Night Shift Group Leader

Abbott Laboratories • Lewes, DE

10d • $28 - $57 • Onsite

About The Position

The Night Shift Group Leader is a hands-on mechanical lead for assigned maintenance mechanics at Abbott’s Abbott Park, Illinois location, within the GES Global Engineering Services division. This onsite role is approximately 70% hands-on mechanical work and 30% group leadership and coordination. Reporting to the Zone Supervisor, the Group Leader supports successful night-shift operations and completion of maintenance initiatives and assigned workloads.

The role serves as the group’s mechanical technical resource while coordinating assignments, maintaining accurate documentation, and reviewing workload performance. It also supports Utilities Operations and the COR team in monitoring conditions, addressing maintenance needs, and helping maintain safe and functional operations.

The position maintains a personal mechanical workload, performing building maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs for manufacturing, HVAC, plant operations, utilities, facilities, and general office areas. Work includes mechanical maintenance on motors, shaft alignments, and minor pipe fitting within the employee’s training, qualifications, and scope. The Group Leader reviews work requests, identifies job requirements and repair approaches, obtains needed parts, materials, and tools, completes and checks repairs, documents work and follow-up needs, and supports maintenance initiatives and special projects.

Leadership and coordination duties include conducting daily business reviews with assigned mechanics; reviewing work orders and shift documentation; coordinating priorities, assignments, and resources with the Zone Supervisor; monitoring job readiness and progress; and escalating shortages, conflicts, or safety, quality, and performance concerns. The Group Leader provides technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and on-the-job training, communicates work status to customers and affected groups, and provides clear shift handoffs. The role reinforces safety requirements, Company quality systems and standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

The Group Leader works under the direction of the Zone Supervisor, providing day-to-day work coordination and technical guidance while escalating matters requiring supervisory decisions or additional resources. The role applies mechanical judgment and monitors work to minimize injury, property damage, and disruption to qualified operations or business continuity.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 6 years of work experience in a related field.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of various software applications.
• Multi-skill capability and familiarity with the application and operation of tools and equipment used by various groups.
• Knowledge of operational systems, including Maintenance Management computer applications and Maximo, and thorough knowledge of relevant Abbott policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and interest during regular work responsibilities, including directing the work activities of others.
• Interpersonal skills to communicate and work with customers.
• Good organizational skills to coordinate and manage a group effectively.
• Knowledge of validated systems, qualified areas within building facilities, and applicable engineering standards associated with the job function.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a personal mechanical workload and work alongside assigned mechanics, with hands-on maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs as the primary responsibility.
• Perform building maintenance and general mechanical repairs supporting manufacturing, HVAC, plant operations, utilities, facilities, and general office areas.
• Perform mechanical maintenance and repairs on motors, complete shaft alignments, and perform minor pipe fitting within training, qualifications, and scope of work.
• Visit job sites and review work requests to determine job requirements, identify mechanical problems, and establish repair approaches.
• Identify, communicate, and obtain parts, materials, and tools needed for assigned repairs.
• Complete mechanical work safely and on time, check repair quality and equipment function, and document work performed and remaining follow-up needs.
• Identify recurring mechanical problems and improve work methods; perform hands-on work supporting maintenance initiatives and special projects assigned by the Zone Supervisor.
• Conduct Daily Business Reviews with assigned mechanics covering KPIs, workload completion and performance, outstanding work, and barriers; identify follow-up actions and communicate gaps to the Zone Supervisor.
• Review work orders and shift documentation for accuracy and completeness, and ensure assigned mechanics correct documentation gaps.
• Review night-shift priorities and workload with the Zone Supervisor and coordinate daily assignments and resources based on job requirements, skills, availability, and operational needs.
• Coordinate job readiness, parts, and tools; monitor progress; address delays; and escalate resource shortages and priority conflicts to the Zone Supervisor.
• Provide mechanical technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and on-the-job training; identify training needs and coordinate additional technical support when needed.
• Support Utilities Operations and the COR team on night shift by monitoring operating conditions, addressing maintenance needs, and communicating conditions that could affect safe and functional operations.
• Communicate work status to customers and affected work groups, and provide the Zone Supervisor and incoming shift with a handoff covering completed work, open issues, equipment status, and remaining workload.
• Reinforce safety requirements, Company quality systems and standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Monitor work quality and timely completion, and escalate safety, quality, or performance concerns to the Zone Supervisor.
• Monitor assigned work to minimize risk of injury, property damage, and unintended impact on qualified operations or business continuity.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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