AbbVie Posted July 31, 2026

Production Technician Lead l (PM Shift)

Tempe, AZ Full-time
Manufacturing & CMC

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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Production Technician Lead I will work in a high performing and fast-paced pharmaceutical finishing operation in order to meet our production requirements while maintaining the utmost focus on safety and quality. He or she will support equipment set ups, and equipment troubleshooting across all three value streams. He or she will be expected to contribute to and build a team environment by leading and working with his or her peers daily. Goals and objectives are to assist peers with troubleshooting equipment malfunctions and equipment set ups. This individual will also have the skills and knowledge to cross over and assist the maintenance team with troubleshooting and performing maintenance related tasks. He or she will be responsible for creating a quality-focused environment by motivating/influencing others and always driving for excellence within his or her team.

Night shift options: 

2nd Shift - Nights (Sun - Tues every other Wed)

4th Shift - Nights (Thurs - Sat every other Wed)

Responsibilities

Adhere to Environmental, Health, and Safety procedures while facilitating a proactive safety culture. Use Abbvie approved tools for the job to minimize the introduction of extraneous matter into the packaging process.

Effectively setup and troubleshoot automated equipment in primary and secondary packaging area within 3 value streams within standardized changeover target times. Performs vision system tasks at the mechanic level in 3 value streams. Comprehends and resolves serialization system faults. Responsible for proper handling and disposition of commodities used during setup and troubleshooting to minimize MUV.

Monitor and maintain above target overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) performance across the production floor by making necessary adjustments when requested.

Provide high level troubleshooting and repair down to faulty components (i.e. drive gears, drive belts, motors, electronic sensors, solenoid valves, etc.) across all packaging equipment.

Respond to requests, evaluate problems, determine root cause and communicate issues to cross-functional groups in order to help resolve reoccurring issues and sustain overall performance on all production lines.

Provides assistance to peers with troubleshooting equipment malfunctions and equipment setups.

Assists with on-the-job training of peers or others on the production floor. Communicates issues and shares learning experiences through maintenance communications.

Works closely with the production schedule and understands line priorities while working with minimal/limited supervision.

Initiate, execute and lead the implementation of continuous 6S of parts and tooling across the production floor.

Initiate and complete POM’s exceptions and SAP transactions such as bulk returns and over/under commodity consumption. Executes work orders in the CMMS (Maximo) for repairs/improvements to be planned and scheduled. Skillset to provide maintenance team coverage, when necessary.

Qualifications

High school diploma with equivalent experience. Technical experience and troubleshooting aptitude preferred. Technical certificate or Associates degree preferred. Must meet a Production Technician III or have equivalent experience.

Demonstrated focus and understanding of the importance of maintaining the highest level of quality and ensuring compliance to site level policies and procedures.

Ability to communicate issues to appropriate operations, engineering and mechanical team required.

Advanced understanding of pneumatics, electronics, mechanical, motors, variable frequency drives, encoders, servo motors, and different sensors required. Advanced understanding of HMI controls, vision inspection systems, and product serialization systems in order to troubleshoot and resolve inefficiencies in a timely manner.

Basic computer skills and ability to learn new programs and applications required.

Understanding and experience with systems such as POMs, SAP, and MAXIMO preferred.

4-5+ years of knowledge of related cGMP requirements and procedures preferred.

Requires standing up to 8-12hs per day and lifting up to 25 pounds.

Work 40 to 48 hours per week and may work as many as 60 hours depending on manufacturing demands.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat  the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors  including  geographic location, and we may ultimately  pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be  modified in the future. ​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to  participate in our short-term incentive programs.  ​

Note: No amount of pay is  considered to be wages or compensation until such amount isearned,  vested,  and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that areallocable to a   particular employee  remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be  modified at the Company’s sole and absolutediscretion,  consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Manufacturing & CMC
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Tempe, AZ
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Manufacturing & CMC role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 1527 comparable Manufacturing & CMC roles across 125 biopharma companies.

1527Comparable roles tracked
1434Currently active
125Companies hiring similar roles
44Countries represented

Salary context

455 of 1527 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $27/hr – $48/hr (≈ $56,160–$99,840/yr)
Lowest disclosed · Senior Scientist II – CMC Developmental Sciences · AbbVie $0/hr – $0/hr (≈ $0–$0/yr)
Peer group range $0 – $540,400 (median $140,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1527 comparable roles

United States781
India104
Germany74
Singapore67
France64
Ireland54

+ 38 more countries

Seniority mix

705 of 1527 peers have a known seniority level

Senior251
Manager165
Principal79
Associate68
Director64
Associate Director44
Senior Director21
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc8
Executive/VP5

Therapeutic area mix

7 of 1527 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease6
Oncology1

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