Maintenance & Facilities Supervisor

Tenneco•South Bend, IN

16h

About The Position

The Maintenance & Facilities Supervisor leads, motivates, and prepares Maintenance Technicians to perform their work each day. The supervisor assigns accountability for maintenance tasks, spends most of the day on the floor with technicians, and remains available to them throughout the day. The role also contributes to a safe workplace and minimizes negative impacts by following applicable EHS policies, procedures, work instructions, and training requirements. The supervisor supports plant maintenance operations by reducing reactive work orders through root-cause analysis, monitoring workflow tablets to reduce technician response time to downtime, and coordinating weekly preventative maintenance with the Maintenance Manager and Planner. The role also develops maintenance personnel, maintains weekly timekeeping, vacation, and attendance records, and keeps up with technical changes and improvements. The position promotes safety, quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and adherence to EHS and quality requirements. It requires occasional travel to manufacturing sites and customers, availability on call 24/7, and the ability to work around fuel mixtures, moving parts, and electrical power.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to delegate assignments, supervise and lead, train, and coach employees to meet production needs and deadlines.
Good interpersonal skills, including tact and diplomacy, to supervise employees fairly and consistently.
Competency in Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Ability to lift, push, and/or pull up to 60 pounds occasionally.
Ability to sit for extended periods on a continuous basis.
Ability to make occasional one-to-five-day trips to manufacturing sites and customers by air and automobile.
Ability to be on call 24/7 for customer and manufacturing sites.
Ability and willingness to work around fuel mixtures, moving parts, and electrical power.
Ability to mentally visualize and comprehend manufacturing equipment and tooling problems and remain attentive to detail.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Lead, motivate, and ensure Maintenance Technicians are ready to perform their jobs each day.
Assign team members accountability for maintenance tasks and remain available to technicians on the floor.
Promote a safe workplace and comply with EHS policies, procedures, work instructions, and training requirements.
Clearly articulate the vision, develop actionable strategies, and foster team engagement.
Communicate effectively in both directions and value differing opinions to support shared achievement and continuous improvement.
Encourage curiosity, courage, and humility while exploring ideas and possibilities.
Execute with rigor, follow through, and ensure accountability for self and others.
Reduce reactive plant work orders by encouraging root-cause analysis and results.
Monitor workflow tablets to reduce technicians’ downtime response time.
Complete the weekly planned preventative maintenance list by communicating and scheduling work with the Maintenance Manager and Planner.
Keep abreast of technical changes and improvements through courses, seminars, or trade publications.
Develop personnel in the maintenance department.
Maintain weekly timekeeping, vacation, and attendance records using the system.
Identify and report unsafe conditions, support a safety-first culture, and stop work when necessary.
Understand job-related environmental aspects and report or stop activities that do not conform to policy or could cause injury.
Identify and address non-conforming work, materials, or procedures in a timely manner.
Initiate action to prevent non-conformities and stop further work on suspect product until deficiencies are corrected.
Take ownership of work and demonstrate accountability, honesty, and transparency.
Follow 5S principles by maintaining, cleaning, organizing, and improving work areas.
Maintain high standards of safety, quality, integrity, and performance; pursue continuous learning and improvement.
Maintain regular attendance and punctuality and hold respectful, constructive conversations.
Support the leadership team in meeting plant and business unit objectives and perform other duties as assigned.