1458713- Maintenance Supervisor

The Maintenance Supervisor plays a critical leadership role in advising on technical matters, directing skilled trades personnel within a fast-paced, high-volume, unionized manufacturing environment. This position is responsible for ensuring the maintenance department meets its objectives in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate both professional and breakdown maintenance activities to support production goals.
• Drive improvements in equipment throughput, reliability, and uptime.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to hourly and supervisory team members in applying Company's methodologies, including problem-solving and corrective action implementation.
• Supervise and support Skilled Trades employees in daily operations and continuous improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with the Professional Maintenance Specialist (PMS) to address equipment-related issues, including downtime, run-to-run variability, and throughput challenges.
• Champion waste reduction initiatives through Company's pillars: Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Professional Maintenance (PM), Quality Maintenance (QM), Focused Improvement (FI), and People Development (PD).
• Lead and participate in Kaizen activities focused on enhancing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and identifying cost-saving opportunities.

Requirements:

• Solid technical understanding of maintenance strategies, including Time-Based Maintenance (TBM), Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), and Dynamic Maintenance (DM).
• Ability to influence key performance indicators such as Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and equipment condition standards.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to foster a culture of continuous improvement and team development.

Qualifications:

• 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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering field
• Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing
• Experience leading maintenance teams in a union environment
• Green Belt/Red X/Six Sigma training
• Experience with controls, robotics, drives and system level communication systems, sealing systems, glass cell systems, various conveyance systems, welding - all types, paint process and associated systems, vision systems and sensors use and application
• Familiar with World Class Manufacturing pillar methodology and implementation
• Good working knowledge of Google Suite software programs