Maintenance Superintendent

Kaiser Aluminum Warrick•Newburgh, IN

47d•Onsite

About The Position

Kaiser Aluminum Warrick is seeking a Finishing Maintenance Superintendent to join their team in Newburgh, Indiana. This role involves leading, coaching, and developing maintenance personnel to achieve departmental objectives safely and efficiently. The superintendent will coordinate daily activities to ensure plant assets are maintained effectively, supporting continuous plant operations. Responsibilities include leading craft supervision, providing technical expertise for maintenance teams and reliability procedures, and facilitating Root Cause Analyses for equipment failures. The position also involves managing predictive and preventative maintenance programs, partnering with asset owners on asset health, and fostering relationships between maintenance and other plant departments. Additionally, the role includes deploying technical training, developing CMMS competence, managing labor relations within a unionized environment, acting as a maintenance representative for union contract issues, assisting with budget monitoring, and fulfilling EHS requirements.

Requirements

5+ years of progressively increasing leadership experience in maintenance or engineering within industrial, commercial, or military environments.
Project leadership and planning experience.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technical, or business-related field.

Nice To Haves

8+ years’ experience in mechanics, machine operations, electric-electronics, instrumentation, or associated maintenance within industrial, commercial, or military environment.
CMRP certification.
Industrial smelting experience.
Leadership experience within a unionized workplace.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, develop, and motivate subordinate personnel to achieve department objectives in a timely, safe, and environmentally compliant manner.
Coordinate daily activities to ensure all plant assets are maintained in the most effective manner possible while sustaining continuous plant operations.
Lead craft supervision and/or planning group; has the ability to perform maintenance supervision duties for any area of the plant.
Provide and apply technical expertise in development of area maintenance teams, reliability procedures, and continuous improvement of process efficiency and performance.
Facilitate technical Root Cause Analyses of asset failures or degradation associated with maintenance of large and sophisticated mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment including an electrical substation.
Work as an integral member of the Maintenance team to manage a comprehensive predictive and preventative maintenance program while sustainably minimizing repair & maintenance cost.
Partner with asset owners to manage asset health across the facility.
Facilitate productive relationships and effective communication between the Maintenance department and the other plant production and support departments.
Deploy technical training to improve the quality and efficiency of maintenance personnel to achieve reliability goals.
Develop functional competence in the Kaiser Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for supervisors and crafts employees.
In conjunction with the Department Leadership and Maintenance Supervisors, facilitate positive labor relations within the Maintenance department.
Function as the company’s maintenance representative involving union contract issues.
Assist in preparing and monitoring the maintenance budget to ensure financial targets are achieved.
Fulfill department-specific Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements.