Production Technician Lead l (Day Shift)

AbbVie•Tempe, AZ

3d•$27 - $49

About The Position

The Production Technician Lead I works in a fast-paced pharmaceutical finishing operation, supporting production requirements while maintaining a strong focus on safety and quality. The role supports equipment setups and troubleshooting across three value streams and helps build a collaborative team environment by leading and working with peers. It also assists the maintenance team with troubleshooting and maintenance-related tasks. The position promotes a quality-focused environment and encourages excellence across the team. The role works with automated equipment in primary and secondary packaging, supports vision and serialization systems, and troubleshoots and repairs packaging equipment. The technician works with production schedules and line priorities, generally with limited supervision, and may provide coverage for the maintenance team when needed. Day-shift schedule options are listed as 5:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday and every other Wednesday. Work is 40–48 hours per week and may reach 60 hours depending on manufacturing demands.

Requirements

High school diploma with equivalent experience.
Meet Production Technician III requirements or have equivalent experience.
Demonstrated focus on maintaining the highest level of quality and complying with site-level policies and procedures.
Ability to communicate issues to operations, engineering, and mechanical teams.
Advanced understanding of pneumatics, electronics, mechanical systems, motors, variable frequency drives, encoders, servo motors, and different sensors.
Advanced understanding of HMI controls, vision inspection systems, and product serialization systems for timely troubleshooting and resolution of inefficiencies.
Basic computer skills and ability to learn new programs and applications.
Ability to stand for up to 8–12 hours per day and lift up to 25 pounds.
Work 40 to 48 hours per week and potentially as many as 60 hours depending on manufacturing demands.

Nice To Haves

Technical experience and troubleshooting aptitude.
Technical certificate or associate degree.
Understanding of and experience with POMs, SAP, and Maximo.
4–5 or more years of knowledge of related cGMP requirements and procedures.

Responsibilities

Follow Environmental, Health, and Safety procedures and promote a proactive safety culture; use approved tools to minimize extraneous matter in the packaging process.
Set up and troubleshoot automated equipment in primary and secondary packaging across three value streams within standardized changeover target times.
Perform mechanic-level vision system tasks across three value streams and resolve serialization system faults.
Handle and disposition setup and troubleshooting commodities properly to minimize MUV.
Monitor and maintain above-target overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by making necessary production-floor adjustments when requested.
Troubleshoot and repair packaging equipment down to faulty components, including drive gears, belts, motors, electronic sensors, and solenoid valves.
Respond to requests, evaluate problems, determine root causes, and communicate issues to cross-functional groups to resolve recurring issues and sustain production-line performance.
Assist peers with equipment troubleshooting and setups.
Assist with on-the-job training for peers and others on the production floor; communicate issues and share learning through maintenance communications.
Work to the production schedule, understand line priorities, and operate with limited supervision.
Initiate, execute, and lead continuous 6S implementation for parts and tooling across the production floor.
Initiate and complete POM exceptions and SAP transactions, including bulk returns and over/under commodity consumption.
Execute CMMS (Maximo) work orders for planned and scheduled repairs or improvements and provide maintenance-team coverage when necessary.