Maintenance Superintendent 

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Job Category: Manufacturing - Other Manufacturing

Arconic Davenport Works

Davenport Works is the country’s largest aluminum rolling mill; it was opened in 1948 and currently employs more than 2,000 people and ships products worldwide. It is in Riverdale in the Quad Cities (Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline in northwestern Illinois). The Quad Cities is 3 hours south-west of Chicago, 4 hours north of St. Louis, and less than 3 hours from Des Moines. The Quad Cities is home to St. Ambrose University among 8 educational institutes. Major outdoor summer music festivals include the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, and River Roots Live.

Job Description

Our company is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent to join our Rolling Department. Our North American Rolled Products division in Bettendorf produces a wide range of aluminum parts that are rolled, milled, conditioned, heat treated, inspected, sometimes machined, packed, warehoused and shipped out of the Davenport Works facility and/or local vendors. 

Along with the day-to-day responsibilities the Maintenance Superintendent will be accountable for developing and updating long-term sustainability and reliability strategies on Rolling production equipment required to meet future business needs. Additionally, will be responsible for the Maintenance department salaried staff and support staff. This shall also include developing resources to support the equipment, tactical maintenance, and long-term improvements. A major responsibility will be the development of behavioral competencies of direct reports and indirect salary reports. This is realized through technical expertise, guidance, support, coaching, counseling, and leadership in the day-to-day performance of maintenance planning activities.

In his/her area of responsibility, the Maintenance Superintendent sets expectations, audits performance, counsels’ planners, trains, acts as a role model, and influences policy and practices to exceed department goals. This includes safety, quality, productivity, continuous improvement, and overall employee morale with the main objective of complete customer satisfaction along with responsible management of the department's spending and assets.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering
• Minimum of five years of experience in a manufacturing industry setting
• Minimum of eight years of maintenance experience 
• Minimum of three years of experience managing high dollar department budgets
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Ideal Candidate

• This position is typically Monday through Friday, daytime hours. However, this role is 100% on call. The facility is a continuous operation, running 24/7, so off shift calls can be frequent. 
• This person will be running the Rolling Maintenance Department which includes multiple salaried leaders, salaried techs, and support positions such as planning. All people management within the department rolls up to this person as well as managing the Rolling Maintenance budget ($8-9 million annually), planned outages, etc. Everyone and everything in the Rolling Maintenance Department of the plant is running efficiently and smoothly. 
• This person must have a strong industrial maintenance background.
• Any rolling mill experience (metals or paper) would be highly preferred!
• Competencies
• Ability to work in a matrix organization.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Excellent root cause problem solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Results-oriented.
• Strong logistic and planning skills.
• Ability to lead organizational change.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Ability to identify and implement cost reduction initiatives.

Activities

• Develop and monitor metrics to measure the effectiveness of the Rolling Department maintenance organization
• Ensuring that TPM, preventative and predictive maintenance activities are integrated across Rolling.
• Actively participates in TPM, Kaizen and EHS activities.
• Setting/reviewing annual development and performance objectives for the department – and support for Maintenance and Engineering Department.
• Actively participating in the development and managing the department’s business planning objectives tool (i.e., A3, Hoshin, etc.)
• Setting, executing, and reporting 30-60-90-day plans in support of Rolling maintenance departmental A3.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with Area Manager, Lead Area Managers, Maintenance Superintendents, Maintenance Technical Leaders/General Supervisors.
• Manage Rolling department R&M budget.

This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., ‘Green Card Holder’), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Security Clearance Required: No

Visa Candidate Considered: No

Compensation

• Base Salary - USD $100,000 to $120,000

• Full-time

• Benefits - Full

• Relocation Assistance Available - Yes

• Commission Compensation - No

• Bonus Eligible - No

• Overtime Eligible - No

• Interview Travel Reimbursed - Yes

Candidate Details

• 5 to 7 years’ experience

• Seniority Level - Mid-Senior

• Management Experience Required - No

• Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

• Willingness to Travel - Never

Screening Questions

• Will you now or in the future require any sort of visa sponsorship to work in the US?