Group Lead Energy Center Maintenance - Columbus, OH

Abbott Laboratories • Columbus, OH

6d • $30 - $59

About The Position

Abbott is hiring a Group Lead Energy Center Maintenance employee to support continuous site operations in Columbus, Ohio. The role safely operates, monitors, maintains, and troubleshoots Energy Center equipment and utility systems. It includes hands-on mechanical maintenance and repair of industrial equipment and operation of boilers, steam systems, industrial refrigeration, and chilled-water systems in accordance with licensing requirements, site procedures, and operating parameters.

The position performs inspections, operating rounds, testing, and monitoring; diagnoses equipment and utility failures; carries out preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; and responds to alarms, equipment failures, and utility interruptions. It also leads the identification of maintenance training needs and development of training solutions, metrics, and improvement initiatives. The role coordinates repairs and specialized support, works with contractors and internal partners on maintenance and projects, maintains operating and maintenance records, and communicates equipment condition and priorities during shift turnover. Work must follow safety, environmental, regulatory, and site requirements. Coverage may include overtime, call-ins, weekends, holidays, and alternate shifts as needed.

Abbott describes itself as a global healthcare company with businesses including diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition, and branded generic medicines. The Nutrition business develops science-based products for people of all ages.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• State of Ohio boiler operator license appropriate to assigned Energy Center responsibilities.
• Refrigeration certification or license.
• Demonstrated experience as an industrial mechanic, maintenance technician, utilities technician, stationary engineer, or in a similar hands-on mechanical role.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, maintain, and repair industrial equipment.
• Experience with industrial mechanical systems such as pumps, motors, bearings, valves, piping, heat exchangers, compressors, boilers, HVAC equipment, or refrigeration equipment.
• Ability to perform preventive and corrective maintenance and safely return equipment to service.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, equipment documentation, operating procedures, drawings, and mechanical schematics.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize work while maintaining focus on safety, equipment reliability, and continuity of critical utility services.
• Ability to work independently and make sound operational and maintenance decisions within established procedures and qualifications.
• Ability to communicate effectively with maintenance personnel, operations, engineering, contractors, vendors, and site customers.
• Ability to work assigned shifts and provide overtime, call-in, weekend, holiday, and alternate-shift coverage as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot Energy Center equipment and utility systems.
• Perform hands-on mechanical maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of industrial equipment, including boilers, chillers, refrigeration equipment, air compressors, cooling towers, pumps, motors, valves, piping systems, HVAC equipment, fire protection services, and associated utility equipment.
• Operate boilers and steam systems in accordance with applicable licensing requirements, site procedures, and operating parameters.
• Operate and monitor industrial refrigeration and chilled-water systems, responding to alarms, abnormal conditions, and performance issues.
• Conduct routine equipment inspections and operating rounds to identify abnormal conditions, deterioration, leaks, vibration, or developing equipment problems.
• Diagnose mechanical and utility system failures, determine corrective actions, perform repairs, or coordinate specialized support.
• Conduct required testing and monitoring of boiler, steam, cooling, refrigeration, fire protection, and water treatment systems and make operating adjustments.
• Respond to equipment failures and utility interruptions to safely restore service and minimize downtime or operational impact.
• Prioritize maintenance and operational work based on safety, equipment condition, utility reliability, customer impact, and site needs.
• Execute preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance and identify additional maintenance needs based on equipment condition and performance.
• Identify maintenance training needs; design and implement training solutions and initiatives; establish performance metrics; and improve maintenance workforce development programs.
• Initiate and coordinate repairs from identification through completion, including determining repair requirements, identifying parts and materials, obtaining outside services when needed, and verifying return to service.
• Work with contractors, vendors, engineering, facilities, and other maintenance personnel on repairs, inspections, upgrades, shutdowns, and improvement projects.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, safety, and operating efficiency.
• Maintain accurate operating logs, maintenance records, work orders, inspection documentation, and regulatory records.
• Communicate equipment condition, outstanding maintenance issues, operating limitations, and work priorities during shift turnover and with site personnel.
• Follow procedures for equipment startup, shutdown, isolation, lockout/tagout, return to service, and emergency response.
• Maintain a safe and orderly work environment and comply with safety, environmental, regulatory, and site requirements.
• Work independently and as part of a team in a continuous-operation industrial environment.
• Provide overtime, call-in, weekend, holiday, and alternate-shift coverage as required.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit offering a path to earning a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED