Maintenance Supervisor

U.S. Pipe•Bessemer, AL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

U.S. Pipe is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to join its Bessemer, Alabama team. The supervisor leads a team of maintenance personnel during an assigned shift and promotes the company’s safety culture, enforces plant rules, develops employees’ technical aptitude, and builds a highly functioning maintenance crew. In a fast-paced industrial manufacturing environment, the Maintenance Supervisor monitors maintenance work and helps keep the plant operating safely and efficiently by coordinating and overseeing 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 skills.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Supervise the assigned hourly crew in making effective equipment repairs, whether equipment is operating or not, and ensure work is done safely and orderly.
Communicate professionally with maintenance and production supervisors to promote smooth operations.
Coordinate repairs with production delays to help minimize downtime.
Identify needed repair parts and supplies and requisition materials.
Initiate limited repair projects for semi-annual shutdowns and procure the required materials.
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 through effective repairs.
Maintain a safe work environment for all employees.
Promote and maintain good housekeeping in assigned areas.
Control material and tool usage by the assigned crew.
Manage administrative tasks, including Safety/First Aid/Near Miss reports, THINK forms for prework safety checks, Lock Out Tag Out, shift reports, and hourly production timecards.