Maintenance Supervisor - 3rd Shift - Altavista, VA Plant

Abbott • Danville, VA

5d • $61,300 - $122,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor works at Abbott’s Altavista, Virginia plant in the Abbott Nutrition division. The role manages preventive and predictive maintenance programs, maintenance line support, departmental and plant maintenance budgets, plant shutdown assignments, capital project input and support, and maintenance resources to help meet or exceed the production plan while maintaining a zero-incident safety mindset, teamwork, and excellent customer service.

The supervisor ensures compliance with quality, regulatory, safety, and human resources procedures and policies. The role reviews work orders and shift documentation, coordinates maintenance schedules, ensures accurate maintenance records, and communicates across shifts and departments. It directly selects, trains, supervises, coaches, and develops employees; assigns work; reviews performance; and supports personnel and organizational changes.

The supervisor also supports improvement projects and team activities, monitors the assigned shift’s financial performance, contributes to budgets and maintenance plans, recommends capital investments, supervises preventive and predictive maintenance resources, participates in customer-facing performance reviews, and leads capital plant projects or process improvement initiatives. The role is accountable for compliance with FDA, OSHA, and Abbott policies and procedures.

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 maintenance budgets.
• Coordinate plant shutdown assignments and provide input and support for capital projects.
• Oversee maintenance resources to support 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; formulate maintenance schedules and ensure they are met.
• Ensure accuracy of documentation supporting maintenance work.
• Communicate with the Department Manager, between shifts, and with related departments.
• Select, train, supervise, coach, develop, and mentor employees; assign tasks and review performance.
• Review or initiate personnel and organizational changes for the shift, and support employee-related policies, procedures, and programs.
• Assist with improvement projects and lead or participate in team activities that improve plant effectiveness.
• Meet financial performance goals, including operating effectiveness, repair parts costs, and overtime utilization.
• Assist with departmental budgets, preventive maintenance plans, and predictive maintenance tasks.
• Provide input on maintenance changes, updates, cost improvements, and plans; recommend capital investments.
• Manage financial performance for the assigned shift and supervise preventive and predictive maintenance resources.
• Interface with customers through daily performance review meetings to support uptime and production plans.
• 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.
• Employees may qualify 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