Maintenance Supervisor - Nights

Londonderry, NH (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=10+Burton+Drive+Londonderry+NH+USA+03053)

Job Type

Full-time

Description

The Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for working with the Maintenance Manager in developing, managing and leading a world-class maintenance organization for maintaining the Company’s long-term competitiveness. This position requires candidates to demonstrate excellent team building, people management, and leadership skills, strong interpersonal and communication skills, including face to face, written, and presentation, and excellent external and internal functional / cross-functional communications skills. This candidate must be a proactive go getter who takes a great deal of pride in their work and treats the business as their own.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for all aspects of food safety and quality as defined in plant and department procedures.

• Oversee and direct technician assignments during their shift, basing decisions on manpower, technical ability and knowledge, and production priorities. Managing the technician’s time on shift.

• Communicate and coordinate with Production Supervisors and Plant Engineering to determine the most efficient and timely corrective action in response to equipment breakdowns.

• Track, schedule and assign corrective and preventive maintenance activities.

• Ensure technicians are creating work orders to document activities as well as entering accurate and thorough information.

• Verify assigned work orders are completed in a timely manner and work quality is acceptable.

• Manages and approves technician work hours, vacation, sick days, etc.

• Performs technician coaching, reviews and disciplinary actions.

• Responsible for planning, organizing and directing the activities on the assigned shift.

• Operates production equipment to check work as required.

• Willingness to jump in and support your technicians as needed is a most.

• Ensure successful leadership and integration of World Class Maintenance (WCM) processes into the overall organization.

• Effectively communicate WCM strategy, goals, and results across the organization as it relates to Maintenance and within the Maintenance Organization.

• Establish and influence the use of best practices and strategic benchmarks for assessing maintenance processes.

• Define and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measuring progress.

• Leading by example while maintaining a can-do attitude.

• Develop and support Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) within the facility.

• Develop training programs and development/progression plans for subordinates.

• Develop strategic partnerships across the company and with third party contractors to increase overall reliability.

• Develop and manage cross-functional improvement strategies.

• Identify opportunities in establishment of the WCM model, assess progress, and develop strategic programs for addressing the opportunities.

• Lead and direct effective interactions and positive cooperation through work relationships between all levels of the organization as topics relate to engineering to achieve business goals optimizing manufacturing output, quality, scheduling, reliability, safety, cost variance, and waste objectives.

• Champion the organizations values by leading best practices in maintenance supporting Quality initiatives.

• Adhere to Company’s strict compliance to PMO and FDA regulations, OSHA rules and Company guidelines for maintenance plans and projects.

• Direct the planning and implementation of maintenance strategies and programs to promote a proactive, skilled and comprehensive maintenance department that delivers service levels which promote optimal performance of equipment and systems that meet the needs of plant operations.

• Ensure the maintenance and operation of the equipment, systems, and processes for the overall facility meet compliance standards of all external regulatory agencies to include: PMO, OSHA, EPA, FDA and all other applicable regulations.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

MISSION RESPONSIBILITIES

Healthy Food, Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Healthy Business

• Oversee the efficient implementation of quality standards, programs and processes to improve operational efficiencies and reduce/eliminate production waste and spoilage.

• Support environmental programs established within the organization to include recycling of all office wastes in accordance with program guidelines, initiate power conservation techniques by turning off lights and computers when not in use.

• Proactively look for ways to support our Mission, including reducing negative impacts on the environment..

SCHEDULE

We run 12 hour shifts 6:30pm-6:30am

Week 1 Sat-Tues

Week 2 Sun-Tues

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/BA degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering or Equivalent experience.

• 2-4 years’ experience in food and/or chemical processing plant preferred.

• 10 years’ experience in maintenance systems development, management, and implementation preferred.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in developing, leading, and executing proven maintenance reliability programs, management of maintenance budgeting processes, and frontline maintenance leadership.

• Experience managing smaller engineering and manufacturing project groups.

• Working knowledge of break down analysis, root cause analysis tools.

• Preventative and predictive mindset.

• Demonstrated ability to utilize Maintenance Performance Measurements (KPIs).

• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of maintenance planning and scheduling concepts.

• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of storeroom management concepts.

• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of maintenance best practices.

• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of applied mechanical, electrical and controls principles.

• Demonstrated execution of change management processes; with the ability to promote cultural change within the organization.

• Knowledge of integrated maintenance and business systems (SAP preferred).

• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.

• Ability to operate in a team environment.

• Ability to adapt in a changing work environment.

• Computer proficiency: Excel, Word, and Power Point.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to safely lift 50 lbs.

• Ability to bend and reach files and cabinets where records are stored.

• Office environment repetitive motion through computer use required.

• Manufacturing environment operating in areas where high noise, machinery and chemicals are present.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in this work environment is high consistently.

• The position experiences interruptions during the day consistently.

• Ability and willingness to be on-call to support the plant with respect to our maintenance on-call policies.

• Flexibility to work outside of normal working hours as needed.

• The requirement to work overtime in this environment is occasional.

• The ability to wear personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, safety shoes, hair nets, safety vests and bump caps is consistent.

• Ability work in an open and collaborative environment with no private offices is consistent.

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