Shift Supervisor, Equipment Maintenance

About the role

Analog Devices is looking for an experienced Shift Supervisor to join its Equipment department in Limerick. The supervisor manages technician schedules, ensures safety protocols are followed and oversees equipment maintenance activities. The role covers the business objectives of Safety, Quality, Output and Value for Money, and involves responding to emergencies.

Key responsibilities

• Team management: manage technician holidays and shift coverage, run 1:1 reviews and performance discussions, liaise with the training coordinator on training plans, maintain training records and conduct interviews for new technicians.
• Safety management: serve on the Emergency Response Team, respond to alerts and safety concerns across the fab, subfab and mezzanine, complete incident reports and manage work permits including gas and fire sensor isolation.
• Equipment maintenance: oversee fab equipment, attend manufacturing bunker meetings, document shift handover reports, coordinate maintenance with external contractors and facilities groups, manage preventive maintenance task lists, initiate escalations for critical equipment issues and handle scrap ownership and investigations.
• Performance management: achieve shift and departmental KPIs (Shift Activity, MTTR, MTBF, Tool Availability, Costs), manage cover and overtime budgets and prioritise PMs and UMs on shift.

Required profile

• Experience level: experienced.
• A strong base knowledge of cleanroom operations and recognised technical expertise.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated problem-solving ability.
• Willingness to travel about 10% of the time; shift type is variable.