Maintenance Superintendent

Kaiser Aluminum Warrick • Newburgh, IN

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About The Position

Kaiser Aluminum Warrick is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance activities and personnel at its aluminum facility. The role focuses on maintaining plant assets effectively while sustaining continuous operations, meeting safety and environmental requirements, improving reliability and process performance, and managing maintenance costs. The superintendent also supports workforce development, labor relations, budgeting, and coordination between Maintenance and other plant departments.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of progressively increasing leadership experience in maintenance or engineering in an industrial, commercial, or military environment.
• Project leadership and planning experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, technical, or business-related field.

Nice To Haves

• At least 8 years of experience in mechanics, machine operations, electric-electronics, instrumentation, or associated maintenance in an industrial, commercial, or military environment.
• CMRP certification.
• Industrial smelting experience.
• Leadership experience in a unionized workplace.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and motivate subordinate personnel to meet department objectives safely, on time, and in an environmentally compliant manner.
• Coordinate daily activities to maintain plant assets effectively while sustaining continuous plant operations.
• Lead craft supervision and/or the planning group, and perform maintenance supervision duties in any plant area.
• Apply technical expertise to develop area maintenance teams and reliability procedures and continuously improve process efficiency and performance.
• Facilitate technical root cause analyses of asset failures or degradation involving large mechanical, electrical, and electronic equipment, including an electrical substation.
• Help manage a comprehensive predictive and preventative maintenance program while sustainably minimizing repair and maintenance costs.
• Partner with asset owners to manage facility asset health and foster effective communication between Maintenance and other production and support departments.
• Provide technical training to improve maintenance personnel’s quality and efficiency and achieve reliability goals.
• Develop functional competence in the Kaiser Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) among supervisors and craft employees.
• Work with department leadership and maintenance supervisors to facilitate positive labor relations and represent the company on maintenance-related union contract issues.
• Assist in preparing and monitoring the maintenance budget to achieve financial targets.
• Fulfill department-specific Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) requirements.

Benefits

• Benefits package effective on the first day of employment.
• Industry-leading compensation program.
• 401(k) options that begin vesting on the first day.
• Vacation plan.
• Relocation assistance for new team members.
• Employee resource groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior