Maintenance Lead: Drive Plant Reliability & Growth

Abbott Laboratories; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Wellbeing support

Competitive rewards

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in New Zealand is seeking a Maintenance Lead to oversee the production facility. You will ensure equipment operates safely, reliably, and is maintained cost-effectively to meet manufacturing targets, driving a world-class maintenance culture.

Lead a team of maintenance staff, plan and schedule preventive and corrective work, coordinate with cross-functional partners, and relentlessly pursue loss elimination and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Mechanical or electrical NZQA Level 4 trade or equivalent.
• CMMS software experience.
• Strong coaching and team development skills.
• Ability to coordinate resources and manage equipment breakdowns effectively.

Responsibilities

• Guide, develop, and mentor maintenance staff to support a safe and quality-first culture.
• Drive planning and scheduling of preventative and corrective maintenance to meet targets.
• Collaborate with Production leads, schedulers, and other maintenance leads to plan site-wide work.
• Own internal and external resource coordination for rapid breakdown resolution.
• Identify, minimize and eliminate maintenance-related losses across the facility.

Skills

Mechanical or Electrical trades

CMMS software

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Education

NZQA Level 4 trade or equivalent

NZCE / Dairy Degree / Engineering Diploma

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Abbott Laboratories in New Zealand is seeking a Maintenance Lead to oversee the production facility. You will ensure equipment operates safely, reliably, and is maintained cost-effectively to meet manufacturing targets, driving a world-class maintenance culture.

Lead a team of maintenance staff, plan and schedule preventive and corrective work, coordinate with cross-functional partners, and relentlessly pursue loss elimination and continuous improvement.