Director of Maintenance & Automation (Multi-Site)

Abbott Laboratories; Weesp; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Weesp and Olst, Netherlands, seeks a visionary Head of Maintenance & Automation to shape strategy across two manufacturing sites. You will lead maintenance, reliability, and manufacturing automation, ensuring safe, compliant operation of assets in a highly regulated environment.

You will build a high-performing team, drive asset reliability, and implement advanced OT and cybersecurity standards, with exposure to senior leadership and career growth toward site leadership

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Technology, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of leadership experience within Maintenance, Reliability, Manufacturing Automation, or Technical Operations.
• Proven success leading large technical organizations across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Strong expertise in reliability engineering and preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies.
• Experience working within GMP-regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing automation systems, OT, and computerized systems.
• Demonstrated success in improving equipment reliability, uptime, and operational performance.
• Experience supporting capital projects, asset lifecycle management, and operational readiness initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the maintenance, reliability, and automation strategy across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Lead the Maintenance and Manufacturing Automation organizations, building a high-performing and future-ready workforce.
• Drive preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance excellence to improve equipment uptime and asset reliability.
• Own the manufacturing asset lifecycle strategy, including asset renewal plans and long-term investment roadmaps.
• Lead Manufacturing Automation and OT initiatives, ensuring systems remain reliable, compliant, secure, and aligned with business needs.
• Define and govern automation standards, cybersecurity strategies, and automation architecture frameworks.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations on capital projects, ensuring maintenance, reliability, and automation requirements are embedded from design through commissioning.
• Establish KPI frameworks and leverage data-driven insights to continuously improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance strategy

Automation strategy

Data-driven decision making

Strategic collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Engineering/Operations

Tools

OT systems

Automation standards

Cybersecurity for automation

Job description

Abbott Laboratories in Weesp and Olst, Netherlands, seeks a visionary Head of Maintenance & Automation to shape strategy across two manufacturing sites. You will lead maintenance, reliability, and manufacturing automation, ensuring safe, compliant operation of assets in a highly regulated environment.

You will build a high-performing team, drive asset reliability, and implement advanced OT and cybersecurity standards, with exposure to senior leadership and career growth toward site leadership