Maintenance Shift Supervisor (Nights)
Novartis
Summary
Step into a role where your technical expertise and problem-solving mindset keep critical manufacturing operations running seamlessly. As a Maintenance Shift Supervisor, you will supervise a skilled team supporting complex production and laboratory equipment in a highly regulated environment, ensuring reliability, compliance, and continuous performance. Your work directly enables uninterrupted supply and quality outcomes, making a meaningful impact on delivering therapies to patients who need them most.
Job description
Location: Indianapolis, IN. This is a weekday night shift role. Shift hours are expected to be Monday – Friday, 5 pm to 2 am, but may change based on business need.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support execution of corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance and calibration activities across production equipment.
- Perform and coordinate maintenance and repair of manufacturing and laboratory equipment in a regulated environment.
- Troubleshoot complex mechanical, electrical, and control system issues with minimal supervision.
- Interpret process and instrumentation diagrams, wiring diagrams, and technical specifications to plan maintenance activities.
- Support startup, commissioning, and transition to full 24x7 site-based operations.
- Ensure ongoing maintenance support for continuous 24x7 manufacturing operations following site startup.
- Ensure adherence to quality, safety, and regulatory standards during all maintenance activities.
- Complete detailed work orders and maintain accurate documentation within computerized maintenance management systems.
- Provide technical guidance and training to maintenance technicians and support skill development across the team.
- Support investigations and deviations, contributing to timely closure of corrective and preventive actions.
Essential Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on plant maintenance experience in a regulated good manufacturing practice environment.
- Prior experience supervising or coordinating maintenance activities within a production or manufacturing setting.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and control system components.
- Experience working in cleanroom or controlled environments with strict quality and safety standards.
- Proficiency using computerized maintenance management systems, building management systems, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to interpret technical documents including process and instrumentation diagrams, wiring diagrams, and equipment specifications.
- Ability to climb ladders and lift up to 50 pounds, and work in physically demanding environments as required.
Desirable Requirements
- Experience supporting aseptic fill and finish operations and associated manufacturing equipment in a regulated environment.
- Experience working in radiopharmacy or radioactive materials environments, including completed training in radioactive or hazardous materials and familiarity with radiation detection equipment support.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on plant maintenance experience in a regulated GMP environment
- Prior experience supervising or coordinating maintenance activities within a production or manufacturing setting
- Strong troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and control system components
- Experience working in cleanroom or controlled environments with strict quality and safety standards
- Proficiency using computerized maintenance management systems, building management systems, and Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to interpret technical documents including process and instrumentation diagrams, wiring diagrams, and equipment specifications
- Ability to climb ladders and lift up to 50 pounds, and work in physically demanding environments as required
- Experience supporting aseptic fill and finish operations and associated manufacturing equipment in a regulated environment
- Experience working in radiopharmacy or radioactive materials environments, including completed training in radioactive or hazardous materials and familiarity with radiation detection equipment support
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- 401(k) with company contribution and match
- Performance-based cash incentive
- Annual equity awards
- Vacation
- Personal days
- Holidays
Company overview
Novartis is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, dedicated to reimagining medicine to improve and extend people's lives. As an innovative medicines company, Novartis focuses on developing high-value treatments that address society's greatest disease burdens through technology leadership in research and development. The company operates across five core therapeutic areas: cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases; immunology; neuroscience; oncology; and hematology. With a workforce of approximately 75,883 employees worldwide, Novartis reaches nearly 300 million patients across 118 countries. The company leverages advanced technology platforms including targeted protein degradation, cell therapy, gene therapy, radioligand therapy, and xRNA to develop breakthrough treatments. Novartis maintains a strong portfolio of oncology drugs and generics while continuously expanding its pipeline through strategic acquisitions and internal research. The company's commitment extends beyond drug development to ensuring global access to medical innovations through novel access approaches and patient assistance programs.