OSHA, INRC, ALAC, and ISO requirements, and may serve as a housekeeping subject matter expert when working with the FDA or other regulatory agencies. The incumbent may take on additional assignments, including acting as a team leader, joining interdivisional project teams or task forces, providing temporary support for departmental projects, or serving as a temporary backup for the manager. The role ensures compliance with applicable local, state, and federal requirements, including OSHA Process Safety Management, EPA Risk Management Planning, Mechanical Integrity programs, PCI, DOT, and EPA requirements. It promotes a safety culture and reduces operational injuries, accidents, product or equipment damage, and unnecessary costs by ensuring equipment and facilities meet AbbVie safety, security, hygiene, and other standards.

Requirements

Associate degree, or equivalent experience and formal post-high-school technical training, such as an executive housekeeping certification.
Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Maximo, SAP, SharePoint, Quick Base, WebEx, and general computer use.
Ability to speak to large groups, conduct business meetings, and lead, motivate, and coach personnel.
Proficient business math skills, including managing labor and supply budgets and maintaining complex spreadsheets for performance-metric data analysis.
Understanding of regulatory requirements mandated by agencies such as the FDA, OSHA, INRC, ALAC, and ISO.
Availability for on-call facility or manufacturing emergencies and ability to work outside the core group when needed to support divisional clients.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or working toward completion of a degree.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, staff, train, direct, and control housekeeping activities.
Lead and coordinate approximately 10–15 housekeeping staff, including a Team Leader.
Coordinate housekeeping across manufacturing, warehouse, cleanroom, weigh booth, common, restroom, locker room, and exterior areas.
Develop and issue goals, policies, procedures, and programs aligned with corporate and customer objectives.
Manage urgent and conflicting customer demands while maintaining housekeeping quality, safety, staffing, and cleanliness standards.
Determine requirements for new and replacement tools and provide training and job instruction.
Stay current with housekeeping techniques, equipment, and materials; provide technical support for radioactive, biological, and hazardous-waste environments.
Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including FDA, GMP, OSHA, INRC, ALAC, ISO, PSM, RMP, Mechanical Integrity, PCI, DOT, and EPA requirements.
Serve as a subject matter expert for housekeeping services when working with the FDA or other regulatory agencies.
Take on assigned roles such as team leader, project-team or task-force member, temporary departmental project support, or temporary manager backup.
Promote a safety culture and reduce injuries, accidents, product or equipment damage, and unnecessary costs.
Respond on call to facility or manufacturing emergencies and support divisional clients when necessary.