Maintenance Supervisor (1st Shift)

The Role

We’re seeking a passionate and dedicated 1st Shift Maintenance Supervisor who brings decisiveness, strong decision-making, and expertise to the table. This position is responsible for leading a team of Maintenance Technicians to ensure top equipment performance and long-term reliability of our assets and processes.

Responsibilities

• Reporting team activity and progress through visual management (weak point management, pareto charts, other TPS tools, and graphs).
• Manage general practices for the first shift maintenance team, including lock out/tag out (electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic/mechanical), 5S condition (process and shop cleanliness and organization), and other potential hazards (proper PPE).
• Cook daily activities and generate/assign work orders and countermeasures to the technicians.
• Coordinate trouble calls for machine downtime to ensure all equipment is repaired with the utmost quality and sense of urgency.
• Downtime prevention activities.
• Work order completion according to targets.
• Achieve target of no work order older than 25 days.
• Cross shift repair coordination.
• Coordinate the transfer of time sensitive repair and improvement work to and from adjacent shifts to prevent the interruption of production operations.
• Human development.
• Aid in the development of each Associate in behavior and skillset.
• Initiate, plan, execute, control, and report the work of a team to achieve improvement goals.
• Promote kaizen activity.
• Continuously identify and implement improvements (safety, quality, cost, delivery, and environment).
• Create a teamwork atmosphere through excellent communication and respect for people.
• Downtime countermeasure effectiveness, check sheet completion, work orders, and project schedules.
• Escalate critical equipment issues or downtime events to ensure adequate resources are assigned.
• Work unscheduled overtime to complete assigned jobs to ensure meeting of production goals.

Requirements

• 2 Year Technical degree required.
• 2 Years of Leadership experience preferred.
• 6 years of previous maintenance experience preferred.

What Sets You Apart

• Strong communication skills.
• Continual learning.
• Interpersonal skills/respect for people.
• Team player - Willingness to share knowledge.
• Resourcefulness/initiative.
• Customer-focused.