Director of Maintenance & Reliability

ABBVIE; Town of Westport (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Westport is seeking an experienced Associate Director of Maintenance to provide strategic and operational leadership for the maintenance and engineering function at our Westport site. You will drive reliability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across manufacturing and utility systems.

Lead a high-performing engineering team, manage budgets, and oversee projects including equipment upgrades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 6 years' combined experience in engineering, manufacturing, or maintenance environments.
• Previous leadership experience managing engineering, maintenance, or technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of maintenance systems, reliability engineering, and asset management principles.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (biopharma/pharma/medical device).
• Proven experience managing budgets, projects, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong understanding of GMP, regulatory compliance, and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the site maintenance function to maximise equipment reliability, performance, and uptime.
• Establish departmental goals, priorities, and performance metrics aligned with site and business objectives.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance activities across manufacturing and utility systems.
• Drive maintenance excellence and reliability engineering programmes to improve equipment performance and reduce downtime.
• Lead the planning and execution of engineering and maintenance projects, including equipment upgrades and process improvements.
• Develop, monitor, and manage engineering budgets and capital expenditure projects.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory, quality, environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Support internal, corporate, and external regulatory audits and inspections.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and other site functions to optimise manufacturing performance.
• Oversee calibration activities and ensure compliance with maintenance and asset management programmes.
• Manage contractor relationships, negotiate service agreements, and supervise external service providers.
• Lead investigations, root cause analyses, CAPA implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise on engineering and maintenance-related matters.
• Drive a culture of safety, operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of maintenance and engineering professionals.
• Set performance objectives and support employee development through regular feedback, coaching, and succession planning.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance team environment.
• Contribute to broader talent management initiatives and organisational development activities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Decision making

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

AbbVie Westport is seeking an experienced Associate Director of Maintenance to provide strategic and operational leadership for the maintenance and engineering function at our Westport site. You will drive reliability, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across manufacturing and utility systems.

Lead a high-performing engineering team, manage budgets, and oversee projects including equipment upgrades.