Night Shift Maintenance Technician

Thornton Tomasetti; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefit

Job summary

Abbott Park, IL-based role in Abbott's Global Engineering Services provides night shift support for plant utility systems. You’ll maintain boilers, HVAC, pumps, and piping while ensuring GMPs, safety rules, and compliance.

The job emphasizes troubleshooting, repairs, and system reliability across a large healthcare manufacturing campus. Applicants should have a high school diploma or GED with 3+ years in utilities or maintenance, and strong ability to read schematics, P&IDs, and manuals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 3+ years of experience in utilities, industrial maintenance, facilities operations, or related field.
• Knowledge of boilers, chillers, HVAC systems, pumps, piping, electrical systems, or automation controls.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, P&IDs, schematics, and equipment drawings.
• Proficiency with tools, diagnostic equipment, and CMMS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and corrective repairs on plant utility equipment (boilers, HVAC, pumps, piping, water systems, cooling towers).
• Troubleshoot and resolve utility equipment issues to maintain safe, reliable operation.
• Carry out maintenance on mechanical, pneumatic, hydronic, and rotating equipment; ensure proper operation of steam, chilled water, potable water, wastewater and compressed air systems.
• Respond to alarms and malfunctions; diagnose failures and implement corrective actions.
• Lay out, fabricate, assemble, install and maintain piping; modify processes to improve reliability and efficiency.

Skills

Reading technical manuals

P&IDs interpretation

Electrical systems knowledge

HVAC systems knowledge

Troubleshooting

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

CMMS platforms

Diagnostic equipment

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life.

You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This is a full time position that works out of our Abbott Park, IL location in the GES Global Engineering Services division.

This is a rotating 12hr night shift position, 4 nights on shift - 4 nights off shift. Hours 6pm – 6:30am.

The primary function of this position is to support the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of plant utility systems that support manufacturing and facility operations. This role ensures safe, compliant, and efficient performance of critical utilities including boilers, chillers, HVAC, compressed air, water treatment, steam systems, and other infrastructure equipment.

What You’ll Work On

Perform routine inspections, preventive maintenance, and corrective repairs on plant utility equipment, including boilers, HVAC systems, air compressors, pumps, RO/DI water systems, and cooling towers. Troubleshoot and resolve utility equipment issues to maintain safe, reliable, and compliant operation.

Execute maintenance activities on mechanical, pneumatic, hydronic, and rotating equipment systems. Ensure proper operation and performance of critical utility systems such as steam, chilled water, potable water, wastewater, and compressed air.

Respond promptly to system alarms, equipment malfunctions, and abnormal operating conditions. Diagnose equipment failures and implement timely corrective actions to restore full functionality. Repair or replace components including valves, pumps, motors, sensors, instruments, actuators, filters, and piping.

Perform machine modifications, upgrades, and process improvements to enhance system reliability and efficiency. Lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and maintain piping and associated systems for steam, hot water, cooling, lubrication, sprinklers, and industrial processing applications.

Conduct fabrication, machining, welding, and installation activities for new equipment or modifications to existing assets. Use precision tools, diagnostic instruments, and calibration equipment to perform high-quality mechanical maintenance tasks. Follow all plant and department policies, including GMPs, JSAs, SOPs, LOTO, and general safety rules.

Interpret and utilize complex technical documents, including manuals, schematics, blueprints, and P&IDs, to support installation, modification, and maintenance activities.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma or GED. 3+ years of experience in utilities, industrial maintenance, facilities operations, or a related field. Working knowledge of boilers, chillers, HVAC systems, pumps, piping, electrical systems, or automation controls. Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, P&IDs, schematics, and equipment drawings. Proficiency with tools, diagnostic equipment, and CMMS platforms.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

The base pay for this position is $22.50 – $45.00/hour In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Information

JOB FAMILY: Facilities & Maintenance
DIVISION: GES Global Engineering Services
LOCATION: United States > Abbott Park : AP52
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard
TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basis, Work in confined spaces, Work in noisy environment, Work requiring repeated bending, stooping, squatting or kneeling

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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