Maintenance Technician (Electrical) - Evening Shift

AbbVie; Westport; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Canada is seeking an Electrician to perform planned and unplanned maintenance across aseptic manufacturing, filling, packaging, plastics and plant supports. You will work within a multi-disciplined team of fitters and automation engineers.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, RCA, and uptime, with responsibilities including troubleshooting, On-call duties, and using Maximo for downtime reporting and spare parts control. Travel to supplier sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' maintenance and troubleshooting in a highly automated pharmaceutical environment.
• National Craft Senior Trades Electrical qualification is essential.
• Automation/Mechatronic qualification would be an advantage.
• Clear understanding and experience with maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical, mechanical, instrumentation and automation systems including PLCs and HMI and SCADA.
• Proficient on Maximo to manage maintenance tasks and spare parts control.
• Willingness to travel to equipment vendors as required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential for this job.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned/unplanned maintenance on manufacturing, filling, compounding, packaging equipment.
• Troubleshooting and fault finding of automatic, semi-automatic and batch manufacturing equipment; apply RCA techniques.
• Support equipment projects from design to install.
• Identify opportunities for improvements and efficiencies while ensuring Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety compliance.
• Assist with On Call duties and keep training up to date in eLMS.
• Update Maximo system for reordering of stock parts and downtime reporting.
• Engage with vendors and parts suppliers to source nonstock parts.
• Report downtime with action plans and parts used.
• Support continuous improvement programs (MEP, OEE, OPEX, RCA, RCM) and productivity.
• Communicate concerns about work processes to Management.

Skills

Maintenance & troubleshooting

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Travel to vendors

Education

National Craft Senior Trades Electrical qualification

Automation/Mechatronic qualification

Tools

Maximo

SCADA

HMI

PLC/HMI/SCADA equipment

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, ( Facebook, Instagram ( , X ( and YouTube.

In the role as a Electrician you are required to carry out planned/unplanned maintenance across, aseptic manufacturing and filling, Packaging, Plastics and Plant supports. You will work as part of a strong multi-disciplined team of Fitters, Electricians, Process and Automation Engineers. We have a strong emphasis on identifying opportunities for improvements and efficiency. Our primary objective is the consistent supply of safe, first-class product to our customers.

• Carry out planned/unplanned maintenance on manufacturing, filling. Compounding, packaging equipment etc.
• Troubleshooting and fault finding of automatic, semi-automatic and batch manufacturing equipment, optimizing operation by Continuous Improvement and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) techniques. Ensure all equipment is repaired to the highest standards.
• Support equipment projects from design to install.
• Identify opportunities for improvements and efficiencies and compliance to all site Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety requirements, training and regulations.
• Assist with 'On Call' duties.
• Maintain up to date Training through eLMS.
• Prompt updates to Maximo system controlling reordering of stock parts.
• Engage with vendors and parts suppliers to source nonstock parts.
• Responsible for filling out plant downtime notification on Maximo for all instances of plant downtime. Report to include time down, corrective action, preventative action going forward and parts used.
• Support continuous improvement and process efficiency programs, i.e., MEP, OEE, OPEX, RCA, RCM and productivity output for the BU.
• Communication of any concerns about work processes to Management.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years' maintenance and troubleshooting experience in a highly automated pharmaceutical environment.
• National Craft Senior Trades Electrical qualification is essential to be considered for this job.
• Automation/Mechatronic qualification would be an advantage
• Clear understanding and experience of maintenance and troubleshooting of electrical or mechanical, instrumentation and automation systems. This includes PLCs and HMI, pick-and-place robotics, control pneumatics, IPCs and PC-based tools, Vision systems, VSDs and Servo-drives, SCADA.
• Proficient on Maximo to manage maintenance tasks and spare parts control.
• Willingness to work on set shift patterns and to travel to equipment vendors as required.
• Excellent communication and Interpersonal skills are essential for this job.
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
• Team player and a good problem solver.
• Be flexible in this position and be prepared to undertake other work that may be assigned to you from time to time, which may be outside the area of your normal duties.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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