Maintenance Supervisor

SC Johnson•Brantford, ON

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for organizing, prioritizing and coordinating the short term and long-term maintenance activities of manufacturing and utilities operations for the site to produce finished goods safely, efficiently and in accordance with SCJ quality and environmental standards.

Requirements

Technical Diploma or Trades certification required
Competent understanding of mechanical, electrical and plumbing related issues.
Thorough knowledge of a variety of maintenance strategies (condition based, time based, predictive etc.)
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing supervisory position (packaged goods industry experience is an asset)
Working knowledge of the OH&S Act and Regulations for Industrial Establishments

Nice To Haves

Good knowledge of SAP related functions required
Sound understanding and utilization of maintenance shop equipment and tools.

Responsibilities

Take all actions necessary for the adequate control and/or elimination of hazards in the workplace including detailed investigations for all safety incidents including near misses.
Provide support, direction, coaching and training to the teams for all health and safety issues (JSEAs, workplace hazards, OPLs etc)
Ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory health and safety requirements.
Facilitate and participate in health and safety training on all new and existing programs as required.
Assume role of Incident Commander during Emergencies, including ERT responsibilities, completion of sight reporting in Entropy, completion of other required documentation and participation in continued investigative procedures
Lead and reinforce safe work practices within their team(s) including good Manufacturing Practices and 5S, Process Safety Management System (PSM).
Partake in weekly review of safety incidents and execution of CAPAs assigned from reviews.
Drive execution of 5S strategy in the workshop and maintenance areas
Ensure team receives adequate training, education, and awareness, to maintain quality systems and to challenge individual teams to maximize percent conformance.
Follow up immediately on product notifications, expanded audits, and close out notification in SAP
Initiate Corrective Action Reports, Off- Standards etc.
Maintain adequate maintenance plans to ensure delivery of consistent quality results on production floor
Working collaboratively with environmental resources, will drive a proactive environmental program, monitoring aspects and impacts and driving improvement initiatives.
Participate and support ISO audits and ensure all identified issues are resolved in a timely fashion.
Diagnose and assess technical issues and engage necessary resources to successfully correct problems, actively participating in problem solving protocols
Drive the effective execution of overall maintenance planning and scheduling, ensuring timely availability of resources (spares, manpower and tools).
Drive periodic review of maintenance plans to ensure effectiveness and suitability to drive current maintenance strategy
Ensure the revision and updating of “Maintenance Technical Documentation” occurs as necessary including but not limited to job tasks/plans, manuals, drawings and spare parts information
Liaise with contractors to ensure that maintenance activities on all equipment managed by them are carried out on time and in full following the required standards.
Drive the documentation of breakdowns and execution of analysis to prevent reoccurrence on production machinery
Liaise with stockroom purchaser to ensure that all necessary required spares are ordered on time and in full
Primary responsibility for fostering, developing, and growing maintenance team through effective goal setting, sensitivity to team dynamics and identification of training gaps.
Provide direction and coaching to the team to set and achieve/exceed business objectives (i.e. productivity, quality, safety, environment, and customer service).
Drive adherence to execution of weekly schedule for trades including time confirmations and job reviews to ensure effective execution of weekly scheduled work
Enshrine a culture of systemic analytical approach to failures with a view of forestalling recurrence of such failure on all the maintenance team
The ML will inspire the team to stretch their thinking and move their boundaries, delegating empowerment based on team readiness
Effectively work with production teams to nurture One Team, One Purpose strategy
Responsible for establishing and maintaining training protocols to build competency and reduce knowledge gaps across the function
Coordinate all maintenance activities for work teams normally consisting of 12 to 25 trades people (millwrights, electricians and plumber) and 1-3 maintenance planners (work orders, vacation requests, accumulated time off, training schedules, etc.).
Responsible for the discipline, recognition of employees/teams, individual coaching, personal objectives setting and performance management.
Participate in employee selection as required.
Responsible for shift-to-shift communication to ensure alignment on priority, safety and hazard awareness, and overall sight awareness.
Keep operations Manager abreast of departmental technical/people issues
The ML, in conjunction with the Manufacturing Operations Manager, is responsible for developing and executing a long-term maintenance strategy that is aligned with the corporate vision and objectives.
Work collaboratively with other support functions (engineering, quality, material handling,) to direct technical resources for equipment maintenance and continuous improvement initiative as well as in support of new product development, Design of Experiments and Experimental Production Runs.
Assume full responsibility for time and attendance management in dedicated programs, ensuring accuracy in entries impacting employee payroll.
Develop database of tracking spares consumption and ensure that there is availability of necessary spares to keep machines running all the time thereby reducing downtime associated with stock out of spares
Support in approval of level 1 purchase orders for stockroom and maintenance purchases.
Facilitate and manage organizational improvement initiatives at the team level (e.g., Lean activities, etc.).