Maintenance Supervisor

About the role

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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 the detailed review of all line, processes, and utilities that are 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 the 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 are executed on time and offer a high quality workmanship.
• Own the job planning, and validate all material and services planning for accuracy and efficiency.
• Lead the documentation for equipment history, damage code and root cause analysis are completed accurately.
• Develop and lead a network of Factory SME’s (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, Productions, Quality Management, etc.).
• Conduct regular inspections of plant to seek out potential problems and to solicit operator feedback.
• Consolidate and analyze the factory M&R budgets, drive 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.
• Affirm compliance with government regulatory agencies.

Requirements

• A minimum of a High School diploma with 1-3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of production equipment maintenance, required.
• Direct experience in management of mechanics for the maintenance of equipment, preferred.
• Some knowledge of utilities and facility equipment, preferred.
• 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 including (infrared, ultrasonic, vibration analysis, etc…)
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for food safety.
• Proficient of 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.

Qualifications

• Results Focus: Strong impact to operations performance. The role requires discipline to meet performance objectives.
• Lead People: Strong skills leading direct reports in order to promote operating efficiency.
• Proactive Partnership: Ensure that 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 them high quality service.

Benefits

The approximate pay range for this position is $90,000 to $110,000 base annual salary. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location. Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefits packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at: About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com)