Maintenance Supervisor - 3rd Shift - Altavista, VA Plant

Abbott • Raleigh, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor works at Abbott’s Altavista, Virginia plant in the Abbott Nutrition division. The position oversees maintenance programs, line support, budgets, shutdown assignments, capital project support, and maintenance resources to help meet production plans while maintaining a focus on safety, teamwork, and customer service. The supervisor ensures compliance with quality, regulatory, safety, and human resources policies and procedures.

The role directly selects, trains, supervises, coaches, and develops employees; assigns work; reviews performance; and supports personnel and organizational changes. It also contributes to improvement initiatives, financial and budget performance, preventive and predictive maintenance, capital investment recommendations, and communication across shifts and departments. The supervisor supports production uptime through customer interface and performance reviews, and may lead plant capital projects or process improvement initiatives. The position is accountable for compliance with FDA, OSHA, and Abbott standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, food technology, or engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience emphasizing supervision of direct reports, or equivalent experience in a maintenance field.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience as a mechanic, electrician, or instrument technician.
• Extensive experience leading or managing projects or process improvement initiatives.
• Previous Lean Six Sigma training.
• Extensive experience troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
• Previous experience generating and managing financial budgets.

Responsibilities

• Manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs, maintenance line support, and department and plant maintenance budgets.
• Coordinate plant shutdown assignments and provide input and support for capital projects.
• Oversee maintenance resources needed to meet or exceed the production plan while maintaining safety, teamwork, and customer service.
• Ensure compliance with quality, regulatory, safety, and human resources procedures and policies.
• Review and verify work orders and shift documentation; ensure maintenance schedules are developed and met and maintenance work is accurately documented.
• Ensure timely communications with the Department Manager, between shifts, and with related departments.
• Select, train, supervise, coach, develop, and mentor employees; clarify responsibilities and appraise employee performance against expectations and company policies.
• Review or initiate personnel and organizational changes for the assigned shift; develop growth plans and support employee-related policies, procedures, and programs.
• Assign tasks to direct staff.
• Assist with improvement projects and participate in team activities that improve plant effectiveness.
• Help meet financial performance goals, including operating effectiveness, repair parts costs, and overtime utilization.
• Assist in developing departmental budgets, preventive maintenance programs, and predictive maintenance tasks.
• Provide input on changes, updates, cost improvements, and plans; meet budget commitments for the assigned shift.
• Recommend capital investments and supervise resources for preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Support customer interface and production uptime through daily performance review meetings.
• Lead capital plant projects or process improvement initiatives.
• Meet compliance standards, including FDA, OSHA, and Abbott policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Potential qualification for free medical coverage through 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, providing an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager