
Production Technician Lead l (Day Shift)
AbbVie · Tempe, AZ
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level production role at AbbVie (pharma & life sciences) in Tempe, AZ. He or she will support equipment set ups, and equipment troubleshooting across all three value streams.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Value stream mapping, OEE, Root cause, Tooling, SAP
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Manufacturing Technician roles in Arizona: typical posted base $60k–$100k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 20 manufacturing technician openings in Arizona, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Arizona plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 20 other live production postings in Arizona.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 86%
- Lean 29%
- 5S 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for OEE, Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at AbbVie
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: AbbVie in Tempe
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Full description from AbbVieAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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.
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.
- ◆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.
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The Production Technician Lead I will work in a high performing and fast-paced pharmaceutical finishing operation in order to meet our production
Day shift options currently available
3rd Shift - Days (Thurs - Sat every other Wed) 5:30am - 5:30pm
