Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance & Reliability Engineering Supervisor will lead a team of maintenance execution through proactive maintenance and reliability of the facility and equipment across a continuous manufacturing environment. This role will be responsible for the reliability and performance of critical equipment, including leading projects for equipment improvement and asset management. This role will focus on the equipment and systems, ensuring they operate in optimal and sustainable conditions, and will lead the predictive maintenance program, ensure equipment reliability, and ensure a very high standard of safety.

Maintenance & Reliability Engineering Supervisor Responsibilities:

• Drive a zero EHS incident culture by supporting incident investigations to determine root cause, identify preventive actions, and correct unsafe conditions and acts immediately.
• Lead Electromechanics by developing personal and working relationships, listening to new ideas and suggestions, promoting participation in decisions and activities.
• Conduct routine audits of EHS adherence, completeness, work order accuracy, time allotment, housekeeping, etc.
• Work with Maintenance Planner(s) to develop weekly schedules for available Electromechanic time and complete/close work orders.
• Develop, schedule, and provide training for the Electromechanics to ensure specialty knowledge is at least two deep and adheres to regulatory requirements.
• Manage a team of 15+ electromechanics across multiple shifts, including annual performance objectives and reviews, maintenance personnel staffing, and managing timecard issues, overtime, vacations, and shift relief.
• Utilize a maintenance escalation chain to minimize response times.
• Work with Predictive assets to eliminate failures that can be identified through industry best practices.
• Support TPM activities by optimizing PM’s and looking for AM inspection opportunities on critical equipment.
• Engineer solutions to repetitive failures and other problems that adversely affect the plant (operation, safety, quality) by methodical problem-solving techniques (BDA, RCA, A3, 8D etc.)
• Support craftsmen after hours on issues that go beyond their skill capabilities.
• Facilitate training as needed and update training skills matrix.

Maintenance & Reliability Engineering Supervisor Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in engineering field such as mechanical, electrical, electromechanical, or similar field strongly preferred
• 5 years Maintenance experience in manufacturing environment
• Experience in defining maintenance plans, defining maintenance strategies, defining spare part needs, creating maintenance training, root cause analysis, etc.
• Experience with predictive tools such as thermography, ultrasonics, vibration, oil analysis, etc.
• Industry experience in glass, paper, or similar industry preferred
• Very high aptitude in both mechanical and electrical industrial systems. Additional knowledge of HVAC, environmental controls, or wastewater systems preferred.
• Experience leading maintenance teams required, with the ability to develop, manage, and support employees.
• Maintenance metrics knowledge to monitor, optimize and drive continuous improvement
• Predictive maintenance technologies knowledge and applications
• Effective communication skills to work with all levels of the plant organization, contractors, and vendors
• Proficient computer skills to store, retrieve and analyze data in OC, Microsoft Office, and SAP applications
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities with large industrial equipment