FT Plant Engineering Supervisor

Job Summary

The Plant Engineering (PE) Supervisor protects UPS assets including buildings, equipment, and grounds. He/she supervises facility maintenance, housekeeping operations, environmental and labor compliance, safety, and conveyor system reliability. The PE Supervisor oversees process engineering activities and supervises plant engineering projects. This position may supervise plant engineering specialists, management trainees, part-time supervisors, mechanics, and porters.

A major focus of this position is supervising various facility maintenance items to ensure that equipment runs smoothly and efficiently. The PE Supervisor determines the proper corrective action for damaged or worn equipment, and supervises the scheduling of work on necessary repairs and Preventative Maintenance Inspections (PMIs). He/she audits PMI completion and physically inspects repairs each day, conducts facility inspections, identifies operational improvements, and coordinates equipment repairs to improve efficiency of package flow and safety. In carrying out facility maintenance and housekeeping duties, the PE Supervisor ensures that facility appearance is maintained at an acceptable level for the most reasonable cost.

The PE Supervisor is also responsible for overseeing plant engineering and process projects and activities. Duties include estimating project costs, and assisting with or developing schedules, drawings, feasibility studies, and project funding requests. He/she also creates and sends out bid documents and project manuals, evaluates incoming bids and project estimates, and recommends or awards contracts. Process engineering duties include identifying process issues, and working with others to identify, recommend and implement cost-effective solutions or alternative processes that improve efficiency and productivity.

Other Duties

• Inspect projects to ensure safety, environmental and contract compliance
• Manage project budgets
• Oversee the work of outside housekeeping vendors and manage vendors, scheduling, and dispatching for routine facility maintenance and projects
• Maintain environmental, safety and regulated goods compliance; participate in related audits
• Deliver environmental, regulatory, safety and health compliance training
• Determine employee training needs to produce continuous development plans
• Provide feedback and support
• Conduct performance evaluations and resolve individual and group performance issues

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical degree preferred.

Preferred Competencies

• Coaches and develops others using career development processes and tools
• Develops project plans to accomplish objectives. Establishes goals, milestones and deadlines and identifies necessary project resources
• Estimates, identifies and forecasts business indicators, such as feasibility, potential growth, costs, risks and benefits, by analyzing relevant data and statistics
• Manages budgets and understands accounting processes, determines needed resources and allocates funds, monitors expenditures to budget targets and resolves discrepancies
• Manages equipment repair and oversees the correction of problems with tools, machinery and other standard technical equipment
• Manages and performs routine maintenance of buildings, equipment, and grounds to ensure safety, regulatory compliance, prolonged service life, and appearance
• Manages physical assets (e.g., machinery, vehicles, equipment, supplies). Evaluates, obtains and allocates physical asset resources, maximizes their use and projects future asset needs
• Manages projects and programs including allocating people and resources, organizing logistics and implementation, monitoring progress, adapting plans, and identifying and resolving rollout issues
• Manages and establishes working relationships with vendors (e.g., suppliers, consultants, contractors)