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Job Title: Supervisor, Maintenance and Reliability

Department: Operations

Reports To: Manager, Operations

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job purpose

The primary role of the Maintenance & Reliability Supervisor is to provide support to the overall leadership and direction to the reliability function. This position is responsible to the Plant Manager for the safe, effective, and efficient use of all manpower, materials, parts, and other resources under their control as well as providing capacity, asset reliability, and best life cycle cost to the operation.

Under regular day-to-day guidance, the Maintenance & Reliability Supervisor is responsible for implementing and managing the systems, maintenance organization structure, and processes necessary to achieve and sustain the reliability mission. Through their efforts, a proactive culture which fosters open communication and trust that values reliability, efficiency, and effective life cycle asset management is achieved.

Duties and responsibilities

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Providing frontline leadership for the unit’s Mechanics and E&I Mechanics

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing procedures and a training program for repairs on key pieces of equipment, assisting with repairs, as needed
• Leading the area reliability program, coordinating API and locally mandated inspections, and coordinating with external reliability vendors
• Ownership of the development and implementation of the plant maintenance program and procedures and the integration into the SAP PM Module
• Primary point of contact for all mechanical, electrical, and other contractors
• Supporting capital execution by acting as the field coordinator with vendors
• Supporting the identification and maintenance of spare parts inventory as part of the reliability program
• Facilitates excellent environmental, health and safety performance
• Assists with creating and controlling the maintenance and capital budgets to ensure that they provide for optimized spending to achieve the agreed-upon capacity and asset reliability
• Ensures standard reliability and maintenance work process are followed
• Assists with maintaining critical spare parts, minimizing necessary inventory, and automating materials requisition functions
• Periodically provides input for benchmarks current performance with internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement
• Provides support in the Management of Change processes
• Supports the proper execution of the reliability strategy
• Fosters a culture that does not tolerate equipment failures and seeks to understand and eliminate the causes using techniques such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Implements organizational structure, systems, tools, and technologies that promote a proactive approach to maintenance including but not limited to MTBF analysis, bad actor program, critical spare review, TEEP/OEE analysis, and others
• Ensures effective use and integration of standard corporate work order planning, scheduling, and materials kitting

Skills and Qualifications

Skills include:

·        Independently disciplined and driven, with strong written and verbal communication skills

·        Ability to multitask

·        Strong organizational skills

·        Creative problem-solving skills

·        Budget development

·        Process management

·        Emphasizing excellence

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or science technology, or equivalent work experience with 5+ years’ experience in reliability and/or maintenance positions required

·        Previous Maintenance and Reliability experience necessary

·        Must have a maintenance understanding and background

·        Ability to quickly respond to Manufacturing’s needs

·        Experience in turning analysis into a sustainable and repeatable process

·        Prior experience with standard corporate maintenance work flow processes

·        Demonstrated ability to lead Root Cause Failure Analysis reviews

·        Must possess a demonstrated high degree of tact in dealing with both plant staff and maintenance personnel

·        Strong verbal, written, and listening communication skills required

·        Excellent administrative and analytical skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel

·        Demonstrated experience with CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) or comparable system required, preferably experience in SAP Plant Maintenance and Materials Management Modules

Working conditions

This position is located at the manufacturing facility and may require minimal travel.  This position may require working evenings and weekends.

Physical requirements

This position may require sitting at a desk/table for extended periods of time.

Direct reports

Mechanics and E&I Mechanics