Automation Maintenance Engineering Supervisor - Athlone, Ireland (m/f/x)*

Solventum (3M Healthcare); Leinster; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Solventum is seeking an Automation Maintenance Engineering Supervisor in Ireland to lead the maintenance and reliability of automated production systems, robotics, and vision systems. This hands-on leadership role emphasizes safety, operational excellence, and continuous improvement to maximize equipment performance and minimize downtime.

You will manage a multi-disciplinary team, drive change, and partner with Operations and Quality to deliver sustainable reliability improvements and business

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams in automated production.
• Strong knowledge of electrical and mechanical maintenance.
• Experience with reliability engineering, RCA, and FMEA.
• Hands-on leader with change-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance for automated production systems, robotics, vision systems, electrical and mechanical assets.
• Drive reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement to maximize equipment performance and minimize downtime.
• Manage safety and change-management initiatives across the site, partnering with Operations and Quality.
• Mentor and develop maintenance technicians, foster a high-performance culture.

Skills

Leadership

Automation

Troubleshooting

Continuous Improvement

Safety & Compliance

Tools

PLCs

SCADA

HMIs

Industrial Networks

Control Systems

Job description

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Job Description:

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers' toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You'll Make in this Role:

The Automation Maintenance Engineering Supervisor is responsible for leading the maintenance and reliability function for automated production systems, robotics, vision systems, electrical and mechanical assets in the Automation production area.

The role combines strong technical expertise with inspirational people leadership to drive equipment reliability, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and safe working practices. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for automation, robotics, controls, electrical and mechanical maintenance activities while fostering a reliability-centred culture focused on maximizing equipment performance and minimizing unplanned downtime.

This position requires a hands-on leader who can effectively manage change, develop high-performing teams, and partner with operational stakeholders to deliver sustainable reliability improvements and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & People Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a 4 Cycle Shift team of maintenance technicians
• Create a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Conduct performance management, talent development, succession planning, and skills assessments with structured training plans
• Foster employee engagement through effective communication, coaching, mentoring, and recognition
• Champion site-wide change management initiatives and support business transformation projects
• Build strong cross-functional relationships with Operations, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain teams
• Collaborate with Production Engineering on COGS and reliability projects

Technical Skills in Automation, Robotics & Vision Systems

• Provide technical leadership for automation systems, PLCs, SCADA, HMIs, industrial networks, and control systems
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause investigations of complex automation and control system failures
• Support the optimization and continuous improvement of robotic systems, automated material handling equipment, and manufacturing automation platforms.
• Oversee maintenance and performance improvements of machine vision and inspection systems
• Ensure robust control system backup, cybersecurity, change control, and documentation processes are maintained
• Support automation upgrades, retrofits, and capital investment projects

Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance

• Lead preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities
• Provide expertise in electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and electromechanical systems
• Ensure maintenance work is planned and executed to maximize equipment availability
• Coordinate major shutdown activities, equipment installations and project activities
• Ensure effective spare parts management and critical strategies are implemented
• Promote maintenance best practices and standardization across the shifts

Reliability Engineering & Continuous Improvement

• Drive a reliability-centred maintenance strategy focused on equipment lifecycle management and performance optimization
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) initiatives
• Develop predictive maintenance programs utilizing condition monitoring and asset health assessment techniques
• Analyse maintenance and operational data to identify opportunities for reliability improvementEstablish and monitor key reliability metrics including MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and asset availability
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that reduce downtime, increase productivity, and improve equipment performance
• Drive a culture of proactive maintenance and defect elimination

Change Management & Innovation

• Lead and support organizational and technical change initiatives
• Promote innovation and adoption of new technologies that improve safety, reliability, and operation