What are the responsibilities and job description for the PLC System Supervisor Leader position at Leprino?
**Job Description**
The Industrial/Maintenance Controls System Supervisor provides guidance and direction to a team of employees in the Maintenance Controls department. This role involves making strategic and sound decisions pertaining to industrial controls, department safety, and department efficiency for the team. The supervisor monitors controls systems of the plant related to production processes and overall plant facilities, and develops plans to provide preventative modifications to maximize equipment uptime, plant efficiencies, product quality, safety, and cost control.
- Responsibilities:
- Plans and schedules daily staffing needs to maximize labor efficiency and ensure maintenance controls needs are met.
- Leads and coaches team employees by implementing programs in technical training, safety, quality, communications, performance recognition, and internal employee development to drive peak employee engagement and productivity.
- Builds and fosters strong working relationships, collaboration within their team, and a positive work environment.
- Engages, mentors, and develops direct reports.
- Supervises the daily shift activities to minimize production downtime related to controls systems, work orders, and planned controls upgrades or modifications.
- Prioritizes controls programming needs to minimize production downtime, while assuring safety and quality.
- Must be knowledgeable of all plant processes and the equipment involved in order to best trouble-shoot and solve maintenance problems, primarily in the controls/PLC area.
- Provides guidance and direction to a team of employees in the Maintenance Controls department.
- Makes strategic and sound decisions pertaining to industrial controls, department safety, and department efficiency for the team.
- Monitors controls systems of the plant related to production processes, overall plant facilities, and develops plans to provide preventative modifications to maximize equipment uptime, plant efficiencies, product quality, safety, and cost control.
- Assists with achieving departmental objectives and company goals in relation to the Controls department.
- Performs preventative maintenance on defined devices/equipment with the intent to optimize equipment reliability.
- Leads troubleshooting of production problems on a timely basis until successful resolution, including major and minor maintenance of automated and non-automated equipment.
- Monitors and replaces automation hardware devices and electrical equipment as needed.
- Manages, develops, and executes training to all levels of employees.
- SUPPORTS A CONTINUOUS 24/7 MANUFACTURING OPERATION.
