Supervisor, Maintenance-1st shift

Position Summary 

Maintain plant production and facility equipment and processes to maximize equipment uptime and minimize work stoppages due to equipment or process failures. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Operate within the budgeted financial plan.
• Ensure compliance to Quality System Regulations related to areas of responsibility.
• Ensure the maintenance manpower works as a coordinated team player with the production and support organizations to achieve the plant's production plan.
• Follow and enforce safety regulations.
• Update maintenance BOPs as needed and ensure the organization is meeting the requirements of the BOPs.
• Provide plant management with effective planning for future production and facility's maintenance activities and financial needs.
• Plan and execute plant shutdown activities.
• Coordinate the activities of the contract housekeeping organization if applicable.
• Ensure that personnel are trained to do the job they are performing and that the training is documented.
• Coordinate spare parts and mechanic training requirements on new production and / or facility equipment.
• Update and maintain preventative maintenance work requirements for production and facility equipment.
• Participate in and support cost reduction programs.
• Provide leadership, planning and consulting to the plant Emergency Response Team.
• Ensure the Machine Specialist program is effective and that the mechanic mentors follow through with the assessments and the documentation of On the Job mentoring records.
• Schedule, plan, and coordinate the activities of the maintenance personnel in the organization.
• Provide effective communication to upper management on maintenance related issues.

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• Manufacturing support position with demonstrated leadership qualities or supervisory experience. Strong mechanical aptitude needed. Preferred areas of study or experience from a technical area, preferably engineering or maintenance.
• Budgetary responsibility for production and / or facility's maintenance organization.
• Planning responsibility for a preventative maintenance program.
• Management and supervision of a production or facility maintenance organization consisting of some or all of the following: supervisors, leads, tradesmen, and housekeepers on a three shift operation.
• Coordination of work activity with contractors as appropriate.
• Compliance with Division and Corporate quality and engineering standards.
• Compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and laws especially those related to OSHA, EPA, and building codes..
• Coordination of activities with the production and support organizations being serviced. 
• Coordinator and / or participant on the plant Emergency Response Team

Core Competencies:

• Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusting to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Initiative: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive; originating action to improve existing conditions and processes.
• Innovation: Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
• Integrity: Maintaining, promoting, and modeling social, ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adhering to codes of conduct and ethical principals.
• Teamwork: Working effectively and cooperatively with others; establishing and maintaining good working relationships with internal and external partners to facilitate the accomplishments of work goals. 

Education and Experience 

High school graduate required; bachelor degree from an accredited institution preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age
• Must pass pre-employment drug screen and background check

Travel Requirements 

• Typically requires travel less than 25% of the time

Physical Requirements and Work Environment 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. 
• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines
• Work may be performed in a clean room environment
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to sit or stand for long periods of time
• Must be able to occasionally move and lift objects of up to 25 pounds