Maintenance Supervisor

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, managing the day to day plant maintenance, directly supervising the activities of the front line maintenance employees charged with the performance and verification of the mechanical and electrical work in the plant; coordinate and monitor the activities of all maintenance employees assigned; participate in the identification of training needs for assigned plant maintenance personnel and coordinate training; participate in appropriate safety training for all assigned employees; ensure that preventive action is taken to avoid the occurrence of nonconformities relating to product or process or to the quality system; recommend solutions to problems related to the product or process, or to the quality system; participate in the coordination of repairs during outages to maintain a safe and effective flow of work to reduce downtime with the main focus on planned/repair mechanical and electrical maintenance; participate in the supervision of the installation and testing of mechanical and electrical equipment, and other duties as assigned. 

Responsibilities  (main areas of responsibilities of the position) 

• Provide leadership to ensure all company safety rules and regulations in accordance with Mine Health & Safety Act are observed by employees.  This includes planning the necessary resources in manpower and budgeting to accomplish site safety goals in the PaSSE and SHARP plans, and monitoring the safety program and its effectiveness to ensure a safe workplace 

• Participate in appropriate safety training for all assigned employees 

• Interface with MSHA and other governing health and safety agencies at local and federal level as required 

• Follow up investigations working with Safety Committee, and others as needed 

• Coordinate and monitor the activities of all maintenance employees assigned 

• Ensure preventative action is taken to avoid the occurrence of nonconformities relating to product or process or to the quality system 

• Ensures correct, accurate, and timely reporting of information on all maintenance Work Orders, including “Urgent Repairs” 

• Recommend solutions to problems related to the product or process, or to the quality system, and, when approved, participates in the implementation, management and verification of those solutions 

• Provide technical and tactical support to the Maintenance Team, Engineer, Production and Project Manager to maximize kiln efficiency and minimize unscheduled down time 

• Participate in the identification of training needs for assigned plant maintenance personnel and coordinate training 

• Ensure the execution of the daily maintenance plan to meet sales and production needs while maintaining efficient maintenance costs and explaining significant variances from the plan 

• Routinely monitor key performance indicators identifying opportunities for improvement and making appropriate supervisory and management personnel aware of the findings 

• Preparation and implementation of training plans to provide employees with the necessary training to perform their job safely and effectively 

• Provides leadership for improvements within the maintenance groups 

• Ensure the Management System is effective and well understood by all employees 

• Participate in the daily morning production meeting to communicate with production and maintenance 

• Actively participate in the weekly scheduling meeting between maintenance and production 

• Attend daily maintenance meetings, including safety talks 

• Ensure a good understanding of the CMMS/SAP maintenance modules 

• Ensure personnel perform good quality work and provide feedback to each worker on progress in meeting company expectations and goals 

Basic requirements (Education, Level of Experience, Language) 

• Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or related field, Bachelor’s Degree preferred 

• 7+ years industrial, mechanical maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment 

• 5+ years of supervisory experience; industry background in heavy manufacturing related; mining, paper mills, steel plants, refining, utilities, refractory, heavy equipment fabrication, stone processing, cement plants industries preferred 

• Positive & proactive attitude with ability to address issues and implement solutions; working knowledge of material handling feeders, convey or belt systems, and general knowledge pumping systems; experience in PLC or Wonderware troubleshooting a plus 

• Strong computer skills; experience with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); SAP and Microsoft Project experience is a plus 

• Strong interpersonal/people skills; results driven; self-starter; able to initiate and be willing to hold others accountable for achieving company and site objectives 

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures manuals, and blueprints 

• Ability to write and communicate routine reports and correspondence 

• Proven in leading operational excellence through applying behaviour based management 

• Prior experience demonstrating effective management skills 

• Demonstrable team work and maturity with a strong safety work ethic 

• Fluency in oral and written English 

Needed Knowledge and Skills (Technical knowledge required by the position) 

Knowledge 

• Knowledge of people management skills 

• Experience in mining and/or heavy engineering industry 

• Knowledge of continuous manufacturing business sector 

• Technical creditability as it relates to industry, with a preference on mining and kilns 

Skills 

• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational and people issues, provide coaching and mentoring, and deliver solutions that improve facility performance; Demonstrated ability to take initiative, strong organization and prioritization skills 

• Demonstrates the ability to apply appropriate conflict management strategies to ensure conflicts are resolved to the benefit of all parties 

• Establishes and maintains highly productive working relationships across the organization with all groups within the region and the company; demonstrating respect for conflicting points of view, listens to others, and builds strong working relationships 

• Demonstrates excellent technical writing and computer skills for producing SOP, reports, and other appropriate communications 

• Knows appropriate negotiating tactics and is able to negotiate win/win agreements without compromising principles 

• Demonstrates the ability to manage maintenance projects using project management methodology and techniques 

• Uses quality management skills to ensure all procedures and work activities conform to work specifications and standards 

• Demonstrates the ability to work autonomously with an emphasis on being results oriented

Physical Demands 

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions provided such accommodations to not create undue hardship to the company.  

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arm; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell; and is occasionally required to stand.  Additionally, the job requires the employee to work on occasion at heights.    

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.