Superintendent, Facilities Maintenance

Baxter International Inc. • Round Lake, IL

1d • $96,000 - $140,000

About The Position

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your Role at Baxter This is where we make life-saving products Your role as a Facilities Maintenance Superintendent positions you to be directly involved in the physical production that enables Baxter to fulfill our mission to save and sustain lives. You handle the line between meeting production timelines and making quality products. As a manager, you are the trusted critical connection between the business and the workers on the floor. Your Team Baxter is focused on saving and sustaining lives by finding solutions to complex problems. Each day, the manufacturing team strives to create quality products for our customers—and are sometimes met with unforeseen issues to solve. The high-caliber talent at Baxter meets these challenges head-on, as a team, to create products with the customer's needs top-of-mind.

Requirements

• Ability to manage activities of departments through subordinates who exercise full supervision in terms of cost, methods, and employees.
• Ability to interpret and analyze statistical data and information and financial reports, understand and resolve technical difficulties, interface with internal engineering/technical experts and external technical representatives, manage multiple priorities in a manufacturing plant setting, be resourceful to a large manufacturing department.
• Knowledge of World Class manufacturing methods (Quality Learning Points, Lean, Six Sigma), Good Manufacturing Practices, Food Drug and Administration guidelines and process validation.
• Understand verbal and written safety and quality instructions and read and comprehend written work instructions including words and drawings.
• Must have basic English written and oral communication skills adequate to communicate with other team members.
• Requires a B.S. and 3-5 years’ experience or High School diploma with 8+ years of experience in all aspects of the Facilities processes in FDA regulated industry. (HVAC, Mechanical, Fabrication, CCMS).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for performance and maintenance of HVAC, Water for Injection, Reverse Osmosis (filtered) water, Compressed air, and Temperature Controlled Room (TCE) functionality and maintenance.
• Responsible for delivering environments fit for production within validated parameters.
• Identify/prioritize/provide resources to assist the department manager to meet the annual operating plan and budgetary commitments by evaluating internal and external resources.
• Provide quality Water for Injection to production for manufacturing RLD (ceph & non-ceph) and RLN (penicillin) to support 24/7 operations.
• Supervise the daily facilities operations across a department and multiple buildings.
• Ensure employees are training compliant
• Make staffing decisions and grow individual’s technical and soft skills.
• Manage external contractor and teams to world class standards and within procedural requirements supporting 24/7 operations.
• Learn, understand and apply rigorous quality standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) Knowledge.

Benefits

• Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

What This Job Offers

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