Maintenance Supervisor

U.S. Pipe 2024 • Bessemer, AL

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About The Position

U.S. Pipe is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to join its Bessemer, Alabama team. The supervisor leads a maintenance crew during an assigned shift and helps ensure equipment reliability in a fast-paced industrial manufacturing environment. The role promotes safety, enforces plant rules, develops employees’ technical aptitude, and keeps the plant operating safely and efficiently by monitoring maintenance work and coordinating necessary equipment repairs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Four years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to recognize defective equipment and appropriately report defects to supervision.
• Ability to work in both hot and cold environments.
• Ability to practice safe work procedures and comply with applicable safety rules and regulations in a heavy industrial environment.
• Critical-thinking attributes.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience in a foundry environment.
• Maintenance Specialist or Journeyman card.

Responsibilities

• Supervise assigned hourly employees performing safe, orderly, and effective equipment repairs, whether equipment is operating or not.
• Communicate professionally with maintenance and production supervisors to support smooth operations.
• Coordinate repairs with production delays to help minimize downtime.
• Identify required repair parts and supplies and requisition needed materials.
• Initiate limited repair projects for semi-annual shutdowns and procure materials for those projects.
• Follow up on maintenance inspection and repair results, machinery modifications, and machine operator contracts.
• Generate shift-to-shift work orders to support productivity, equipment reliability, and safe operations.
• Maintain a safe work environment and promote good housekeeping in assigned areas.
• Control material and tool usage by the assigned crew.
• Manage administrative tasks, including safety, first-aid, and near-miss reports; pre-work safety check forms; Lock Out Tag Out; shift reports; and hourly production timecards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package with options tailored to employees and their families.
• Team-oriented, collaborative work environment.
• Career growth opportunity with an industry leader.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED