Maintenance Supervisor

About the role

Maintenance Supervisor supervises and coordinates activities of skilled trades workers engaged in maintaining and repairing equipment, electrical, plumbing, ventilation, structures, utility systems, buildings, and grounds.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and evaluates maintenance policies and procedures.
• Participates in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures.
• Requisitions materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
• Interprets specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.
• Reviews, evaluates, accepts, and coordinates completion of work bid from contractors.
• Compiles operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.
• Inspects, tests, and measures completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
• Prepares estimates and actual costs of major and minor projects including factors such as materials, labor, and/or outside contractors.
• Examines objects, systems, or facilities and analyzes information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
• Monitors tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure safe working conditions.
• Performs skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses, shears, or welding equipment.
• Develops or implements electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.
• Meets with vendors or suppliers to discuss products used in repair work.
• Designs equipment configurations to meet personnel needs.
• Coordinates inspections for all move-ins: Utilizes “theory of left” while inspecting final make-ready units. Communicates any areas of opportunity or action items