Foundry Maintenance Superintendent

Mueller Water Products•Chattanooga, TN

17d

About The Position

The Foundry Maintenance Superintendent leads maintenance activities to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of foundry equipment, utilities, and facility systems. The role oversees maintenance personnel across multiple shifts, drives equipment reliability, manages maintenance resources and priorities, and partners with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and HR to support production goals. The position operates in a unionized manufacturing environment and ensures compliance with company policies, safety standards, and collective bargaining agreements. Mueller Water Products has been building water infrastructure for more than 165 years. The company develops products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water across North America. Its stated values include respect, integrity, trust, inclusion, and safety, and its vision is to lead in water infrastructure solutions.

Requirements

High school diploma required.
At least 5 years of industrial maintenance experience.
Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, automation, and reliability systems.
Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance and CMMS systems.
Strong understanding of OSHA regulations, maintenance best practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Associate's or Bachelor's degree preferred.
Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
Foundry, metalworking, heavy manufacturing, or similar industrial experience strongly preferred.
Technical skills in PLCs and automation; industrial electrical systems; hydraulics and pneumatics; mechanical power transmission; welding and fabrication; cranes and hoists; furnaces and thermal processes; conveyors and material handling; industrial utilities and compressed air systems; reliability-centered maintenance; and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

Lead and supervise maintenance personnel across all shifts.
Establish maintenance priorities to support safety, production, and reliability objectives.
Coordinate emergency repairs, planned maintenance, shutdowns, and major repair activities.
Foster collaboration between Maintenance and Operations teams.
Ensure effective staffing, scheduling, performance management, and employee development.
Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
Lead efforts to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.
Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
Support maintenance of foundry equipment, cranes, conveyors, furnaces, utilities, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, electrical systems, and facility assets.
Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, and CMMS utilization.
Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with OSHA, LOTO, environmental, and company requirements.
Conduct safety audits and investigations, and implement corrective actions.
Ensure safe work practices for employees and contractors.
Monitor maintenance KPIs, including PM compliance, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, backlog, and maintenance costs.
Manage maintenance budgets, labor, overtime, contractors, and spare parts inventory.
Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and long-term asset management strategies.
Administer maintenance activities in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.
Partner with HR on employee relations, performance management, and workforce planning.
Develop maintenance talent through training, coaching, and apprenticeship programs.