Maintenance Area Supervisor

he Maintenance Supervisor leads and directs skilled trades employees to meet the objectives of the maintenance department in a fast-paced, high volume, unionized, manufacturing environment. The selected candidate will coordinate safety, quality, delivery, cost and morale initiatives. Drive throughput improvements and coordinate professional maintenance and breakdown maintenance activities. Provide coaching and mentoring to team members (both hourly and supervisory) regarding techniques for problem solving and corrective action implementation. Additional responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following;

Possess a general level of technical understanding related to maintenance, time-based maintenance (TBM), condition-based maintenance (CBM), and dynamic maintenance (DM).

Influence the key performance indicators (KPI’s), mean time between failure (MTBF) of components and equipment in their area, mean time to repair (MTTR), as well as maintaining equipment at basic conditions and continuous improvements of the equipment in their area.

Address throughput, run to run, and downtime related issues with equipment in a production environment, supported by the Professional Maintenance Specialist (PMS) where applicable.

Direct supervision of the Skilled Trades.

Work with Skilled Trades staff in driving waste reduction efforts through implementation of methods / processes of Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Professional Maintenance (PM), Quality Maintenance (QM), Focus Improvement (FI) and People Development (PD).

Actively participate and lead kaizen project activities centered on Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) improvements and waste reduction opportunities identified through cost deployment.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED

Minimum 3 years of industrial automation experience with project management experience.

Ability to work any shift and overtime as required

Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with various levels of employees within all areas of the Plant from hourly represented employees to Senior Leadership as required

Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers

Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

Demonstrated troubleshooting problem solving experience

Goal oriented self-starter with ability to lead teams.

Ability to coach/mentor/develop skilled trade employees

Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Preferred Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technical/engineering field

Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing

Experience leading maintenance teams in a union environment

Experience with controls, robotics, drives and system level communication systems, , various conveyance systems, welding, vision systems and sensor use and application.