Maintenance Supervisor

About the role

Chemours is seeking a Maintenance Front Line Supervisor to join our growing Maintenance and Reliability team at our La Porte, TX location. This position reports directly to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager.

Responsibilities

• Ensure an EHS&S focus by the maintenance team and contractors.
• Execute the daily maintenance schedule in support of plant operations.
• Utilize SAP (CMMS) for recurring predictive/preventive maintenance work, to track equipment maintenance history and to review and prioritize work orders.
• Cook up and coordinate maintenance activities with Planning, Safety and Operations; ensure proper priority is communicated, understood and executed for all maintenance tasks.
• Update maintenance metrics and formulate action plans for negative trend items.
• Support Mechanical Integrity and “bad actor” investigation efforts.
• Absorb and store maintenance equipment records.
• Ensure equipment is maintained in proper operating condition to preserve production and minimize downtime.
• Participate in the identification of critical spare parts and appropriate maintenance stores inventory levels.
• Implement and enforce good housekeeping practices within the maintenance department.
• Provide maintenance perspective on capital projects as appropriate to ensure site maintenance considerations are included.
• Train, maintain and enforce safety and work rules among maintenance team.
• Utilize Kronos and good scheduling practices to maintain available workforce on a weekly basis.
• Conduct annual performance reviews for the Chemours maintenance team.
• Other work as assigned by appropriate management.
• Ensure compliance with the Asset Care Policy including the establishment of policies and procedures, assigning responsibilities and tracking progress.

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school diploma.
• An Associate’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic field preferred.
• Minimum of ten years of experience in the maintenance department of a chemical manufacturing plant or similar experience in a chemical manufacturing plant.

Qualifications

• Proven verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Knowledge of reliability studies and principles.
• Proven team player with good peer, subordinate, and superior relationship skills.
• Investigate and recommend capital projects to improve plant reliability and reduce maintenance spending.
• Demonstrated ability in root cause failure analysis.
• Budgeting and accounting skills necessary to effectively manage project and maintenance costs.
• Ability to make progress on multiple concurrent tasks.
• Ability to balance short and long-term plant needs.
• Due to the safety, sensitive nature of this job, the incumbent must take and pass regular and routine chemical dependency tests.
• Requires the physical ability to reach all work areas in the plant (i.e. climb ladders, negotiate catwalks, handle heights to 50 feet, etc.), to lift, twist and turn up to 50 lbs. (i.e. open and close large valves, inspect equipment, don emergency equipment, etc.) and to expeditiously lead plant emergencies.

Skills

• Hands-on skills that include measuring and improving process performance and leading, instructing, and training others in those improvements.
• Willingness to grow and adapt to new technologies.
• Experience applying Lean methodologies to maintenance processes and supporting the implementation of business systems.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation
Comprehensive Benefits Packages
401(k) Match
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Commute Benefits
Learning and Development Opportunities
Strong Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives
Company-paid Volunteer Day

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, color, gender, disability, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Jurisdictions may have additional grounds for non-discrimination, and we comply with all applicable laws.

Chemours is an E-Verify employer. Candidates must be able to perform all duties listed with or without accommodation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Chemours we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

In our pursuit to be the greatest place to work, we know that a critical element to enhancing our employee experience is to assure we’re operating with a solid foundation of trust. At Chemours, this means being transparent about how we pay our employees for the work that they do. Pay Range (in Local Currency): $90,091.00 - $140,767.00

The pay range and incentives listed above is a general guideline based on the primary location of this job only and not a guarantee of total compensation. Factors considered in extending a compensation offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, and alignment with market data.

The incentive pay is dependent on business results and individual performance and subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans.