Maintenance Superintendent

Job Summary

Under direction of the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Coordinator supervises hourly bargaining unit employees engaged in the daily maintenance activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure Operative Continuity of equipment in Ideal Operating Conditions.
• Define and execute required work based on Maintenance Work Orders established in the program.
• Update significant data of Preventive, Predictive, Autonomous and Corrective Maintenance in Work Orders, and information in Maintenance records as: Machines History and Technical Information of Equipment.
• Debit materials and spare parts in the corresponding cost centers, accounts and work orders.
• Keep facilities in satisfactory operating conditions, at the lowest possible cost, with quality services, under Cemex’s safety standards and in accordance with the environmental laws applicable in each country.
• Support Maintenance Specialists in the elaboration of the Annual Maintenance Budget.
• Supervise the Maintenance and Operating Cost, by defining and executing Maintenance works. To share with Specialists, the responsibility of operating within the Budget.
• Provide support in developing Preventive, Predictive and Autonomous Maintenance; to properly apply Maintenance Based on Reliability which will reduce the frequency and intensity of repairs and failures of equipment.
• Plan and Program work execution in such a way that production time out is minimized, ensuring high quality of repairs and efficient use of labor.
• Coordinate programmed execution of Maintenance work with enough anticipation in order to plan equipment interruptions and minimize production losses.
• Before the execution, review with Specialists and Planners the activities contained in the program, the duration and work to be performed taking advantage of the staff’s experience.
• Constantly improve Maintenance work methods with the objective of executing work with quality at minimal time and cost.
• Minimize non-productive time in the different sections, as a key Maintenance factor through effective Planning, Programming and Coordination of Maintenance work.
• Notify Management of risk levels and potential costs related to continuous operation of equipment or out of design conditions, in the case of critical facilities.
• Inform Specialists of equipment that requires major Maintenance and take every appropriate action to reduce it.
• Evaluate equipment and new installations or modification proposals to existing installations, in terms of Maintenance capability and Maintenance prevention. To provide appropriate recommendations in order to act.
• Actively promote the standardization of equipment and facilities of the entire plant in order to minimize global Maintenance costs.
• Define equipment spare parts and the quantities to be kept in the inventory, based on the Maintenance experience and on the policy established in the company.
• Advise Specialists regarding modifications in operative techniques designed to increase equipment Reliability and Effectiveness.
• Provide support in the implementation and follow-up of Autonomous Maintenance, in accordance with the philosophy established in Total Productive Maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years of experience in heavy industrial/heavy manufacturing

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven knowledge of Preventative and Predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies
• Proven experience in execution of reliability methodologies such as RCA, RCI, FMFA, Statistical downtime analysis, Fishbone analysis, etc.
• Proven experience in engineering, specification and design of mechanical systems, assets and projects
• Excellent communication, team interaction and presentation skills
• Proven ability to work independently as well as lead/participate on cross functional teams
• Proven experience as a self-starter who effectively manages multiple tasks and achieves results with minimal supervision
• Proven understanding of electrical regulatory and industrial standards and codes
• Proven understanding of control and instrumentation systems in an industrial manufacturing environment
• CMRP or CRE status
• Vibration Level 1 or 2 certification
• Proven experience in CMMS systems
• Proven knowledge of reliability methodologies and strategies such as RCM, TPM, Spare Parts Management, Planning and Scheduling