Maintenance Superintendent Jobs

Lewisport, KY
Direct, Permanent, Onsite
e are seeking to add a talented Maintenance Superintendent to our North Casting Maintenance team. The purpose of this role is to lead and provide direction for the execution of plans for the Casting department. This includes the oversight of the weekly and daily maintenance planning activities, as well as the scheduled outages. This position will monitor and keep production running with the task of maximizing productivity and quality; engage the team to drive a continuous improvement to eliminate waste, overburden and variability in manufacturing processes; act as a role model for safety by demonstrating behaviors that align with the company safety principles and hold the team accountable for results; and provides leadership, direction, coaching and development to motivate and sustain high levels of employee performance.
Health, Safety & Environmental

• Implement and support processes that reveal safety hazards, and develop sustainable corrective actions.
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are being executed by his/her team in order to ensure compliance with all health, safety and environmental regulations (zero EPA non-compliances).
• Leverage the company Safety System and Safety Principles to create a zero injury culture.
• Ensure the team is being retrained on the relevant safety procedures in accordance with the HSE Department’s schedule.

Operations

• Ensure all preventive maintenance (PMs), work orders and other assigned tasks delegated, documented and completed on time.
• Schedule layered process audits (LPAs) to improve quality, reduce scrap and rework and reduced internal and external customer rejections.
• Ensure maximum uptime performance of all production centers in the assigned area of accountability through efficient use of available resources and according to production planning priorities.
• Drive consistent PED Steps for all outage, rebuild and repair events.
• Implement and monitor proactive maintenance work methods, utilizing preventative and predictive maintenance tools.
• Manage outage, capital and expense budgets according to area maintenance objectives.
• Ensure that the daily production goals for throughput, quality, target date and cost are being supported by his or her team.
• Ensure communication across shifts and with production occurs regarding production concerns, overtime, manning, status of work assignments or any other item that may impact production.
• Ensure deviations from the standard process are effectively communicated to the relevant people/functions.
• Maintain awareness of all equipment issues in your assigned area. Develop plans and repair this equipment with a high sense of urgency.
• Ensure that a safe job execution has priority over a quick job execution.

Continuous Improvement

• Develops solutions for process improvement, cost reduction and yield improvement.
• Engage his/her team to drive a continuous improvement culture to eliminate waste, overburden and variability in manufacturing processes to enhance equipment reliability.
• Implement the Reliability Roadmap objectives in assigned area.
• Manage and prioritize performance gap reporting (PGR). Ensure timely completion of PGR driven tasks.
• Lead and/or participate in productivity, safety and quality improvement projects through process adherence and the use of RCFA methodology.
• Engage with his/her team to develop and implement standard work.

Management and Leadership

• Provides effective leadership to inspire employees to perform at high levels.
• Set and communicate clear performance standards and hold direct reports accountable for results.
• Provide on-going coaching, feedback and development to increase direct reports’ performance and production.
• Conduct performance appraisals and maintain performance metrics to monitor direct reports’ results; identify and initiate improvements for development and/or training.
• Leads by example and ensures direct reports maintain a climate of consistency, trust and employee involvement by adhering to all applicable rules in the Labor Agreement.
• Communicate effectively with direct reports and resolve conflicts within and between individual team members.

Required Qualifications

• At least 5+ years related work experience with leadership responsibility.
• Has the ability to problem solving, analyze and apply continuous improvement methodology to work processes.
• Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
• Has the ability to understand how activities impact cash conversion, EBITDA and other key financial metrics.
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety policies and procedures, HR policies, standard work documents, maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, charts etc.
• Has the ability to understand the manufacturing process and technical knowledge to ensure product quality and flow.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology and at least 5 years of experience in an industrial environment required or any equivalent combination of experience and education that provides the required knowledge and skills.