Maintenance Supervisor

Over 90 years of quality products and superior service.

Job Summary
The Maintenance Supervisor will help manage the repair, alteration and preventative maintenance of the plant to improve the productivity of the operation. He/She will supervise maintenance technicians in order to get both planned and unplanned maintenance needs completed in an efficient and effective manner. In conjunction with the Maintenance Planner, is responsible for balancing priorities, manpower, material, and equipment availability to develop department and individual work schedules. Is responsible for safety, quality of work, and productivity of the maintenance technicians through direct leadership and coordination with production department in a highly involved work place

Essential Duties

• Supervise maintenance technicians and work performed by contractors. Manage planned and unplanned maintenance work and jobs for both daily work and maintenance outages. Provide on-the-spot, on-the-job equipment-related expertise and technical guidance. Enhance communication and coordination between maintenance and other departments, especially the production department.
• Effectively manages the utilization of planned maintenance hours to maximize machine line efficiency and production volumes. Actively participate in the planning, coordination, and implementation of maintenance activities to ensure they are consistently successfully completed in the allotted time frame while ensuring the work completed allows for excellent machine reliability. Follow up on issues that did not go as planned during shutdowns and implement methods to prevent future occurrences.
• Provide a safe workplace through adherence to company safety policy, housekeeping and defined standards of training. Lead maintenance department safety meetings. Monitor compliance to safety policies and procedures, conduct inspections of plant areas, and ensure deficiencies found are resolved or appropriately communicated. Ensure maintenance technicians are well trained, involved, and committed to meeting department expectations including following all safety requirements.
• Provide leadership in department and administrative support required to be an effective supervisor. Observe employee work skills and provide on-the-job training, tutoring and coaching. Suggest ways to improve methods, procedures and work practices. Address performance issues promptly and in a fair and consistent manner and provide effective and timely feedback using the performance evaluation process. Schedule work days and off days of maintenance techs and track vacation as well as floating holidays based on work requirements. Provide direct input in the hiring of maintenance technicians and assist with interviews for other positions such as engineers. Identify continuing or new training requirements for the department.
• Support department expense target goals by minimizing maintenance costs without negatively impacting operating results. Support efforts to minimize cost for major repair items and efforts to minimize purchased maintenance costs by utilizing company personnel for maintenance and capital projects versus using outside contractors whenever possible. Evaluate alternative parts or new suppliers to improve costs. Identify shop and fabrication work opportunities that can be performed in house versus being completed by outside resources.
• Support efforts for the large capital projects within the plant. Participate in maintenance efforts to review equipment design, layout, and safety related aspects of new equipment. Communicate project plans and progress to the maintenance department and be a conduit for maintenance employee suggestions and concerns. Ensure maintenance technicians understand changes that will result from new equipment.

Qualifications Required

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) with at least 5 years practical experience as a mechanic or electronic technician in a high volume manufacturing operation, preferably continuous process Required
• Technical school training/diploma/certification Preferred
• Intermediate proficiency using root cause analysis to troubleshoot and solve problems.
• Candidate must be able to maintain pneumatic and hydraulic systems as well as have knowledge using variable frequency drives and AC & DC drives.
• Should have knowledge of rotating equipment, machine design, bearings and lubrication.
• Ability to read blueprints, schematics, shop drawings, and sketches is required and the candidate must be familiar with standard manufacturing concepts, practices, and procedure.

Physical Demands

• Stationary Position -
• Move/Traverse - Occasionally
• Stationary Position/Seated -
• Transport/Lifting - Occasionally
• Transport/Carrying -
• Exerting Force/Pushing -
• Exerting Force/Pulling -
• Ascend/Descend -
• Balancing - Occasionally
• Position Self/Stooping - Occasionally
• Position Self/Kneeling - Occasionally
• Position Self/Crouching - Occasionally
• Position Self/Crawling - Occasionally
• Reaching -
• Handling -
• Grasping -
• Feeling -
• Communicate/Talking -
• Communicate/Hearing -
• Repetitive Motions -
• Coordination -

At Specialty Granules LLC , we believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, and vacation package for all full-time permanent positions.

Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer-sponsored visa (work permit). If you are currently an SGI employee, please do not apply here. Please apply through the "Jobs Hub" section, which can be accessed under your Apps in Workday.

SGI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of our recruitment and hiring process, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. SGI complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR Services at 833-HR-XPERT.