Maintenance Superintendent

About the Role

Responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating the resources needed for the maintenance and repair of production machinery, equipment, grounds, and building to ensure availability, safety, and productivity. This role provides leadership to effectively manage and mentor plant technicians in Dickson, Tennessee.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and evaluates the performance of shift supervisors and technicians.
• Responsible for correcting and monitoring all aspects of maintenance cited by government or other inspections.
• Improves operations by determining work priorities and scheduling repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment based on budgetary goals.
• Works closely with Engineering to ensure the proper level of Maintenance support and communication concerning new equipment installations.
• Plans, implements, and monitors an effective preventive and predictive maintenance program with the technical assistance of the Engineering and Maintenance Planning Departments.
• Reviews and maintains (with Engineering assistance) all equipment specifications, operation manuals, procedures, and Master Equipment List.
• Prepares annual maintenance expense budget and manages expenses to comply with accepted budget on a monthly basis; initiates corrective actions.
• Responsible for the training and development of subordinates.
• Oversees the process of modifying/retrofitting industrial equipment.
• Designs, implements, and modifies preventive maintenance programs by reviewing production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics; inspecting operating machines, equipment, and systems for conformance with operational standards.
• Works closely with safety to effectively plan for changes necessary to meet governmental and/or company safety compliance changes.
• Analyzes and tracks equipment downtime and presents monthly downtime reports and improvement plans to management for review.
• Develops short and long-range operating objectives, organizational structure, and staffing requirements.
• Manages maintenance staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Ensures that training and development needs are identified, and programs initiated.
• Complies with and ensures that Company's principles, policies, and programs are consistently practiced.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Engineering with a minimum of five (5) years experience managing plant maintenance facilities or ten (10) years of progressive management responsibility in a large industrial maintenance department with a minimum of a high school education.
• Design experience an asset.
• Experience with Allen Bradley (PLC 5, RS Logix 5000, SLC 500, ControlLogix), Siemens S7, DeviceNet, Profibus, Ethernet IP, die casting, CNC, robotics, and/or large hydraulic systems is a plus.