Senior Maintenance Supervisor

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

Abbott Ireland Vascular Division Clonmel

Abbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses. Abbott Vascular is uniquely focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease and improving patient care by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development and advancing medicine through training and education.

Our broad line of vascular devices–which includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies–are used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries and peripheral blood vessels. These vessel diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia and other serious vascular conditions.

Purpose of the Role :

Supervises the activities, manpower and resources within the Statement Maintenance area to ensure support is provided to meet the department and company goals. Responds to complaints on equipment, work orders, equipment availability and downtime due to equipment issues, plans and implements projects and processes needed to ensure equipment availability runs to agreed target, and that supplies and spare parts are kept to agreed levels. Co-ordinates with engineers to facilitate research, development and / or product and process improvements and enhancements to support business needs. Implements policies and procedures to maintain production equipment compliance and financial compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and co-ordinating the selection process with Human Resources (HR).
• Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews.
• Monitors daily work operations and provides direction to predominantly non-exempt and entry level staff to achieve unit or departmental goals.
• Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures. Interprets and executes policies that affect individuals within the assigned organizational unit or department.
• Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (for example (e.g.) compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA), British Standards Institution (BSI), Equal Employment Opportunities regulations etcetera (etc.)).
• Develops work schedules for department by assessing priorities, workload and available resources.
• Maintains personnel records (e.g., work schedules, vacation schedules / leaves and makes or directs modifications in the database to reflect actual changes.
• May perform individual contributor tasks, especially in staff or professional units

Education & Competencies