Maintenance Supervisor

Carmeuse • Cedarville, MI

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor provides leadership to ensure all company safety rules and regulations in accordance with the Mine Health & Safety Act are observed by employees. This includes planning the necessary resources in manpower and budgeting to accomplish site safety goals in the PaSSE and SHARP plans, and monitoring the safety program and its effectiveness to ensure a safe workplace. The role involves participating in appropriate safety training, interfacing with MSHA and other governing health and safety agencies, and following up on investigations. The supervisor will coordinate and monitor the activities of all maintenance employees, ensure preventative action is taken to avoid nonconformities, and oversee accurate and timely reporting of maintenance work orders. They will recommend and implement solutions to problems, provide technical and tactical support to maximize kiln efficiency and minimize downtime, and participate in identifying training needs for maintenance personnel. The supervisor is responsible for executing the daily maintenance plan to meet production needs while maintaining efficient costs, monitoring key performance indicators, and preparing/implementing training plans. They will ensure the Management System is effective, participate in daily production and maintenance meetings, and have a good understanding of CMMS/SAP maintenance modules. The role requires ensuring personnel perform quality work and providing feedback on performance.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or related field, Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 7+ years industrial, mechanical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience; industry background in heavy manufacturing related; mining, paper mills, steel plants, refining, utilities, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants industries preferred.
• Positive & proactive attitude with ability to address issues and implement solutions; working knowledge of material handling feeders, convey or belt systems, and general knowledge pumping systems; experience in PLC or Wonderware troubleshooting a plus.
• Strong computer skills; experience with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); SAP and Microsoft Project experience is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal/people skills; results driven; self-starter; able to initiate and be willing to hold others accountable for achieving company and site objectives.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures manuals, and blueprints.
• Ability to write and communicate routine reports and correspondence.
• Proven in leading operational excellence through applying behaviour based management.
• Prior experience demonstrating effective management skills.
• Demonstrable team work and maturity with a strong safety work ethic.
• Fluency in oral and written English.
• Knowledge of people management skills.
• Experience in mining and/or heavy engineering industry.
• Knowledge of continuous manufacturing business sector.
• Technical creditability as it relates to industry, with a preference on mining and kilns.
• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational and people issues, provide coaching and mentoring, and deliver solutions that improve facility performance.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, strong organization and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to apply appropriate conflict management strategies to ensure conflicts are resolved to the benefit of all parties.
• Establishes and maintains highly productive working relationships across the organization with all groups within the region and the company; demonstrating respect for conflicting points of view, listens to others, and builds strong working relationships.
• Demonstrates excellent technical writing and computer skills for producing SOP, reports, and other appropriate communications.
• Knows appropriate negotiating tactics and is able to negotiate win/win agreements without compromising principles.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage maintenance projects using project management methodology and techniques.
• Uses quality management skills to ensure all procedures and work activities conform to work specifications and standards.
• Demonstrates the ability to work autonomously with an emphasis on being results oriented.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree
• experience in PLC or Wonderware troubleshooting
• SAP and Microsoft Project experience is a plus
• industry background in heavy manufacturing related; mining, paper mills, steel plants, refining, utilities, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants industries preferred
• preference on mining and kilns

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to ensure all company safety rules and regulations in accordance with Mine Health & Safety Act are observed by employees.
• Plan necessary resources in manpower and budgeting to accomplish site safety goals in the PaSSE and SHARP plans.
• Monitor the safety program and its effectiveness to ensure a safe workplace.
• Participate in appropriate safety training for all assigned employees.
• Interface with MSHA and other governing health and safety agencies at local and federal level as required.
• Follow up investigations working with Safety Committee, and others as needed.
• Coordinate and monitor the activities of all maintenance employees assigned.
• Ensure preventative action is taken to avoid the occurrence of nonconformities relating to product or process or to the quality system.
• Ensures correct, accurate, and timely reporting of information on all maintenance Work Orders, including “Urgent Repairs”.
• Recommend solutions to problems related to the product or process, or to the quality system, and, when approved, participates in the implementation, management and verification of those solutions.
• Provide technical and tactical support to the Maintenance Team, Engineer, Production and Project Manager to maximize kiln efficiency and minimize unscheduled down time.
• Participate in the identification of training needs for assigned plant maintenance personnel and coordinate training.
• Ensure the execution of the daily maintenance plan to meet sales and production needs while maintaining efficient maintenance costs and explaining significant variances from the plan.
• Routinely monitor key performance indicators identifying opportunities for improvement and making appropriate supervisory and management personnel aware of the findings.
• Preparation and implementation of training plans to provide employees with the necessary training to perform their job safely and effectively.
• Provides leadership for improvements within the maintenance groups.
• Ensure the Management System is effective and well understood by all employees.
• Participate in the daily morning production meeting to communicate with production and maintenance.
• Actively participate in the weekly scheduling meeting between maintenance and production.
• Attend daily maintenance meetings, including safety talks.
• Ensure a good understanding of the CMMS/SAP maintenance modules.
• Ensure personnel perform good quality work and provide feedback to each worker on progress in meeting company expectations and goals.

Benefits

• Annual Base Salary range of $75,000 - $90,000
• Paid holidays and vacation time
• Group medical/pharmacy insurance options with company funded health care spending accounts
• Dental insurance & Vision insurance
• A 401k account with company matching contribution
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Options to purchase additional life insurance (employee, spouse, and child) and additional employee long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition benefits including professional certifications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree