Maintenance Supervisor - 3rd Shift

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About the role

As the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for all maintenance functions necessary to ensure efficient plant operations: manufacturing, processing, packaging, and associated utilities. You will provide mentorship and skill development to the Maintenance and Operations teams in loss elimination, risk management, and life cycle asset management to sustain a proactive planned maintenance program. Additional responsibilities include training, mentoring, and assessing mechanics on maintenance and engineering-related elements of Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) using TPM as the multi-disciplined approach to establish a “Continuous Improvement and Zero Loss” culture. You will also supervise and ensure regulatory compliance of the environmental program.

Responsibilities

• Guide the factory to reduce technical stoppages in equipment or areas of common occurrence (priority given to areas of highest incidence or impact).
• Ensure detailed review of all lines, processes, and utilities essential to the business and those where failure can have an unacceptable impact on safety, personnel safety, food safety, environment, or compliance with the law.
• Monitor plant/equipment trends to ensure highest possible operation and reduction of planned/unplanned downtime.
• Propose and monitor key performance indicators in accordance with Best Maintenance Practices.
• Facilitate the evolution/refinement of maintenance activities to minimize planned and unplanned downtime (PM’s, changeovers, etc.).
• Maintain processing and packaging equipment and systems, decreasing unplanned downtime and growing reliability and availability.
• Implement all repairs/modifications resulting from Gap assessments, plant audits, and notifications on time and with high-quality workmanship.
• Own job planning and validate all material and services planning for accuracy and efficiency.
• Lead documentation for equipment history, damage code, and root cause analysis to be completed accurately.
• Develop and lead a network of Factory SMEs (subject matter experts). Train and guide them in the implementation and leadership of the NCE Reliability program in their factories.
• Evaluate the performance of team members and provide periodic feedback to ensure development.
• Share other maintenance-related standard methodologies across all Nestlé factories via the corporate engineering website, leadership/training guides, etc.
• Collaborate with corporate engineers, suppliers, contractors, and plant partners to ensure customer needs are met.
• Encourage close partnership between all functions (Engineering, Production, Quality Management, etc.).
• Conduct regular inspections of the plant to seek out potential problems and solicit operator feedback.
• Consolidate and analyze the factory M&R budgets, driving valuable and sustainable improvements with the assistance of Group Engineering Specialists and Engineering Managers.
• Run the technical stores, scheduled Work Orders, labor hour allocation, and the equipment Bill of Material (BOM).
• Support and back-fill the rollout and sustainability of TPM-PM Pillar across all Nestlé USA and Canada factories.
• Assure compliance with government regulatory agencies.

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of production equipment maintenance.
• Direct experience in management of mechanics for the maintenance of equipment, preferred.
• Some knowledge of utilities and facility equipment, preferred.

Skills

• Strong technical and leadership skills: Ability to lead, motivate, and develop others; able to prioritize, coordinate, and direct users, teams, and multiple tasks.
• Knowledge of TPM / PM Pillar Tools including:
  • Breakdown Analysis
  • Reliability Center Maintenance Practices
  • PM Optimization and Predictive Maintenance Technologies (infrared, ultrasonic, vibration analysis, etc.)
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for food safety.
• Proficient in computer programs such as Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge and understanding of the cost drivers of maintenance in manufacturing operations.
• Good working knowledge of CMMS systems (SAP, Maximo) with the ability to mine and analyze data for trends/reports.

Competencies

• Results Focus: Strong impact on operations performance. The role requires discipline to meet performance objectives.
• Lead People: Strong skills leading direct reports to promote operating efficiency.
• Proactive Partnership: Ensure the maintenance team operates in a multi-functional team with clear and open communication with other areas.
• Service Orientation: Understand the customer’s expectations and needs and provide high-quality service.

Pay

The approximate pay range for this position is $84,885.30 - $127,156 base. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.

Benefits

• Performance-based incentives.
• Competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match and healthcare coverage.
• A broad range of other benefits (incentives and/or benefits packages may vary depending on the position).

Schedule

• 3rd Shift: 9 PM - 5 AM, Sunday - Thursday.
• Shift Differential: 7%.